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Yukon stands fully covered: its own filings and guidance stand in the books beside the federal ones.
Keep the society’s records whole and findable, for as long as the law asks, and let the people entitled to see them see them.
A Yukon society keeps the records the Act names — its certificate and certified copies, its registers of directors and members, its minutes and resolutions, its financial statements and the accountant’s report — at its registered office in Yukon, open to inspection, kept whole and guarded against falsification. Binds: Yukon societies (Societies Act, SY 2018, c. 15).
The law’s own words
“A society must maintain a registered office in Yukon.”
Societies Act (Yukon), s. 20 · Read it at Yukon Legislation · Verified 2026-11-09
“A society must ensure that the records it is required to keep under section 22 are available for inspection at the society’s registered office.”
Societies Act (Yukon), s. 24(1) · Read it at Yukon Legislation · Verified 2026-11-09
“A society must take reasonable precautions in preparing and keeping the records that it is required to keep under section 22 so as to (a) keep those records in a complete state; (b) avoid loss or destruction of, or damage to, those records; (c) avoid falsification of entries made in those records; and (d) facilitate simple, reliable and prompt access to those records.”
Societies Act (Yukon), s. 25(2) · Read it at Yukon Legislation · Verified 2026-11-09
“Subject to section 27, a member of a society may, without charge, inspect a record that the society is required to keep under subsection 22(1).”
Societies Act (Yukon), s. 26(1) · Read it at Yukon Legislation · Verified 2026-11-09
“A person who has inspected the register of members of a society under this section must not use the information obtained from the inspection except in connection with (a) the requisition or calling of a general meeting under section 80; (b) a proposal under section 86; (c) the calling of a general meeting under subsection 153(2); (d) an effort to influence the voting of members; or (e) another matter relating to the affairs of the society.”
Societies Act (Yukon), s. 27(6) · Read it at Yukon Legislation · Verified 2026-11-09
“A person must not use contact information that the person obtains from an inspection or copying of a society’s register of directors referred to in paragraph 22(1)(e) except in connection with matters related to the activities or internal affairs of the society.”
Societies Act (Yukon), s. 28 · Read it at Yukon Legislation · Verified 2026-11-09