Yellowknife is the capital and only city, as well as the largest community, in the Northwest Territories, Canada. It is on the northern shore of Great Slave Lake, about 400 km (250 mi) south of the Arctic Circle, on the west side of Yellowknife Bay near the outlet of the Yellowknife River. Yellowknife and its surrounding water bodies were named after a local Dene tribe once known as the 'Copper Indians' or 'Yellowknife Indians', referred to locally as the Yellowknives Dene First Nation, who traded tools made from copper deposits near the Arctic Coast. Its population, which is ethnically mixed, was 19,569 in 2016. Of the eleven official languages of the Northwest Territories, five are spoken in significant numbers in Yellowknife: Dene Suline, Dogrib, South and North Slavey, English, and French. In the Dogrib language, the city is known as Sǫ̀mbak'è.
Kelowna International Airport is a Canadian airport located approximately 10 minutes or 6.2 nautical miles northeast of Kelowna, British Columbia, Canada, on Highway 97.
Diavik Airport, is a private aerodrome in the Northwest Territories, Canada that serves the Diavik Diamond Mine. It's situated in a busy area due to the closeness of Ekati Airport. Prior permission is required to land except in the case of an emergency.
Colomac Airport(TC LID: CFY8), was located near Colomac Mine in the Northwest Territories, Canada where caribou may be found on the runway. Prior permission was required to land except in the case of an emergency.
Ekati Airport is located at the Ekati Diamond Mine, Northwest Territories, Canada and is operated by Dominion Diamond Ekati Corp. Prior permission is required to land except in the case of an emergency. It is a busy aerodrome with blasting in the area and barren-ground caribou may be found on the runway.
Mont-Tremblant International Airport is a single runway airport located in the township of La Macaza, about 25 nautical miles north of Mont-Tremblant, Quebec, Canada.
Nobleton Airport, formerly TC LID: CPW3, was located 2 nautical miles north of Nobleton, Ontario, Canada. It was a private airport, and was run by Beacon Hill Airpark Ltd. Its runways were made of turf.
Red Lake Airport,, is located 3 nautical miles north of Red Lake, Ontario, Canada.
Red Deer Regional Airport,, is located 6 nautical miles south southwest of Red Deer, Alberta, Canada. The airport is mostly general aviation and charter service.
Snap Lake Airport is located near the Snap Lake Diamond Mine, Northwest Territories, Canada.
The Gahcho Kué Diamond Mine is located on the Canadian tundra in the Northwest Territories. It is situated at Kennady Lake, in the Akaitcho Treaty 8 Territory AK claim block, which is 85 km (53 mi) southeast of the Snap Lake Diamond Mine and approximately 280 km (170 mi) east northeast of Yellowknife. The site is served by Gahcho Kue Aerodrome, which has both an ice runway in winter and a year-round gravel runway, and a spur of the Tibbitt to Contwoyto Winter Road from Lupin Mine. the main camp is at 63°26′05″N109°12′02″W, north of the ice strip, with a smaller site at 63°25′48″N109°12′00″W, south of the runway.
Fort MacKay/Albian Aerodrome is located 8 nautical miles east northeast of Fort McKay and approximately 2 mi (3.2 km) southwest of Albian Village, Alberta, Canada in the Athabasca Oil Sands area. Albian Village has been built by Shell Canada to house workers at the Jackpine Mine. The runway routinely handles Boeing 737 flights bringing in contract workers to construct Jackpine Mine, in addition to a daily Shell Dornier commuter aircraft from Edmonton and Calgary.
The Gahcho Kué kimberlite pipes is a cluster of Cambrian kimberlite diatremes located 280 km (174 mi) northeast of Yellowknife, Northwest Territories, Canada. It consists of four pipes: 5034, Hearne, Tuzo and Tesla.
Mountain Province Diamonds Inc. is major (49%) partner with De Beers in the Gahcho Kue Diamond Mine Project in the Northwest Territories. Gahcho Kué is the world's largest and richest new diamond mine, with an estimated reserve of 80 million carats. The agreement between Mountain Province Diamonds and De Beers is one where both companies share the operating costs of the mine and each independently markets their share of the diamonds from the project.
Voisey's Bay Aerodrome,, is located adjacent to Voisey's Bay Mine, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. Provincial Airlines provides daily scheduled charter service to Voisey's Bay using Dash 8's and Twin Otters. Provincial also has dispatch located on the field which also provides weather, airport and traffic advisory services to aircraft using the airstrip. Canadian Helicopters is located on site. In August 2011 the airport became certified with an LPV approach onto runway 29 which is used by both the Dash 8's and Twin Otters. It was updated from a typical RNAV A approach which is also still used.
Goose Lake Aerodrome is a privately owned aerodrome with an all weather gravel runway and a seasonal ice runway located on Goose Lake, Nunavut, Canada. The ice runway is, subject to operator maintenance, open from January to April, and, along with the land based gravel runway, service the related explorations for gold as part of the Back River Gold Project.
The Renard mine is a diamond mine in Canada which opened in July 2014. The mine is located in Quebec and is projected to produce 1.5-2 millions carats per year. In July 2014, SNC-Lavalin was awarded the EPCM contract for mine related construction management. In December 2016 the operator of the mine, Stornoway Diamond, announced it had achieved commercial production at Renard.
