Understanding the Northern Living Allowance in Canada: Addressing Regional Cost-of-Living Disparities with Preceptor Business Solutions

Understanding the Northern Living Allowance in Canada: Addressing Regional Cost-of-Living Disparities

July 02, 202413 min read

There are more benefits to living in the north than just the stunning sights of the Aurora Borealis. The Northern Living Allowance is a critical support mechanism in Canada designed to mitigate the higher cost of living in northern and remote regions. In this comprehensive guide, we’ll delve into the details of this allowance, its purpose, eligibility criteria, and its impact on residents in these regions.

What is the Northern Living Allowance?

The Northern Living Allowance, also known as the Northern Residents Deduction, is a federal tax deduction offered to individuals residing in designated remote or northern areas across Canada. Its primary aim is to alleviate the financial burden caused by higher living expenses in these regions.

Key Points About the Northern Living Allowance:

  1. Eligibility Criteria: Residents in designated northern or remote regions can claim this allowance if they meet specific residency criteria.

  2. Purpose: It assists individuals and families by offsetting the increased costs of living, including higher prices for goods, housing, and essential services.

  3. Designated Regions: The allowance applies to various regions across the Northern territories and specific areas in provinces like Ontario, Quebec, Manitoba, Saskatchewan, and British Columbia.

Understanding the Impact:

  • Financial Relief: For residents in these regions, the allowance provides essential financial relief, making the cost of living more manageable.

  • Retention of Workforce: It aims to retain a skilled workforce in remote areas by making living conditions more feasible.

Eligibility and Application Process:

  • Residency Requirements: To claim the allowance, individuals must meet specific residency conditions, such as the length of time residing in the designated area (Zone A or Zone B). If you permanently lived in a prescribed northern zone (Zone A) or a prescribed intermediate zone (Zone B) for a continuous period of at least six consecutive months beginning or ending in the tax year, you may be eligible to claim the northern residents deductions on your income tax and benefit return. If you are eligible, these deductions will reduce the amount of income you pay tax on.

  • Tax Deduction: Residents can claim the Northern Living Allowance as a tax deduction when filing their income tax returns.

Conclusion: Alleviating Cost-of-Living Disparities

The Northern Living Allowance plays a crucial role in reducing financial disparities and fostering more equitable living conditions for residents in northern and remote regions of Canada.

Empowering Northern Communities

Understanding and availing this allowance can significantly benefit individuals and families residing in these regions, addressing the unique financial challenges associated with remote living.

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This is a condensed list. For a more detailed list please see the government websites linked above and below.

Alberta

Prescribed Northern Zone (Zone A)

  • Adams Landing

  • Amber River

  • Angus Tower

  • Assumption

  • Beaver Ranch

  • Berdinskies

  • Big Slough

  • Bistcho Lake

  • Boyer

  • Buffalo Head Prairie

  • Bushe River

  • Carcajou

  • Carlson Landing

  • Chateh

  • Cherry Mountain

  • Child Lake

  • Chipewyan

  • Davidson Lake

  • Embarras (Athabasca River)

  • Fifth Meridian

  • Fitzgerald (Slave River)

  • Footner Lake

  • Forestry West Zama (airfield)

  • Fort Chipewyan

  • Fort Smith Settlement

  • Fort Vermilion

  • Fox Lake

  • Garden Creek

  • Garden River

  • Habay

  • Hay Camp

  • Hay Lake

  • High Level

  • High Rock

  • Hutch Lake

  • Indian Cabins

  • Jackfish

  • Jackfish Point

  • Jackfish River

  • John D’Or Prairie

  • Keg River

  • Kemp River

  • Kenny Woods

  • La Crête

  • Lambert Creek Tower

  • Little Fishery

  • Little Red River

  • Lutose

  • Margaret Lake

  • Meander River

  • Metis

  • North Vermilion Settlement

  • Old Fort

  • Paddle Prairie

  • Parsons Lake

  • Peace Point

  • Pine Lake

  • Point Brule

  • Quatre Fourches

  • Rainbow Imperial (airfield)

