No statewide law

Northwest Territories

Name: Dark Sky Law: Northwest Territories
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Last checked October 29, 2026

By Peter Benes and Adrienne Kmetz, editors. Updated October 29, 2026.

The Northwest Territories has no territorial or municipal outdoor lighting law that we could find. Dark-sky protection comes from park management rather than legislation: Wood Buffalo National Park, which it shares with Alberta, has been a RASC Dark-Sky Preserve since 2013.

Municipal codes

Wood Buffalo National Park (shared with Alberta) (opens in new tab): RASC Dark-Sky Preserve designated in 2013. This is a federal park designation, not a lighting by-law.

Sources

https://rasc.ca/lpa/dark-sky-sites (opens in new tab)