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Records date from 1960-1987 and were originally part of the Central Registry filing system, and were administered by the Department of Economic Development and Tourism. The records are from the following central registry blocks: 60 - Directorate (2.2 meters); 61 Block - Tourism (0.2 meters); 62 Block - Industry and Commerce (4.3 meters); 64 Block - Research and Evaluation (5.5 meters); 67 Block -Employment (0.7 meters); 68 Block - Administration (0.1 meters); 69 Block - Loans and Grants (1 meter). This accession also includes miscellaneous reports (0.3 meters). The Directorate files (60 block) contains primarily planning and policy files pertaining to the following subjects: Nanasivik, Mackenzie Valley Pipeline, and Hire North. There are just a few tourism files (61 Block). The Industry and Commerce files (62 Block) cover topics such as Co-operative development including regional reports; Credit Union development; arts and crafts support; EDA (Economic Development Agreement with the federal government); and marketing files. There are sampled case files. The Research and Evaluation files (64 Block) consist primarily of research files on various companies and industries. The focus is primarily on the mining and oil and gas industries. The Employment files (67 Block) consists of files related to employment figures in general as well as some specific files on the mining industry. It includes files on the Local Employment Assistance Program. The Administration file (68 Block) consists of a file related to a Regional Superintendent's Conference. The Loans and Grants files (69 Block) contain records related to loan and grant funds administered by the department such as: Small Business Loans fund; Fisherman Loan Fund; Eskimo Loan fund. A small number of case files have been sampled. There is also a small collection of miscellaneous reports dealing with marketing plans and economic prospects for the NWT. In addition, there are reports about the Co-operative movement and the Small Business Loan fund.

Records include audit files related to Economic Development Agreement (EDA) contributions, as well as records related to the NWT Business Development Corporation and the NWT Business Credit Corporation. The accession also includes a file from the Department of Renewable Resource regarding the transfer of the Forestry program from the federal government.

Northwest Territories. Department of Economic Development and Tourism. Directorate

Records include files related to strategic planning, policy development, decentralization efforts, assistance to businesses, the Canada-NWT Economic Development Agreement, and planning for a credit union for the NWT. Also included are records from the Department of Renewable Resources, including departmental planning, funding agreements, and records related to forest fire management.

Northwest Territories. Department of Economic Development and Tourism. Directorate

Records include policy files, reports and studies, correspondence, and case files related to tourism, co-ops, arts and crafts, community stores and other business, and loan programs. The files were held by the Central Registry and include some records created by the department's predecessors, including the Department of Economic Development, the Department of Industry and Development, and records from the federal government.

Records include settlement files and files relating to departmental administration from the Directorate series (60 Block); files relating to camps and lodges from the Tourism series (61 Block); files relating to the operations of co-ops and arts and crafts projects, from the Economic and Industrial series (62 Block); and files documenting applications to the Eskimo Loan Fund from the Loans and Grants series (69 block). The bulk of the records concern the Keewatin region. These records were originally part of the Central Registry system and primarily administered by the Department of Industry and Development. The majority of the records were created by the Department of Industry and Development (1967-1972) and the Department of Economic Development (1973-1976), with the exception of the Eskimo Loan Fund files which were created by the Department of Economic Development and Tourism (1977-1995).

Records are comprised of photocopies of correspondence and directives generated between March and July 1977 relating to federal employment initiative programmes and sources of federal funding available within the Northwest Territories, via the department. There is also a binder listing communities within the Northwest Territories, which details federal funding received, number of jobs created, and total man-weeks funded by federal manpower projects such as the Short Term Employment program (STEP) between May 1977 and October 1978.

Northwest Territories. Department of Economic Development and Tourism. Employment and Training division