  • Rainbow Lake

  • Rocky Lane

  • Slavey Creek

  • Steen River

  • Sweetgrass Landing

  • Tall Cree

  • Upper Hay River

  • Vermilion Chutes

  • Wadlin Tower

  • Warden Station

  • Wentzel Lake

  • Zama Lake

Prescribed Intermediate Zone (Zone B)

  • Aggie

  • Agnes Lake

  • Albright

  • Algar

  • Amesbury

  • Anzac

  • Arcadia

  • Assineau

  • Assineau River

  • Atikameg

  • Avenir

  • Bad Heart

  • Ballater

  • Bay Tree

  • Bear Canyon

  • Beaverlodge

  • Behan

  • Belloy

  • Berwyn

  • Bezanson

  • Bison Lake

  • Bitumount

  • Blueberry Mountain

  • Bluesky

  • Bonanza

  • Braeburn

  • Brainard

  • Breynat

  • Bridgeview

  • Brownvale

  • Buffalo Lake

  • Cadotte Lake

  • Calais

  • Calling Lake

  • Calling River

  • Canyon Creek

  • Chard

  • Cheecham

  • Cherry Point

  • Chinook Valley

  • Chipewyan Lake

  • Clairmont

  • Clarkson Valley

  • Clear Hills

  • Clear Hills 152C

  • Clear Prairie

  • Cleardale

  • Clearwater 175

  • Codesa

  • Conklin

  • Cowper (airfield)

  • Crooked Creek

  • Culp

  • Culp Station

  • Deadwood

  • Debolt

  • Decrene

  • Deer Hill

  • Demmitt

  • Devenish

  • Dimsdale

  • Dixonville

  • Donnelly

  • Draper

  • Dreau

  • Drift Pile River

  • Driftpile

  • Duncan’s

  • Dunvegan

  • Eaglesham

  • Early Gardens

  • Elmworth

  • Enilda

  • Erin Lodge

  • Eureka River

  • Fairview

  • Falher

  • Faust

  • Fawcett Lake

  • Fitzsimmons

  • Forest View

  • Fort MacKay

  • Fort McKay

  • Fort McMurray

  • Freeman

  • Friedenstal

  • Gage

  • Gift Lake

  • Gift Lake Metis Settlement

  • Gilwood

  • Girouxville

  • Glen Leslie

  • Goodfare

  • Goodwin

  • Gordondale

  • Grande Prairie

  • Gregoire Lake

  • Griffin Creek

  • Grimshaw

  • Grist Lake (airfield)

