Environmental Health
Government of Yukon, Environmental Health Services branch promotes care for the environment in the interest of human health. The branch engages in consultation and provides information, advice inspections and enforcement services on water quality, sewage and solid waste disposal, food quality, institutional hygiene, special events, recreational facilities, communicable disease control and other related matters.
For further Information contact:
Environmental Health Services
#2 Hospital Road
Whitehorse, Yukon Y1A 3H8
(867) 667-8391
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Acts and Regulations
- Public Health and Safety Act
- C.O. 1958/79 - General
- C.O. 1961/1 - Eating and Drinking Places - amended
- C.O. 1961/38 - Camp Sanitation
- C.O. 1962/23 - Milk
- C.O. 1962/26 - Trailer Coach Parks
- C.O. 1962/150 - Rubbish Disposal
- C.O. 1974/94 - Campgrounds and Campsites (public)
- O.I.C. 1984/124 - Personal Service Establishment Regulations
- O.I.C. 1989/130 - Public Pool Regulations
- O.I.C. 1999/82 - Sewage Disposal Systems Regulation
- O.I.C 2007/139 - Drinking Water Regulation
Food
- Food Safety for Older Adults (PDF, 908 KB)
- Food Safety Guideline for Food Banks (PDF, 97 KB)
- Health Assessment Checklist for Restaurants (PDF, 75 KB)
- Application for a Permit to Operate a Food Premises and Definitions (PDF, 62 KB)
- Application for the Operation of a Temporary Food Premises (PDF, 72 KB)
- Guidelines for the Operation of a Temporary Food Premises (PDF, 67 KB)
Drinking Water
- Application for a Permit to Operate a Large Drinking Water Distribution System (PDF, 32 MB)
- Application for a Permit to Operate a Trucked Drinking Water Distribution System (PDF, 28 MB)
- Drinking Water Regulation (PDF, 1.6 MB)
- Arsenic in Drinking Water: Information for Well Owners (PDF, 88 KB)
- Assessment Guideline for Well Water or Groundwater Under the Direct Influence of Surface Water (GUDI) (PDF, 26 KB)
- Getting Your Drinking Water Tested: Good Advice for Private Well Owners (PDF, 99 KB)
- Guidelines for Disinfecting Your Drinking Water Well (PDF, 15 KB)
- Guidelines for Part 3: Small Public Drinking Water Systems (PDF, 78 KB)
Sewage Disposal
- Application for a Permit to Install a Septic System (PDF, 52 KB)
- Application for Permission to Retain a Sewage Disposal System (PDF, 59 KB)
- Application for a Permit to Install a Sewage Disposal System (PDF, 495 KB)
- Application for a Permit to Install a Sewage Holding Tank (PDF, 43 KB)
- Design Specifications for the Septic Tank & Soil Absorption System (PDF, 189 KB)
- Notification of Installation & Undertaking to Maintain a Septic Tank and Soil Absorption System (PDF, 32 KB)
- Notification of Installation & Undertaking to Maintain a Sewage Holding Tank (PDF, 28 KB)
- Operation and Maintenance of a Septic System (PDF, 96 KB)
- Sewage Holding Tank Standards (PDF, 54 KB)
- Septic Systems in the Yukon: A Guide to their Design & Maintenance (PDF, 309 KB)
- Septic Systems in the Yukon: Guidelines for Soils Investigation & Percolation Tests (PDF, 63 KB)
- Standards for Construction, Installation, Maintenance and Eduction of a Contained Privy (PDF, 156 KB)
- Standards for Construction, Installation and Maintenance of a Pit Privy (PDF, 113 KB)
- Standards for Transportation of Sewage (PDF, 78 KB)
Care Facilities
Other Documents
- Water Supply, Garbage & Sewage Disposal (PDF, 59 KB)