Driver and Vehicle Offices
All offices are closed on statutory holidays.
For communities not listed, please contact the regional office.
As Canada Post services are unavailable, please note the following:
- Residents can access all regular services online as they normally would, including registration services.
- Temporary Driver’s Licences and General Identification Cards are valid for 60 days. If a temporary card is close to expiring, residents are asked to contact their local Driver and Vehicle Office.
- Residents will be able to pick up their Driver’s Licences and General Identification Cards from their local Driver and Vehicle Office, once they are notified it is ready to be picked up.
- In communities without a Driver and Vehicle Office, residents will be able to pick up their Driver’s Licences and General Identification Cards from the Government Service Office, once they are notified it is ready to be picked up.
If you are authorizing someone to pick up any document on their behalf, signed authorization and photo identification are required.
Yellowknife
Address: 5015 49th Street (first floor)
Email: dmv@gov.nt.ca
Phone: 867-767-9087
Hours of operation:
Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday, 9 am - 4 pm
Wednesdays 9:30 am - 4 pm
To book an appointment, click here.
We ask the public to arrive no more than 5 minutes prior to their scheduled appointment.
Clients are asked to check in on the kiosk using their phone number including area code to receive their ticket.Aklavik
Address: Gardlund Road
Email: Faith_Gordon@gov.nt.ca or Julia_Storr@gov.nt.ca
Phone: 867-978-2351 ext. 2361
Hours of operation: Tuesday 1 pm - 4 pm, Thursday 1 pm - 4 pm
Behchokǫ̀
Address: Nishkhon Centre (second floor)
Phone: 867-392-6500
Hours of operation: Tuesday and Friday, 1 pm - 4 pm
Fort McPherson
Phone: 867-952-2428
Email: Dawn_Alexie@gov.nt.ca
Hours of operation: Monday, Wednesday, Friday, 1 pm - 5 pm
Fort Providence
Address: Infrastructure Highway Yard
Email: dmvfortprovidence@gov.nt.ca
Phone: 867-875-2783
Hours of operation:
- Every third Wednesday of the month.
- Driver Examination services: 10:30 am - 11 am
- For all other services: 11 am - 12 pm and 1 pm - 3 pm (closed 12 pm - 1 pm)
- Walk-in services only
- Cash payments only
- Services cannot be provided without required documentation. This documentation include 1 piece of photo ID, birth certificate and proof of residency (indicating mailing and physical address)
Fort Simpson
Address: Nahendeh Building (second floor)
Email: cheryl_sibbeston@gov.nt.ca
Phone: 867-695-6784
Hours of operation: Monday - Friday, 1 pm - 4 pm
Fort Smith
Address: 199 McDougal Road
Email: dmvfortsmith@gov.nt.ca
Phone: 867-872-4132
Hours of operation: Monday - Friday, 8 am - 4 pm (closed 12 pm - 1 pm)
Closed: September 16, 2025
Hay River
Address: Suite 6, 66 Woodland Drive
Email: dmvhayriver@gov.nt.ca
Phone: 877-386-0234
Hours of operation: Monday - Friday, 9 am - 4:30 pm
Inuvik
Address: 106 Veterans Way
Email: dmvinuvik@gov.nt.ca
Phone: 867-678-8096 ext. 33613
Hours of operation: Monday, 10:30 am - 4 pm; Tuesday - Friday, 9:30 am - 4 pm (closed Monday - Friday, 11:45 am - 1 pm)
- Closed the second Wednesday of each month.
- Services on Wednesdays, from 9:30 am – 11 am and Thursdays from 1 pm – 3 pm will be exclusively for clients who have booked written tests. If there are no written tests booked, registrations and other services will be available during these times.
- Please call in advance to ensure the services you require are available during these times.
Norman Wells
Address: 27 Mackenzie Drive
Phone: 867-587-2089
Hours of operation: Monday - Friday, 8:30 am - 4 pm (closed 12 pm - 1 pm)
Paulatuk
Address: #1 Main Street, P.O Box 98
Email: courtney_Wolkie@gov.nt.ca
Phone: 867-580-3531
Hours of operation:
- Monday 1 pm - 3 pm
- Tuesday 9 am - 12 pm
- Wednesday 2 pm - 5 pm
- Thursday 1 pm - 3 pm
- Friday 1 pm - 5 pm
Sachs Harbour
Phone: 867-690-4351
Hours of operation:
Closed until further notice - please contact Inuvik DMV Office for the time being.
Tulita
Phone: 867-588-3341
Hours of operation:
- Monday - Wednesday, 10 am - 12 pm
- Thursday 10 am - 3:30 pm (closed 12 pm - 1:30 pm)