How much does minor hockey cost in Northwest Territories?
2026-2027 season estimates • Updated October 2026 • Built from published program fees and family reports
All-in season cost by level
This is the full season, not just registration. Ice, travel, tournaments, and equipment usually add up to more than the sign-up fee.
| Level | Estimated U13 season cost |
|---|---|
House | CAD $2,900 – CAD $6,200 |
B | CAD $3,400 – CAD $7,400 |
BB | CAD $4,300 – CAD $9,400 |
AA | CAD $6,300 – CAD $13,100 |
A starts at U18 in Northwest Territories.
How the levels work here
The rows above price the full letter ladder, but our rated-team evidence for the Northwest Territories is thinner than that. All six rated teams belong to one Yellowknife association and carry only A1, AA, A and B labels, at U13, U15 and U18. No rated team appears below U13, and none is based outside Yellowknife. Hockey NWT sanctions territorial championships at the Pee Wee, Bantam, Midget and Junior levels. Read the House row as the territory-wide product and the A, AA and B rows as Yellowknife ones.
Where the money goes
A typical U13 AA season in Northwest Territories, about CAD $9,700. Follows the age picked above.
Assumes 2 tournaments, each a 2 to 6 hour drive with 2 hotel nights, two parents travelling.
- RegistrationCAD $4,54047%
- Tournament travelCAD $2,20023%
- EquipmentCAD $1,10011%
- DevelopmentCAD $8008%
How does your season compare?
Add your own costs from last season, any club, any level, to get a full breakdown to budget this season.
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Hidden costs
- Our estimate adds CAD $150-$250 for equipment shipping to every Northwest Territories season, because the calculator treats the territory as remote for shipping alongside Newfoundland and Labrador, Yukon and Nunavut.
- That assumption reaches this page as a CAD $200 'Other (Equipment Shipping)' line inside every level and every age on the table.
- It is our modelling assumption rather than a quoted retailer rate, so treat it as a placeholder until a family here reports what shipping actually cost them.
- Registration is the minority of the modelled House bill, at CAD $750 of the CAD $2,675 estimate at 8U, with the rest spread across ice, travel, development and gear.
- At AA and 12U the model puts CAD $3,950 on registration and another CAD $2,208 on tournament travel, so travel is the second largest line in the estimate.
- The rungs above house are a Yellowknife product in our data: no rated Northwest Territories team appears below U13, and none is based outside Yellowknife.
Savings tips
- The Hockey Canada Assist Fund pays up to CAD $500 per player toward registration fees, for players U7 to U18 whose families meet the Statistics Canada low-income cut-off, and the player has to be registered with a Hockey Canada sanctioned association for the season.
- Every Northwest Territories association sits under Hockey North, a Hockey Canada member branch, so that condition is met here.
- Canadian Tire Jumpstart's Individual Child Grant is up to CAD $300 per child per year toward eligible registration and equipment costs, though Jumpstart's own page warns that individual applications may no longer be accepted at some local chapters, so confirm before you count on it.
- The Grindstone Award Foundation gives up to CAD $500 toward registration for female players aged 6 to 18 whose families meet the low-income cut-offs, plus equipment grants, capped at CAD $1,000 per family per season.
- Ask your association about payment plans, goalie discounts and equipment loaner programs before assuming you are paying full price.
Hockey in Northwest Territories
Your child's team will have a letter: House, B, BB, A or AA. That is the row to read in the table above. Every row here is a model estimate with no local data behind it. Our territorial baselines are all marked fallback, with a sample size of zero.
More about Northwest Territories hockey
Above house, the competitive rungs in our data sit in one place. All six rated Northwest Territories teams are Yellowknife teams under a single association: boys at U13 AA, U15 AA and U18 A1, and girls at U13 B, U15 B and U18 A. Hockey NWT sanctions territorial championships at the Pee Wee, Bantam, Midget and Junior levels for both boys and girls. Minor hockey runs through five associations: Yellowknife Minor Hockey, Hay River Minor Hockey Association, Inuvik Minor Hockey Association, Behchoko Minor Hockey Association and Fort Smith Minor Hockey Association.
Hockey North is the Hockey Canada member branch for the Northwest Territories. It is one of Hockey Canada's 13 member branches, and it covers Nunavut as well. Hockey Northwest Territories is the territorial body inside it, with offices in Yellowknife.
Hockey programs in Northwest Territories
Season cost estimates and family-reported costs for 3 programs.
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