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The Records Office was a centralized body responsible for maintaining the records of the Government of the Yukon Territory. The records were primarily maintained in a centralized location, however there were a number of sub-stations. The Records Office maintained the files in a duplex-numeric filing system. These include the Commissioner's files, which formed the 1- series, which developed in the early 1920s. The development of other blocks took place after 1953 and were as follows: 10, Administration; 50, Personnel; 60, Finance; 100, Information Services; 400, Territorial Buildings; 450, Operation and Maintenance; 470, Communications; 480, Public Utilities; 500, Roads; 600, Ordinances; and 900, Federal Lands Transferred to the Commissioner. The Records Office maintained files dating back to 1899 (brought forward from earlier records keeping systems). The Records Office maintained the records of the government centrally until the 1970s, when the responsibility for records keeping was decentralized and devolved to the departments. In the 1970s records-keeping functions were devolved to the departments. The Central Registry was a federal office until 1967, when it was transferred to the Yukon Government. The Central Registry provided filing, recording and correspondence services to the Commissioner and his Assistants, federal offices located in the Yukon and the departments of the territorial government. For more details, see the authority file: Yukon. Central Registry Office. Function: The main function of the Central Registry was to provide filing, recording and correspondence services to the Commissioner and his Assistants, federal offices located in the Yukon and the departments of the territorial government.

The Y's Men's Club of Edmonton was a branch of the International Association of Y's Men's Clubs. The Y's Men's Club of Edmonton received its charter in 1945. Every Y's Man held membership with the Young Men's Christian Association (YMCA). The Y's only accepted members between the ages of 25 and 36 years old. Six Directors and an Executive consisting of a President, Past-President, Executive Vice-President, Service Vice-President, Program Vice-President, Corresponding Secretary, Recording Secretary, and a Treasurer managed the organization. Members paid $20.00 quarterly. The Y's maintained several committees including the following: Program Committee, Club Service Committee, Publicity Committee, House Committee, Fellowship Committee, Club Service Committee, Boy's Work Committee, World Outlook Committee, Fellowship Committee, Boy's Work Committee, New Y.M.C.A Member's Counseling, and a Membership Committee. In 1944, the organization purchased land at Jackfish Bay in Lake Wabamum to run camp Keewayhadin.

The Y's Men's Clubs were established in Toledo, Ohio in 1920 and consisted of men active in the Young Men's Christian Associatin (YMCA) who were eager to further assist the organization. The International Association formed in 1922 and the movement spread to Canada in 1923. A chapter was established in Calgary, Alberta that year and a second, the South Calgary Y's Men's Club in the 1960s. The organization acts as a service club, to serve its community as an outreach arm of the YMCA. Each club has projects that suit the needs of the community. A new constitution was adopted in 1973 allowing women to be members.

The Y's Menettes Club of Calgary was formed in Calgary, Alberta in 1947 by a group of wives of Y's Men who wished to enjoy social activities together and to assist the Y's Men's Club of Calgary with fund-raising projects and teas. The Y's Men's is a social and fund-raising service group for the Young Men's Christian Association of Calgary. The Y's Menettes merged with the Y's Men in 1974.

The YWCA opened its Women's Resource Centre in Calgary, Alberta in 1973 to provide local women with information, referral and counselling services, a lending library, and programs focussing on women's issues. The Centre was staffed by volunteers and was well used for several years. Gwen Willman, Christine Bell, and Louise Maerov were active in the organization. However, interest and usage gradually declined and the centre was closed to the public in 1976. After a thorough reassessment of the needs of local women, the Centre reopened in 1979. This decision was facilitated by an informal agreement with the Calgary Status of Women Action Committee for the Centre to take over all information and referral services formerly shared by the two organizations. In 1997 the centre was re-amalgamated with the Calgary YWCA.

The Young Women's Christian Association (YWCA) of Canada is a women's multi-service organization. The first Canadian YWCA was opened in Canada in 1870 in Saint John, New Brunswick and has now grown to operating in more than 400 districts and communities across Canada. YWCA Canada is a member of World YWCA, which is an international organization operating in 125 countries. YWCA Edmonton has been delivering services to the Edmonton, Alberta region for over one hundred years. YWCA Edmonton provides advocacy, support and counseling to women and their families. They offer programs and services to women and their families ensuring that each program provides the greatest impact to the lives of the women and girls they serve.

The Young Women's Christian Association was formed locally, around 1912. The associations' first meeting place was located at 503 1st Street, a small house located directly behind St. John's Presbyterian Church, which was rented for $40.00 per month. Room and board for women was offered for $6.00 per week. In August 1914, the association moved to Dr. Calder's former residence at 569 4th Street, adjacent to present day 6th Avenue. An earlier meeting in 1912, suggested a rental fee of $120.00 per month, but it is not clear what financial agreement was made. Here the association met, offered room and board and physical culture classes, until 1924. In 1924, the YWCA moved again to 409 1st Street, a site directly across from the present day Public Library. In 1951, a brick gymnasium was added to the rear of the original structure. As membership grew and with the formation of the Young Men's Christian Association, the two groups were amalgamated in 1959, to become the YM/YWCA. With the growth of the association and its membership, and the aging of their facility which had been used for close to 50 years, came the desire to establish a new modernized facility. A fund raising campaign initiated in 1970, eventually lead to the construction and official opening of the present building at 150 Ash Avenue S.E., in the spring of 1973. During the war years, the YWCA was instrumental in serving hundreds of girls and women who travelled across the country with the armed forces, and sponsored many social events for war brides. Classes and instruction in handicrafts, home nursing and health talks, and local sponsorship of High School dances were some other community activities undertaken by the "Y". The underlying philosophy of both of the associations is to provide basic educational and recreational activities for its members and the community, in the hopes of instilling leadership skills for young and old alike, through programs and activities based on Christian principles. Medicine Hat's present "Y" continues to do so.

Upon Athelstan Bisset's return from serving in the First World War, Athelstan Bisset and George Young, two young lawyers, formed a partnership under the name Young and Bisset. This partnership lasted until 1952, at which time Bisset was appointed a judge of Family Court of the City of Edmonton, Alberta.