Yellowknife Acronym Guide

Every community, every Government, every business and every organization seems to have their own set of acronyms to abbreviate common names and terms. Yellowknife is no different. Just like how many Yellowknife’s have a special way of giving directions (see our local direction dictionary here), we also have a long list of acronyms we like to use.

Through the How To Be a Yellowknifer program we have put together a list of what we believe to be the most commonly used acronyms. We have omitted many that we can across that were too business, industry or government specific to try and keep the list as general as possible and relevant to the widest group of people. That said, we do have a form at the bottom of this post where you can submit any missing acronyms or request a change of one already listed.

If you are interested in a physical copy of the Like a Local Language Guide, they are available in the How To Be a Yellowknifer Welcome Boxes.

Acronym	Meaning	Category
AAIR	Aboriginal Affairs and Intergovernmental Relations	GNWT
ATTC	Akaitcho Technical and Trade Centre	School
ARCC	Artist Run Community Centre	Non-Profit
BBE	Braden Burry Expediting	Business
BDIC	Business Development Investment Corperation	GNWT
BIP	Business Incentive Policy	GNWT
BK	Black Knight	Business
BP	Boston Pizza	Business
CCDD	Canadian Championship Dog Derby	Event
DMC	Donald M. Cooper Building	Building
DOT	Dept of Transportation, which is now part of the Dept. Infrastructure	GNWT
DTEG	Down To Earth Gallery	Business
DND	Department of National Defence	Federal
DFO	Department of Fisheries and Oceans	Federal
DOJ	Department of Justice	GNWT
EASC	Ecole Allain St-Cyr	School
ECE	Department of Education, Culture & Employement	GNWT
ENR	Department of Environment & Natural Resources	GNWT
ESJS	Ecole St. Joesph School	School
FLCHC	Frame Lake Community Health Clinic	Ammenity
Floatbase	Refers to any airline that has operations on the water	Business
FOTR	Folk on the Rocks	Event
GIG	Glen's Independent Grocer	Business
GNWT	Government of the Northwest Territories	GNWT
GRB	Gold Range Bistro	Business
GSL	Great Slave Lake	Location
HFC	Healthy Family Centre	Ammenity
HSS	Department of Health & Social Services	GNWT
IA	GWNT Income Assistance program	GNWT
INF	Dept. of Infrastructure	GNWT
ITI	Department of Industry Tourism & Investment	GNWT
INAC	Indigenous and Northern Affairs Canada	Federal Gov.
JTFN	Joint Task Force North	Federal
KCTC	Kimberlite Career and Technical Centre	School
LJJ	Long John Jamboree	Event
LRT	Lahm Ridge Tower	Building
MACA	Department of Municipal & Community Affairs	GNWT
MED	Municple Enforcement Division	Ammenity
MTS	Mine Training Society	Non-Profit
NACC	Northern Arts and Culture Centre	Non-Profit
NCP	Nova Court Plaza	Building
NFVA	Northern Frontier Visitor Association	Non-Profit
NGB	New Government Building	Building
NTPC	Northwest Territories Power Corperation	GNWT
NJ	NJ MacPherson School	School
NSCC	North Slave Corrections Centre	Building
NSYO	North Slave Young Offender Facility	Building
NUP	Northern United Place	Building
NWTDC	Northwest Territories Disabilities Council	Non-Profit
NWTEL	Northwestel	Business
NWTSPCA	NWT Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals	Organization
PCC	GNWT Primary Care Clinic	GNWT
PWNHC	Prince of Wales Northern Heritage Centre	Building
RC	Racquet Club	Business
RIMP	Ruth Inch Memorial Pool	Building
RLN	Range Lake North School	School
RTL	Robinson's Trucking Ltd.	Business
SFA	Student Financial Assistance	GNWT
SJF	Sir John Franklin School	School
SMC	Stanton Medical Center	GNWT
SMH	Stuart M. Hodgson Bldg.	Building
SPHS	St. Patrick's High School	School
TCH	Tin Can Hill	Location
The Cat	The Wild Cat Café	Building
The Leg	Legislative Assembly	Building
TIG	Trevor's Independent Grocer	Business
TSC	Technical Service Centre	GNWT
WSCC	Workers Safety and Compensation Commission	GNWT
YCS	Yellowknife Catholic School Board	School
YIG	Your Independent Grocer	Business
YK	Yellowknife	Location
YK1	Yellowknife Education District #1	School
YKACL	Yellowknife Association of Community Living	Non-Profit
YKCC	Yellowknife Curling Club	Building
YKDFN	Yellowknives Dene First Nation	First Nations Group
YKFD	Yellowknife Fire Department	Ammenity
YKGC	Yellowknife Golf Club	Business
YKIFF	Yellowknife International Film Fest	Event
YKSCD	Yellowknife Scottish Country Dancing	Non-Profit
YPCC	Yellowknife Primary Care Centre	Ammenity
YZF	Yellowknife Airport Code	Location