Pacific Northwest Economic Region

The Pacific Northwest Economic Region, known as PNWER, is a statutory United States and Canadian cross-border grouping of state, provincial and territorial jurisdictions in the northwest of North America. Its members are the Canadian provinces and territories of British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan, Yukon and the Northwest Territories, together with the American states of Alaska, Washington, Idaho, Montana and Oregon. It was set up by statute in 1991 with seven founding jurisdictions; Yukon joined in 1994, Saskatchewan in 2008 and the Northwest Territories in 2009. PNWER works through sector working groups on matters such as border policy, energy, forestry, water and transportation, and joins legislators, governors, premiers and private sector members. It is held here as a cross-border region defined by its member jurisdictions.