  • Grouard

  • Grouard Mission

  • Grovedale

  • Guy

  • Halcourt

  • Halcro 150C

  • Harmon Valley

  • Hawk Hills

  • Hayfield

  • Hazelmere

  • Heart River

  • Heart Valley

  • Hermit Lake

  • High Prairie

  • Highland Park

  • Hines Creek

  • Hinton Trail

  • Homestead

  • Hondo

  • Horse Lakes

  • Hotchkiss

  • Huallen

  • Hythe

  • Imperial Mills

  • Janvier

  • Jean Côté

  • Joussard

  • Judah

  • Kathleen

  • Kenzie

  • Kinosis

  • Kinuso

  • Kleskun Hill

  • Ksituan

  • La Glace

  • Lac Magloire

  • Lake Saskatoon

  • Last Lake

  • Leddy

  • Leicester

  • Leighmore

  • Leismer

  • Lenarthur

  • Lesser Slave Lake Settlement

  • Little Buffalo

  • Loon Lake

  • Loon River

  • Lothrop

  • Lubicon Lake

  • Lymburn

  • Lynton

  • Manir

  • Manning

  • Manning Station

  • Margie

  • Mariana Lake

  • Marie-Reine

  • Marie-Reine Station

  • Marina

  • Marten River

  • McLennan

  • Mildred Lake

  • Mitsue

  • Moose Portage

  • Mount Valley

  • Nampa

  • Namur Lake

  • New Fish Creek

  • Niobe

  • Normandville

  • North Star

  • Northmark

  • Notikewin

  • Overlea

  • Pakashan

  • Peace Grove

  • Peace River

  • Peerless Lake

  • Pelican Portage

  • Peoria

  • Philomena

  • Pingle

  • Pipestone Creek

  • Pitlochrie

  • Poplar Hill

  • Poplar Ridge

  • Prairie Echo

  • Prestville

  • Quigley

  • Ranch

  • Red Earth Creek

  • Red Star

  • Reno

  • Rio Grande

  • Roma

  • Roma Junction

  • Roxana

  • Royce

  • Rycroft

  • St. Isidore

  • Salt Prairie

  • Sandy Lake

  • Saulteaux

  • Sawridge 150G

  • Sawridge 150H

  • Scotswood

  • Sexsmith

  • Shaver

  • Silver Valley

  • Silverwood

  • Simon Lakes

  • Slave Lake

  • Smith

  • Smithmill

  • Smoky Heights

  • Spirit River

  • Springburn

  • Spurfield

  • Sturgeon Heights

  • Sturgeon Lake 154

  • Sturgeon Lake 154A

  • Sucker Creek 150A

  • Sunset House

  • Swan River 150E

  • Sweathouse Creek

  • Sylvester

  • Tangent

  • Tar Island

  • Teepee Creek

  • Three Creeks

  • Tolstad

  • Triangle

  • Trout Lake

  • Trumpeter

  • Twin Lakes

  • Utikoomak Lake

  • Valhalla

  • Valhalla Centre

  • Valleyview

  • Vanrena

  • Wabasca

  • Wagner

  • Wandering River

  • Wanham

  • Warrensville

  • Waterhole

  • Watino

  • Weberville

  • Webster

  • Wembley

  • Wesley Creek

  • Whitburn

  • Whitelaw

  • Whitemud Creek

  • Widewater

  • William McKenzie

  • Woking

  • Worsley

British Columbia

Prescribed Northern Zone (Zone A)

  • Andy Bailey Recreation Area

  • Atlin

  • Bear Camp

  • Ben-My-Chree

  • Bennett

  • Blue River

  • Boulder City

  • Boya Lake Park

  • Callison Ranch

  • Cariboo Meadows

  • Cassiar (Troutline Creek)

  • Centreville

  • Classy Creek 8

  • Coal River

  • Days Ranch

  • Dease Lake

  • Defot

  • Eddontenajon

  • Ekwan

  • Elleh

  • Engineer

  • Fireside

  • Five Mile Point

  • Fontas

  • Fort Nelson

  • Fraser (White Pass)

  • Gleam

  • Glenora

  • Good Hope Lake

  • Gutah

  • Hiusta’s Meadow

  • Horse Ranch Pass

  • Hyland

  • Iskut

  • Jacksons

  • Jennings River

  • Kahntah

  • Kledo Creek Park

  • Klua

  • Kluachon Lake

  • Laketon

  • Liard River

  • Lindeman

  • Log Cabin

  • Lower Post

  • Magnum Mine

  • Maxhamish Lake Park

  • McDame

  • McDames Creek

  • McDonald Lake

  • Meadows

  • Mosquito Creek

  • Mosquito Flats

  • Mount Edziza

  • Muddy River

  • Muncho Lake

  • Muncho Lake Park

  • Muskwa

  • Nelson Forks

  • New Polaris Mine

  • Niteal

  • Old Fort Nelson

  • One Mile Point

  • Pavey

  • Pennington

  • Pleasant Camp

  • Porter Landing

  • Prophet River

  • Rainy Hollow

  • Rupert

  • Salmon Creek

  • Saloon

  • Scotia Bay

  • Sheslay

  • Sikanni (railway siding)

  • Silver Salmon Lake 5

  • Skooks Landing

  • Smith River

  • Snake River

  • Steamboat

  • Stikine River

  • Stikine River Recreation Area

  • Stone Mountain Park

  • Summit Lake

  • Surprise

  • Tahltan

  • Taku

  • Taku River

  • Tamarack

  • Tarahne Park

  • Tatcho Creek

  • Telegraph Creek

  • Teslin Lake

  • Tetsa River Park

  • Toad River

  • Trutch

  • Tulsequah

  • Upper Tahltan

  • Weissener Lake

  • White Pass

Prescribed Intermediate Zone (Zone B)

All places in the Queen Charlotte Islands/Haida Gwaiiare in a prescribed intermediate zone.

