Enterprise Information Management

Regional Records Centres

Infrastructure (INF) runs records centres in Inuvik, Fort Simpson, Fort Smith, Hay River, and Yellowknife. The records centres store and retrieve records for government departments for as long as the records are needed. The records centres are operated by the INF Regional Offices in cooperation with the Records Management Section.Records Coordinators in each department manage all storage and retrieval activities, including those in the regions. If you don't know the name of your Records Coordinator, send us an e-mail. Be sure to say what department you work for.

Yellowknife

The INF North Slave Regional Office runs the Yellowknife Records Centre. It is the largest of the five records centres. It can store up to 37, 000 boxes of records and receives over 2000 new boxes each year. This centre handles over 1500 requests to retrieve files and boxes each year.

Fort Smith

The INF South Slave Regional Office runs the Fort Smith and Hay River Records Centres. The Fort Smith Records Centre can hold nearly 5000 boxes of records. It receives over 150 new boxes each year.

Hay River

The INF South Slave Regional Office runs the Hay River and Fort Smith Records Centres. This is the newest of all the centres and opened in 2012. The Hay River Records Centre holds over 1800 boxes.

Inuvik

The INF Beaufort-Delta Regional Office runs the Inuvik Records Centre. The Inuvik Records Centre can hold nearly 5000 boxes of records. Over 250 boxes are sent to the Inuvik Records Centre each year.