Demographics of Yukon


Yukon is the westernmost of Canada's three northern territories. Its capital is Whitehorse. People from Yukon are known as Yukoners.
Population of Yukon: 35,874
Percentage of Canadian population : 0.10%
Population growth rate for 2007: +5.8%

Population of Yukon since 1901

YearPopulationFive-year
% change		Ten-year
% change		Rank among provinces
and territories
190127,219n/an/a10
19118,512n/a-68.710
19214,157n/a-51.110
19314,230n/a1.811
19414,914n/a16.211
19519,096n/a85.112
195612,19034.0n/a12
196114,62820.060.812
196614,382-1.718.012
197118,39027.925.712
197621,83518.751.812
198123,1506.025.912
198623,5051.57.612
199127,79718.320.112
199630,76610.730.912
200128,674-6.83.212
200630,3725.9-1.312
201133,89711.618.212
201635,8745.813.613

Source: Statistics Canada

Major communities

Visible minorities and Indigenous Peoples

RkNameTotal pop.Aboriginal pop.PercentRkNameTotal pop.Aboriginal pop.Percent
1Upper Liard110110100%12Beaver Creek1306046.1%
2Two Mile Village100100100%13Haines Junction57523040.0%
3Two and 1/2 Mile Village4040100%14Ibex Valley3209028.2%
4Old Crow28025089.3%15Watson Lake99522027.1%
5Pelly Crossing24020584.5%16Dawson City128034526.9%
6Ross River35027578.6%17Tagish1654026.7%
7Carcross27518567.3%18"Unorganised"185534518.6%
8Burwash Landing604066.7%19Whitehorse20,9602,77513.2%
9Teslin30519563.9%20Mount Lorne400358.75%
10Carmacks46529563.4%21Faro1260806.34%
11Mayo32020062.5%22Stewart Crossing4500%

Languages

The 2006 Canadian census showed a population of 30,372.
Of the 29,940 singular responses to the census question concerning 'mother tongue' the most commonly reported languages were:
1.English25,65585.69%
2.French1,1053.69%
3.German7752.59%
4.Athapaskan languages6502.17%
Gwich'in750.25%
North Slavey300.10%
5.Chinese2600.87%
Cantonese850.28%
Mandarin700.23%
6.Malayo-Polynesian languages1650.55%
Tagalog1450.48%
7.Dutch1400.47%
8.Spanish1300.43%
9.Vietnamese1050.35%
10.Yugoslavian languages950.32%
Slovenian450.15%
11=Hungarian800.27%
11=Panjabi800.27%
13.Tlingit700.23%
14=Algonquian languages550.18%
Cree500.17%
14=Russian550.18%
14=Inuktitut550.18%

There were also about 40 single-language responses for Ukrainian; 30 each for Czech and the Scandinavian languages; and about 25 single-language responses each for Italian and Japanese. In addition, there were also 130 responses of both English and a 'non-official language'; 10 of both French and a 'non-official language'; 110 of both English and French; and about 175 people who either did not respond to the question, or reported multiple non-official languages, or else gave some other unenumerated response. The Yukon's official languages are shown in bold.

Migration

Immigration

The 2006 Canadian census counted a total of 3,010 immigrants living in Yukon.
The most commonly reported countries of birth for these immigrants were:
CountryAmount
United States600
United Kingdom555
Germany405
Philippines160
Switzerland125
Netherlands110
Vietnam90
China85
former Yugoslavia80
France75
India70
Hungary50

There were also about forty immigrants from Austria and New Zealand, thirty from the Czech Republic and South Africa, and about twenty-five each from Belgium, Ireland and Poland.

Internal migration

A total of 7,400 people moved to Yukon from other parts of Canada between 1996 and 2006 while 10,505 people moved in the opposite direction. These movements resulted in a net influx of 230 from the Northwest Territories; and a net outmigration of 2,505 to Alberta, 915 to British Columbia and 115 to New Brunswick. There was a net influx of 120 francophones from Quebec during this period.