  • Altona

  • Arras

  • Attachie

  • Baldonnel

  • Bear Flat

  • Bear Lake

  • Bear River

  • Beatton Ranch

  • Beryl Prairie

  • Bessborough

  • Blueberry River

  • Bob Quinn Lake

  • Bond

  • Boring Ranch

  • Brady Ranch

  • Briar Ridge

  • Buick

  • Bulkley House

  • Cecil Lake

  • Charlie Lake

  • Chetwynd

  • Cheztainya Lake

  • Clairmont

  • Clayhurst

  • Crying Girl Prairie

  • Dawson Creek

  • District Municipality of Mackenzie

  • Doe River

  • Doig River

  • Dokie

  • Dokie Siding

  • Driftwood River (Kastberg Creek)

  • East Moberly Lake

  • East Pine

  • Falls

  • Farmington

  • Farrell Creek

  • Federal Ranch

  • Fellers Heights

  • Flatrock

  • Fort St. John

  • Fort Ware

  • Fowler

  • Georgie

  • Germansen Landing

  • Goodlow

  • Grand Haven

  • Groundbirch

  • Gundy

  • Haida Gwaii

  • Halfway Lodge

  • Halfway Ranch

  • Halfway River

  • Hasler Flat

  • Hickethier Ranch

  • Hudson’s Hope

  • Hulcross

  • Ingenika

  • Iracard

  • Kelly Lake

  • Kilkerran

  • Kisgegas

  • Kiskatinaw

  • Klewaduska (Cataract)

  • Kotsine (Skutsil)

  • Kshwan

  • Kuldo

  • Kuldoe

  • Lexau Ranch

  • Lone Prairie

  • Lynx Creek

  • Mackenzie, District Municipality of

  • Manson Creek

  • Mason Creek

  • McKearney Ranch

  • McLean Ranch

  • Mesilinka River

  • Meziadin Lake

  • Moberly Lake

  • Monias

  • Montney

  • Murdale

  • North Pine

  • North Tacla Lake

  • Old Hogem

  • Parkland

  • Peejay

  • Pine Valley

  • Pineview

  • Pink Mountain

  • Police Meadow

  • Pouce Coupe

  • Premier

  • Prespatou

  • Progress

  • Queen Charlotte Islands

  • Reine-Charlotte, (îles de la)

  • Rolla

  • Rose Prairie

  • Scamakounst

  • Seven Mile Corner

  • Shearer Dale

  • Sikanni Chief

  • Simpson Ranch

  • South Dawson

  • South Parcel of Beaton River

  • Stewart

  • Stikine

  • Strandberg Creek

  • Sucker Lake

  • Sundance

  • Sunrise Valley

  • Sunset Prairie

  • Sweetwater

  • Taylor

  • Teko

  • Tomslake

  • Tremblay

  • Tsaytut Island

  • Tsupmeet (Patcha Creek)

  • Tumbler Ridge

  • Tupper

  • Twidwell Bend

  • Two Rivers

  • Upper Cutbank

  • Upper Halfway

  • Urquhart

  • Valley View

  • Wabi

  • Wagner Ranch

  • Ware

  • West Moberly Lake

  • Willow Valley

  • Willowbrook

  • Wonowon

  • Worth

Manitoba

Prescribed Northern Zone (Zone A)

  • Amery

  • Back

  • Belcher

  • Bird

  • Brochet

  • Brochet

  • Burge Lake Provincial Recreation Park

  • Bylot

  • Charlebois

  • Chesnaye

  • Churchill

  • Cromarty

  • Digges

  • Drybrough

  • Duck Lake Post

  • Fort Churchill

  • Fort Hall

  • Fox Lake

  • Fox Mine

  • Garden Hill

  • Gillam

  • Gods Lake

  • Gods River

  • Herchmer

  • Herriot

  • Island Lake

  • Jacam

  • Johnsonkank

  • Kakapawanis

  • Kapaneewekamik Place

  • Kapuskaypachik

  • Kellett

  • Kettle (generating station)

