Education from kindergarten to Grade 9 is available at the Carcross School. Students go to Whitehorse to complete Grades 10 through 12.
Post-secondary education is provided through the Carcross Campus of Yukon College. The college offers adult basic education programs and works with the Carcross/Tagish First Nation to offer programs and courses with an emphasis on community development. These include early childhood development, computer training, tourism, employment preparation, small business, and art courses. Students contribute to community development projects like the publication of a newspaper to boost tourism. The campus also has videoconferencing capability and additional courses are available in the community through this technology.
The community health centre in Carcross provides health care. It offers daily service and is staffed by two nurses; a nurse provides service once a week in Tagish. The health centre also supplies 24-hour emergency service. A volunteer ambulance service in Carcross also covers Tagish and the surrounding area.
YTG Health and Social Services provides social worker services in Carcross.
The Carcross/Tagish First Nation offers social services to members who live in the Carcross and Tagish area. Services include social assistance, in-home care, counseling, and referral. There is a daycare centre. Native courtworker services are provided out of Whitehorse.
Policing is provided by the RCMP detachment, staffed by a corporal and two constables, with secretarial support. Probation officer services are provided out of Whitehorse.
The Carcross fire department has a chief and ten volunteer firefighters. Tagish has its own volunteer fire department.
The Yukon Electrical Co. Ltd. supplies hydroelectric power from the Whitehorse dam.
Recreation facilities in Carcross include a community club, a visitor reception centre at the railway station, seasonal swimming pool, ski trails, a climbing wall, hockey rink and library.
Recreation facilities in Tagish include a community club, library, hockey rink, and baseball diamond.
The Southern Lakes Justice Committee offers an alternative to existing justice-related services. Its volunteer members and one employee run a variety of restorative justice programs that provide both victims and offenders different options within the existing criminal justice system.
Carcross is home to radio station CIKO-FM, which is operated entirely by volunteers and housed in the community school.
Carcross has a combined gas station, fast food restaurant, and grocery store that is open year-round. Alcohol, propane, video rentals, and banking services (via an ATM) are available at the same location. RV facilities are available from May to September. The Caribou Hotel, one of the oldest operating hotels in the Yukon, has both a bar and restaurant. The restaurant is normally open only during the summer season. Other seasonal businesses sell a variety of goods, including locally-made items, to tourists.
Summer accommodation is available at a lodge a few miles north of Carcross. A number of B&B establishments cater to summer traffic. Other small businesses, such as a bakery and restaurant, are open during the summer months.
Gas, video rentals, postal services, and convenience-store groceries are available in Tagish, although residents tend to buy most of their groceries in Whitehorse. RV facilities are available during the summer. Other accommodations, including B & B establishments, cater to summer visitors. Tagish boasts a marina and a local tourism operator who specializes in winter dog-mushing trips.
Carcross has a small community airstrip.
