Records consist of department specific legislation and regulation files, including the development of the Business Development and Investment Corporation Act, and the amendments to the Wildlife Act and regulations. Also included in the records are agreements, including an Environmental Agreement with DeBeers Canada regarding the Snap Lake Diamond Project, as well as a Cooperation Agreement with the federal Department of Indian Affairs and Northern Development respecting the Giant Mine Remediation Project.

Records date from 1998-1999 and consist of Ministerial and Deputy Minister chronos.

Records date from 1996-1999 and consist of Ministerial chronos.

Records include Ministerial and Deputy Minister chronos.

Records include ministerial and deputy minister chronos, including email chronos.

Records date from 2002-2003 and include Ministerial and Deputy Minister's chronos.

Records include Ministerial and Deputy Minister chronos.

Records date from 1999-2003 and were generated by the Deputy Minister's office. Records are primarily related to departmental strategy and planning, as well as a forest fire management project in partnership with aboriginal groups.

Records include files generated by the Banker's Commission and the Business Incentive Policy review.

Records include conservation policy documentation, hunter and trapper association (HTA) meetings, wildlife management reports, a report on the West Kitkmeot and Slave Geological area, as well as correspondence regarding a fur marketing strategy to southern and international markets.

Records consist of Minister, Deputy Minister and Director chronos related to the division.

Records include files related to musk-oxen, caribou, bison management and the trade of wildlife products.

Records date from 1994-2001 and consist of three files relating to mining industry winter road access, one file with varied material regarding NWT investment and trading strategies, including a brochure and report. There is one file on the Aurora Fund, a venture capital fund related to the federal Immigration Investor Program. Finally, there is also one file containing a consultant's report on household expenditure cost differentials between the NWT and southern communities.

Records date from 1991-1996 and relate to the administration and delivery of the Economic Development Agreement (EDA). Records include meeting minutes, workplans and consultation plans from the EDA implementing party, meeting minutes and workplans from the EDA Management Committee, and a series of EDA newsletters called "Foundations."

Records date from 1983-2001 and include a communication plan for the department, as well as communications plans for various strategies related to tourism, parks and protected areas. There is also correspondence and a report on the review and assessment of the traditional knowledge policy, diamond industry marketing material, and a summary report on strategic planning for the division. Records also consist of framework documents and discussion papers concerning the amendments to the Environmental Protection Act and Wildlife Conservation Act.

The bulk of the records are Ministerial and Deputy Minister chronos, as well as briefing books. In addition, there are files related to wildlife management of waterfowl and caribou, and issues such as rabies, the Mackenzie Bison sanctuary, Hanging Ice Bison Ranch, water management and an economic assessment of the viability of a small fresh fish business serving the Yellowknife. There are also files related to the development and privatization of NWT parks, the operation of the NWT Business Credit Corporation and NWT Development Corporation, as well as records regarding the Economic Development Agreement (EDA), including a plan for EDA and EDA Management Committee work plan. There are files related to the Community Futures program, as well as a marketing strategy for tourism in the NWT and sustainable development action plan developed by the NWT Roundtable on the Environment and Economy. There are also departmental planning files including records from a Departmental Review Committee related to consolidation of the following departments: Economic Development and Tourism, Energy, Mines and Petroleum Resources and Renewable Resources, as well as minutes from departmental Senior Management meetings.

Records date from 1990-1999 and include files related to the marketing and promotion of northern arts in crafts in North America, Japan and Europe, and the role of the department in the development of the Master of the Arctic exhibit. The bulk of the records consist of strategic planning materials concerning public relations for the department, business planning files related to arts and crafts development in the communities, program planning files and objectives from Natural Resources section, Trade and Investment Division, and Arts and Crafts section, as well as an annual report from the Inuvik Region. In addition, there is Deputy Minister correspondence concerning the relationship between Economic Development and Tourism, Business Credit Corporation and NWT Development Corporation, briefing notes, files from senior management meetings and Premier Panel Meeting, the Arts and Crafts Committee and internal newsletters.

Records date from 1991-1996 and consist of Deputy Minister (Nicholls) chronos from March to September 1996, as well as a copy of a presentation that was made on the Northern Accord. Records also include files related to the Canada/GNWT Economic Development Agreement (EDA). Records include briefings outlining the framework agreement and implementation of the EDA.

Records relate to intergovernmental groups involved in mineral development policies, regional development of mineral exploration and mining activities including files from the Development Impact Zone Committees (DIZ's), files related to the Lone Gull Project (Kiggauik), as well files related to the EDA (Economic Development Agreement) and the subsidiary Mineral Development Agreement.