  • Kettle Rapids

  • Kitchiokonim Place

  • Kitchisakik

  • Kosapachekaywinasinne

  • Kosapechekanesik

  • Lac Brochet

  • Lac Brochet

  • Lamprey

  • Lawledge

  • Le Pensie

  • Leaf Rapids

  • Limestone (railway siding)

  • Long Spruce

  • Luke

  • Lynn Lake

  • Matawak

  • Mathias Columb (Granville Lake)

  • M’Clintock

  • McVeigh

  • Mistuhekasookun

  • Nonsuch

  • North Knife Lake

  • North River

  • Nunalla

  • O’Day

  • Omineeseenowenik

  • Oxford House

  • Piponshewanik

  • Port Churchill

  • Port Nelson

  • Red Sucker Lake

  • Ruttan Mine

  • St. Theresa Point

  • Sawbill

  • Shamattawa

  • Silcox

  • South Indian Lake

  • South Knife Lake

  • Starnes

  • Sundance

  • Tadoule Lake

  • Thibaudeau

  • Tidal

  • Waasagomach

  • Weesakachak

  • Weir River

  • Willbeach

  • Wivenhoe

  • York Factory

  • Zed Lake Provincial Recreation Park

Prescribed Intermediate Zone (Zone B)

  • Arnot

  • Athapap

  • Atik

  • Atikameg Lake

  • Bakers Narrows

  • Baldy

  • Berens River

  • Big Black River

  • Big Eddy Settlement

  • Boyd

  • Bridgar

  • Budd

  • Channing

  • Charles

  • Chisel Lake

  • Claw Lake

  • Clearwater Lake

  • Cold Lake

  • Cormorant

  • Cranberry Portage

  • Cross Lake (south of Thompson)

  • Dering

  • Dunlop

  • Dyce

  • Earchman

  • Fay Lake

  • Finger

  • Flin Flon

  • Fox Lake West

  • Freshford

  • Grace Lake

  • Granville Lake

  • Halcrow

  • Heaman

  • Heming Lake

  • Herb Lake

  • Highrock

  • Hockin

  • Hone

  • Ilford

  • Jenpeg

  • Jetait

  • Johnson

  • Kelsey

  • Kinusisipi

  • Kississing

  • La Pérouse

  • Laurie River

  • Leven

  • Little Grand Rapids

  • Lyddal

  • Matago

  • Mathias Columb (Pukatawagan)

  • Medard

  • Millwater

  • Moak Lake

  • Moose Lake

  • Munk

  • Negginan

  • Nelson House

  • Norway House

  • Notigi

  • Odhill

  • Opaskwayak Cree First Nation

  • Optic Lake

  • Orok

  • Paint Lake

  • Parlee

  • Paterson

  • Pauingassi

  • Pawistik

  • Payuk

  • Pigeon River 13A

  • Pikwitonei

  • Pipun

  • Pit Siding

  • Ponton

  • Poplar River 16

  • Prospector

  • Pukatawagan

  • Rafter

  • Ralls Island

  • Rawebb

  • Roblaytin

  • Rocky Lake

  • Root Lake

  • Rossville

  • Ruddock

  • Salt Channel

  • Schist Lake

  • Sherridon

  • Sherritt Junction

  • Simonhouse

  • Sipiwesk

  • Snow Lake

  • Split Lake

  • Stitt

  • Stony Point

  • Takipy

  • The Pas

  • Thicket Portage

  • Thompson

  • Tremaudan

  • Turnberry

  • Turnbull

  • Tyrrell

  • Umpherville

  • Venables

  • Wabowden

  • Wanless

  • Warren Landing

  • Wekusko

  • Westray

  • Whithorn

  • Wilde

  • York Landing

  • Young Point

Newfoundland and Labrador

Prescribed Northern Zone (Zone A)

All places in Labrador, including Belle Isle, are in a prescribed northern zone.

