| ADM | Assistant Deputy Minister |
| AAMDC | Alberta Association of Municipal Districts & Counties |
| Ad hoc | a Latin phrase which means "for this purpose |
| AFUDC | Allowance for funds used during construction |
| AIGA | Alaska Gas Inducement Act |
| AML | Alaska Municipal League |
| AMSC | Alberta Municipal Services Corporation
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| AUMA | Alberta Urban Municipal Association |
| ATIPP | Access to Information and Protection of Privacy |
| AYC | Association of Yukon Communities |
| BANANA | Build Absolutely Nothing Anywhere Near Anything (or Anyone). |
| BCF | Building Canada Fund |
| Bcf/d | Billion cubic feet per day |
| CA | Community Affairs
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| CAFN | Champagne/Aishihik First Nation |
| CAO | Chief Administrative Officer |
| CCME | Canadian Council Ministers of the Environment |
| CDF | Community Development Fund |
| CEO | Chief Executive Officer |
| CESO | Canadian Executive Services Organization |
| CRA | Canada Revenue Agency |
| CS | Community Services
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| CSIF | Canada Strategic Infrastructure Fund |
| CTTS | Community Training Trust Society |
| CWWA | Canadian Water and Wastewater Association |
| CYFN | Council of Yukon First Nations |
| DM | Deputy Minister |
| ED | Executive Director |
| EMO | Emergency Measures Organization |
| EMR | Energy Mines & Resources |
| ERCB | Energy Resources Conservation Board |
| FCM | Federation of Canadian Municipalities |
| FERC | Federal Energy Regulatory Commission |
| FN | First Nation |
| GTA | Gas Tax Agreement |
| GDP | Gross Domestic Product |
| GTP | Gas Treatment Plant |
| ICSP | Integrated Community Sustainability Planning |
| IMBL | Inter-Municipal Business Licence |
| LAC | Local Advisory Committee |
| LGANT | Local Government Administrators of the NWT |
| LGMA | Local Government Management Association of B.C. |
| LNG | Liquid Natural Gas |
| MARC | Municipal Act Review Committee |
| MMbtu | Million British thermal units |
| MRIF | Municipal Rural Infrastructure Fund |
| MWWE | Municipal Waste Water Effluent |
| NEB | National Energy Board |
| NIMBY | Not in My Back Yard |
| NIMTO | Not in My Term of Office |
| NRAHTA | Northern Rockies Alaska Highway Tourism Association |
| OCP | Official Community Plan |
| OH & S | Occupational Health & Safety |
| OTOF | Our Towns Our Future
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| PEP | Partners for Economic Progress or Prosperity |
| PW | Public Works |
| RDI | Rural Development Institute |
| REDF | Regional Economic Development Fund |
| RFT | Request for Tender |
| RI | Reciprocal Insurance |
| RRRT | Ross River Round Table |
| SIMSI | Shared Information Management System for Infrastructure |
| TIA | Tourism Industry Association of The Yukon |
| TILMA | Trade, Investment and Labour Mobility Agreement |
| TOR | Terms of Reference |
| TTC | Teslin Tlingit Council |
| TTTF | Tourism Training Trust Fund |
| UBCM | Union of British Columbia Municipalities |
| WCSB | Western Canadian Sedimentary Basin |
| YCB | Yukon Convention Bureau |
| YCEE | Yukon Council on the Economy and the Environment |
| YESAB | Yukon Environmental and Socio-economic Assessment Board |
| Yukon CIA | Yukon Community Insurance Association |
| YMB | Yukon Municipal Board |
| YWWA | Yukon Water and Waste Association |
| YRRT | Yukon Regional Round Table |
| YSAR | Yukon Species at Risk Act |
| YSCP | Yukon Sustainable Community Partnership |
| YTG | Yukon Territorial Government |
| YTIC | Yukon Technology Innovation Centre |
| YWCH&SB | Yukon Workers’ Compensation Health & Safety Board |
| YWWA | Yukon Water and Waste Association |