Courts of the Northwest Territories

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Terriories has issued a Directive dealing with disruption to mail service at Canada Post on November 15, 2024, click <a href="https://www.nwtcourts.ca/content/uploads/2024/11/Supreme-Court-Directive-mail-disruption-15-Nov-2024.pdf">here</a> for details.</strong></p> <p><strong>The Territorial Court of the Northwest Territories has issued a Directive dealing with disruption to mail service at Canada Post on November 15, 2024, click <a href="https://www.nwtcourts.ca/content/uploads/2024/11/Territorial-Court-Directive-mail-disruption-15-Nov-2024.pdf">here</a> for details.</strong></p> </div> </div> </div>  <div class=""> <p><a href="https://www.justice.gov.nt.ca/en/divisions/court-services-division/court-registries/" rel="external noreferrer" gn-link="external">The court registry</a> is operated by the <a href="https://www.justice.gov.nt.ca/en/" rel="external noreferrer" gn-link="external">Department of Justice</a>, and is the public office of the courts taking care of day-to-day filings and business activities.</p> <p>The Northwest Territories has <a href="https://www.nwtcourts.ca/en/courts/">three courts</a> which operate independently from the federal and territorial governments, enabling judges to make fair decisions. All cases are heard within the Northwest Territories, but can eventually be referred to the <a href="http://www.scc-csc.ca" rel="external noreferrer" gn-link="external">Supreme Court of Canada</a>.</p> </div> </div> <div gn-columnar-col="span:1/3"> <h2>Courts</h2> <ul id="menu-courts" class="menu"><li class="gn-linklist-item"><a class="" href="https://www.nwtcourts.ca/en/courts/court-of-appeal/">Court of Appeal</a> </li> <li class="gn-linklist-item"><a class="" href="https://www.nwtcourts.ca/en/courts/supreme-court/">Supreme Court</a> </li> <li class="gn-linklist-item"><a class="" href="https://www.nwtcourts.ca/en/courts/territorial-court/">Territorial Court</a> <ul class="gn-linklist"> <li class="gn-linklist-item"><a class="" href="https://www.nwtcourts.ca/en/courts/territorial-court/youth-justice-court/">Youth Justice Court</a> </li> <li class="gn-linklist-item"><a class="" href="https://www.nwtcourts.ca/en/courts/territorial-court/wellness-court/">Wellness Court</a> </li> <li 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</div> <div class=""> <div class="gn-contact" gn-normalize-height="group:registry-contacts"> <div class="gn-contact-name">Yellowknife Court Registry</div> <div class="gn-contact-address"> <div class="gn-contact-address-street">4903 - 49<sup>th</sup> St</div> <div class="gn-contact-address-box" title="Post Office Box">PO Box 550</div> <div class="gn-contact-address-locality"> <div class="gn-contact-address-community">Yellowknife</div> <div class="gn-contact-address-region" title="Northwest Territories"> NT </div> <div class="gn-contact-address-postalcode">X1A 2N4</div> <div class="gn-contact-address-country"> Canada </div> </div> </div> <div class="gn-contact-methods"> <div class="gn-contact-methods-email" title="E-mail"> <a gn-data-encoded="@href:bWFpbHRvJTNBdGVycml0b3JpYWxjb3VydCU0MGdvdi5udC5jYQ== text:dGVycml0b3JpYWxjb3VydCU0MGdvdi5udC5jYQ=="> territorialcourt (at) gov (dot) nt (dot) ca </a> </div> <div class="gn-contact-methods-email" title="E-mail"> <a 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class="gn-contact-address-street">#201 - 8 Capital Drive</div> <div class="gn-contact-address-locality"> <div class="gn-contact-address-community">Hay River</div> <div class="gn-contact-address-region" title="Northwest Territories"> NT </div> <div class="gn-contact-address-postalcode">X0E 1G2</div> <div class="gn-contact-address-country"> Canada </div> </div> </div> <div class="gn-contact-methods"> <div class="gn-contact-methods-email" title="E-mail"> <a gn-data-encoded="@href:bWFpbHRvJTNBdGVycml0b3JpYWxjb3VydGhyJTQwZ292Lm50LmNh text:dGVycml0b3JpYWxjb3VydGhyJTQwZ292Lm50LmNh"> territorialcourthr (at) gov (dot) nt (dot) ca </a> </div> <div class="gn-contact-methods-phone" title="Phone"> <a href="tel:+18678746509">1‑867‑874‑6509</a> </div> <div class="gn-contact-methods-phone" title="Phone"> <a href="tel:+18668852535">1‑866‑885‑2535</a> toll-free </div> <div class="gn-contact-methods-fax" title="Fax"> 1‑867‑874‑6731 </div> </div> <div class="gn-contact-hours" title="Hours"> 9:30 AM to 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courts of the Northwest Territories </div> </div> </div> <div class=""> <div class="gn-contact" gn-normalize-height="group:registry-contacts"> <div class="gn-contact-name">Inuvik Territorial Court Registry</div> <div class="gn-contact-address"> <div class="gn-contact-address-street">3<sup>rd</sup> floor, 151 Mackenzie Road</div> <div class="gn-contact-address-box" title="Post Office Box">PO Box 1965</div> <div class="gn-contact-address-locality"> <div class="gn-contact-address-community">Inuvik</div> <div class="gn-contact-address-region" title="Northwest Territories"> NT </div> <div class="gn-contact-address-postalcode">X0E 0T0</div> <div class="gn-contact-address-country"> Canada </div> </div> </div> <div class="gn-contact-methods"> <div class="gn-contact-methods-email" title="E-mail"> <a gn-data-encoded="@href:bWFpbHRvJTNBdGVycml0b3JpYWxjb3VydCU0MGdvdi5udC5jYQ== text:dGVycml0b3JpYWxjb3VydCU0MGdvdi5udC5jYQ=="> territorialcourt (at) gov (dot) nt (dot) ca </a> </div> <div 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