Nova Scotia

Prescribed Intermediate Zone (Zone B)

Sable Island

Ontario

Prescribed Northern Zone (Zone A)

  • Angling Lake

  • Attawapiskat

  • Bearskin Lake

  • Big Beaver House

  • Big Lake (south of Winisk)

  • Big Trout Lake

  • Cape Henrietta-Maria Wilderness Area

  • Deer Lake (Northern Ontario)

  • Factory Island

  • Fort Albany

  • Fort Hope

  • Fort Hope, Eabamet

  • Fort Severn

  • Galeton

  • Ghost River (west of Moosonee)

  • Kasabonika

  • Kasabonika Lake

  • Kashechewan

  • Keewaywin (reserve)

  • Kingfisher

  • Kingfisher Lake

  • Lake River

  • Lansdowne House

  • Lingman Lake

  • Marten Falls

  • Moose Factory

  • Moosonee

  • Muskrat Dam Lake

  • North Spirit Lake

  • Ogoki

  • Old Fort Albany Wilderness Area

  • Opasquia

  • Opasquia Provincial Park

  • Peawanuck (north of Webequie)

  • Polar Bear Provincial Park

  • Ponask

  • Sachigo Lake

  • Sandy Lake

  • Sandy Lake, Favourable Lake

  • Summer Beaver

  • Sutton Lake Gorge Wilderness Area

  • Tidewater Provincial Park

  • Wapekeka

  • Wawakapewin (Long Dog Lake)

  • Weagamow Lake

  • Webequie

  • Winisk

  • Winisk River Provincial Park

  • Wunnumin

  • Wunnumin Lake

  • Wunnummin Lake

Prescribed Intermediate Zone (Zone B)

  • Balmertown

  • Bruce Lake

  • Casummit Lake

  • Cat Lake

  • Central Patricia

  • Cochenour

  • Ear Falls

  • Goldpines

  • MacDowell (northeast of Red Lake)

  • Madsen

  • Manitou Falls

  • McKenzie Island

  • Moose River

  • Narrow Lake

  • New Osnaburgh

  • Onakawana

  • Osnaburgh

  • Pickle Crow

  • Pickle Lake

  • Pikangikum

  • Poplar Hill (north of Kenora)

  • Rat Rapids

  • Red Lake

  • Renison

  • Skibi Lake

  • Slate Falls (north of Sioux Lookout)

  • Snake Falls

  • South Bay (northwest of Sioux Lookout)

  • Spirit Lake

  • Starratt-Olsen

  • Swain Post

  • Uchi Lake

Quebec

Prescribed Northern Zone (Zone A)

  • Achiwapaschikisit

  • Aguanish

  • Akulivik

  • Anaukaskayach

  • Askwasimwakwanan

  • Aupaluk

  • Awikwataukach

  • Aylmer Sound

  • Baie-des-Ha!Ha! (North Shore)

  • Baie-des-Loups

  • Baie-des-Moutons

  • Baie-Johan-Beetz

  • Baie-Rouge

  • Blanc-Sablon

  • Bonne-Espérance

  • Border-Beacon

  • Bradore-Bay

  • Brisay

  • Burnt Creek

  • Canatiche

  • Caniapiscau (Duplanter)

  • Cape Hopes Advance

  • Chevery

  • Chico

  • Chiman Uchimaskwaw

  • Chisasibi (Fort-George)

  • Déception

  • Eastmain

  • Eric

  • Etamamiou

  • Factory Point

  • Fermont

  • Fire Lake

  • Forget

  • Fort MacKenzie

  • Gagnon

  • Harrington Harbour

  • Île-du-Vieux-Fort

  • Île-Verte, (L’Archipel-du-Vieux-Fort)

  • Intowin (reserve)

  • Inukjuak (Port Harrison)

  • Istuyakamikw

  • Ivujivik

  • Kachimumiskwanuch

  • Kanaaupscow

  • Kangiqsualujjuaq (George River, Port-Nouveau-Québec)

  • Kangiqsujuaq (Maricourt, Wakeham Bay)

