The Yellowknife City Council is the governing body of the city of Yellowknife, Northwest Territories, Canada. The council consists of a mayor and eight councillors originally elected to three year terms, but after a referendum in 2018 this has now been changed to four year terms.
The current mayor of Yellowknife is Ben Hendriksen. He was appointed Mayor by the council after the resignation of Rebecca Alty in 2025. She resigned due to her election victory in her bid to become the Northwest Territories Member of Parliament in the 2025 federal election.
In the 2018 election, voters chose to extend the term of office from three to four years.
2022 had 3,939 voters out of an eligible 8,190, which represents a 48% voter turnout. This is down from the 56% turn out in 2018.
2018 saw 5,354 voters out of an eligible 9,544, which represents a 56% voter turnout.