How To Be a Yellowknifer

Tours & Welcome Box

How To Be a Yellowknifer
How to Be a Yellowknifer is your warm northern welcome to life in this little capital city on the Canadian Shield. If you are here to explore opportunities, just settling into the ‘Knife, or an employer looking for a creative way to orient new employees, this exciting package has something for each of you.

So, if you want to find out about recreation areas, cost of living, our unique territorial government, where Yellowknife began, local events, how to garden in 20 hours of daylight, housing options, meeting locals and more, keep reading for our How To Be A Yellowknifer packages.

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Rosanna and Kyle are longtime Yellowknifers who are extremely passionate about sharing their knowledge with other people.

What We Offer

We offer a variety of 'Welcome to Yellowknife' services.

Browse below the current tours and packages we offer. If you don't see what you're looking for,
don't hesitate to contact us


Our Packages

Exploring
Yellowknife Tour

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Big City in the Boreal Forest

This tour is perfect for anyone considering setting down roots in Yellowknife. We will walk you through the highlights of what it is like to live and play in this dynamic capital city surrounded by wilderness. This is an experience designed to help you branch out and discover your options when considering a future North of 60º.

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How To Be a
Yellowknifer

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Live Like a Local Tour

Whether you have just landed in Yellowknife or are beginning to stake your claim on the city, this tour is for you. This is your primer to all things Yellowknife. Learn about our history and politics; how to prepare for winter; how to get involved in the community; how to decode directions, and how to make the most of your new home. After this experience, you will be closer than ever to being a local.

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Welcome to
Yellowknife Box

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Building Your Nest

A beautifully designed box filled with a wealth of information useful for a newcomer to Yellowknife. From the unique gifts created by northerners to the tidbits of local knowledge, each item was hand selected to create a warm welcome and help set you up in your new home.

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Need More?

Don't see a product or service that will meet your needs or just have some specific
questions about Yellowknife? Contact us directly.

Who We Are

How to be a Yellowknifer is an initiative put together by two passionate Yellowknifers who are dedicated to helping new and potential residents make a seamless transition into Yellowknife.

Rosanna StrongRosanna Strong

Rosanna has over 25 years of experience living in the North and is proud to call Yellowknife her home.  She operates Strong Interpretation, a local tour company, which provides guided experiences winter or summer to guests from across the world.  An avid outdoors person, active member on local boards, basket maker and a regular in the community theatre scene, Rosanna is keen to share her experiences with newcomers to Yellowknife. Her goal is to provide a warm northern welcome, like she received on her arrival to town in 1990.

kyle-portraitsKyle Thomas

Kyle grew up in Yellowknife and is a local entrepreneur, bread maker, and Yellowknife-ophile who is addicted to learning as much as he can about the community and sharing it with anyone who'll listen. In 2009 he developed YkOnline.ca. A website all about living, working and thriving in Yellowknife for residents, newcomers, and visitors.

Partnership

How to be a Yellowknifer is a partnership between two locally grown companies.

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What Others Are Saying

"My friend and I were up in Yellowknife for the auroras and decided to book a snowshoeing trip with Rosie. She was easily one of the friendliest tour guides we had during the trip, and we had a blast with her!"

- chen8910, Montreal, Canada, Trip Advisor

"Kyle was an excellent host. We were also surprised to learn that Kyle was the author of a book honouring the street people of Yellowknife."

- Bard, Fort Simpson, 2016

"This is one of my best experiences in Yellowknife. Rosie is such a lovely, knowledgable and passionate lady. I was very lucky to be the only guest that day and was treated like a princess. : ) You learn lots from her tours."

- danx2016, New Brunswick, 2016

"You couldn't ask for a better host! Kyle is an all-round great guy, as well as a wealth of knowledge on life in Yellowknife. Kyle made us feel very welcome. We shared stories and had a fantastic time. 100% recommend!"

- Alisha, 2016