  • Kangirsuk (Bellin, Payne Bay)

  • Kapistauchisitanach

  • Kattiniq

  • Kawawachikamach

  • Kegaska

  • Keyano

  • Killiniq (Port Burwell)

  • Kutawanis

  • Kuujjuaq (Fort Chimo)

  • Kuujjuarapik (Poste-de-la-Baleine)

  • L’Île-Michon

  • La Grande-Deux (LG2)

  • La Grande-Quatre (LG4)

  • La Grande-Trois (LG3)

  • La Grande-Un (LG1)

  • La John

  • La Romaine

  • La Tabatière

  • Lac-Dufresne (North Shore)

  • Lac Eon

  • Lac-Salé

  • Laforge

  • Les Mélèzes

  • Lourdes-de-Blanc-Sablon

  • Machisatat

  • Matimekosh

  • Middle Bay

  • Mikwasiskwaw Umitukap Aytakunich

  • Mont-Wright

  • Musquaro

  • Mutton Bay

  • Naskapis

  • Natashquan

  • Nemiscau (Nemaska)

  • Nitchequon

  • Old Fort Bay

  • Passe-Gagnon

  • Penney’s Room

  • Pischu Amakwayitach

  • Pointe-à-Maurier

  • Pointe-Parent

  • Pointe-Rocheuse

  • Port-Saint-Servan

  • Povungnituk (Puvirnituq)

  • Premio

  • Purtuniq

  • Quaqtaq (Koartak)

  • Radisson

  • Rivière-Saint-Paul

  • Rochers-du-Cormoran

  • Roggan River

  • Romaine

  • Saint-Augustin (North Shore)

  • Sakami

  • Salluit (Sugluk)

  • Salmon Bay

  • Sangumaniq

  • Schefferville

  • Shekatika

  • Spar Mica

  • Stick Point

  • Tasiujaq

  • Tête-à-la-Baleine

  • Umingmaqautik

  • Umiujaq

  • Vieux-Comptoir

  • Vieux-Fort

  • Vieux-Poste

  • Waco

  • Waskaganish (Fort-Rupert, Rupert House)

  • Wawaw Pimi Emichinanuch

  • Wemindji (Nouveau-Comptoir)

  • Whapmagoostui (Poste-de-la-Baleine)

  • Wolf Bay

Prescribed Intermediate Zone (Zone B)

All places in the Anticosti Island and Magdalen Islands are in a prescribed intermediate zone.

  • Anticosti Island

  • Anville

  • Arseneault

  • Aurigny (Le Moulin)

  • Baie-du-Poste

  • Baie-du-Renard

  • Baie-Sainte-Claire

  • Bassin

  • Betchouane

  • Boisville

  • Brouillan

  • Cap-aux-Meules

  • Cap-de-Rabast

  • Cap-Vert (Îles-de-la-Madeleine)

  • Chapais

  • Chemin-des-Buttes

  • Chibougamau

  • Comtois (township)

  • Daubree (township)

  • Desmaraisville

  • Ducharme

  • Dune-du-Sud

  • Étang-des-Caps

  • Étang-du-Nord

  • Fatima

  • Gand (township)

  • Grand-Ruisseau

  • Grande-Entrée

  • Gros-Cap (Îles-de-la-Madeleine)

  • Grosse-Île (Îles-de-la-Madeleine)

  • Havre-Aubert

  • Havre-aux-Maisons

  • Havre-Saint-Pierre

  • Heath Point

  • Île Brion

  • Île-d’Entrée

  • Joutel

  • Kaawiipuuskasich

  • La Martinique

  • La Vernière

  • Lac-Allard

  • Lac-Bachelor

  • Lac-Cameron (near Chibougamau)

  • Lac David (Scott township)

  • L’Anse-à-la-Cabane

  • L’Anse-aux-Fraises

  • Le Corps-Mort

  • Le Martinet (La Baie)

  • Le Pré

  • Lebel-sur-Quévillon

  • Les Caps

  • Les Sillons

  • Leslie

  • L’Étang-du-Nord

  • L’Île-d’Entrée

  • L’Immaculée-Conception (Îles-de-la-Madeleine)

