General requirements of a Yukon Wilderness Tourism License include:
- Compliance with Yukon business registration
- Compliance with Yukon Workers' Compensation Health and Safety Board requirements.
- Standard first aid and level "C" cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) certificates for all guides accompanying clients
- $1,000,000 public liability insurance coverage
- Reporting
- There is a $100 annual fee, and license holders are required to report bi-annually to maintain their licenses.
Applications forms are available at Environment Yukon field offices throughout the territory. For information on wilderness tourism licensing or to fill out a license application, please visit this website page.
- By phone at 867-667-5648
- Toll free (in Yukon): 1-800-661-0408 extension 5648
- By email at yukon.parks@gov.yk.ca
- In person at 2071 - 9029 Quartz Road, Whitehorse, Yuko
- By mail to Government of Yukon Wilderness Tourism Licensing Act Registrar (V-4) Box 2703 Whitehorse, Yukon Y1A 2C6
Visitors planning a trip are encouraged to check the Current List of Licensed Operators. Please note that some operators may purchase their licenses at different times of the depending on the seasons that they operate in.
We respectfully acknowledge that the Wilderness Tourism Association of the Yukon and our members, through various initiatives, operate on the traditional territories of the Indigenous Peoples in the Yukon Territory.
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