  • Longue-Pointe

  • Magdalen Islands

  • Magpie

  • Matagami

  • Millerand

  • Mingan

  • Miquelon

  • Mistassini (north of Chibougamau)

  • Morris

  • Old-Harry

  • Oujé-Bougoumou

  • Petite-Baie

  • Pointe-aux-Loups

  • Pointe-Basse

  • Pointe-Carleton

  • Pointe-de-l’Ouest

  • Portage-du-Cap

  • Port-Menier

  • Queylus (township)

  • Rivière-à-la-Chaloupe

  • Rivière-au-Tonnerre

  • Rivière-aux-Graines

  • Rivière-Boisvert

  • Rivière-Chalifour

  • Rivière-de-la-Chaloupe

  • Rivière-Saint-Jean

  • Rocher aux Oiseaux (lighthouse)

  • Scott (township)

  • Sheldrake

  • Soissons (township)

  • Table Head

  • Tika

  • Trois-Ruisseaux

  • Vigneau

  • Waswanipi

Saskatchewan

Prescribed Northern Zone (Zone A)

  • Beaver Lake

  • Black Lake

  • Bushell

  • Camsell Portage

  • Chicken

  • Cluff Lake

  • Collins Bay

  • Eldorado

  • Fond du Lac 

  • Goldfields

  • Gunnar

  • Lac la Hache

  • Lorado

  • Points North Landing (north of Wollaston Lake)

  • Stony Rapids

  • Uranium City

  • Waterloo Lake

  • Wollaston Lake

Prescribed Intermediate Zone (Zone B)

  • Air Ronge

  • Amisk Lake

  • Beauval

  • Bélanger (east of La Loche)

  • Birch Portage

  • Brabant (Brabant Lake)

  • Budd’s Point

  • Buffalo Narrows

  • Canoe Lake

  • Canoe Narrows

  • Canoe River

  • Cantyre

  • Carrot River

  • Churchill Lake

  • Clearwater River Dene 

  • Cole Bay

  • Cree Lake

  • Creighton

  • Cumberland

  • Cumberland House

  • Denare Beach

  • Deschambault Lake

  • Descharme Lake

  • Dillon

  • Dipper Rapids

  • Elak Dase

  • Flin Flon (Saskatchewan)

  • Fort Black

  • Four Portages

  • Fox Point

  • Garson Lake

  • Grandmother’s Bay

  • Hall Lake (near Besnard Lake)

  • Île-à-la-Crosse

  • Island Falls

  • Jan Lake

  • Jans Bay

  • Kinoosao

  • Kitsakie

  • Knee Lake

  • La Loche

  • La Loche West

  • La Plonge

  • La Ronge

  • Lac la Ronge

  • Landing

  • Little Hills

  • McLennan Lake

  • Michel Village

  • Mirond Lake

  • Missinipe

  • Molanosa

  • Morin Lake

  • Muskeg River

  • Nemebien River

  • Old Fort

  • Opaskwayak Cree First Nation

  • Pakwaw Lake

  • Patuanak

  • Pelican Narrows

  • Pemmican Portage

  • Peter Pond Lake

  • Phantom Beach

  • Pine Bluff

  • Pine River

  • Pinehouse

  • Potato River

  • Primeau Lake

  • Red Earth

  • St. George’s Hill

  • Sakamayack

  • Sandy Bay

  • Sandy Lake

  • Sandy Narrows

  • Shoal Lake

  • Southend

  • Southend Reindeer

  • Southend, Reindeer Lake

  • Stanley

  • Stanley Mission

  • Sturgeon Landing

  • Sturgeon Weir

  • Sucker River

  • The Two Rivers

  • Turnor Lake

  • Wadin Bay

  • Wapachewunak

  • Weyakwin

  • Woody Lake

Yukon, Nunavut, and the Northwest Territories

Prescribed Northern Zone (Zone A)

All places in the Yukon, Nunavut, and the Northwest Territories are located in a prescribed northern zone.

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