Demographics of Yukon

Yukon (also known as "Yukon Territory") is the westernmost of Canada's three northern territories. Its capital is Whitehorse. People from the Yukon are known as Yukoners.

Estimated population of Yukon: 30,989 (July 2007 est^[1])

Percentage of Canadian population : 0.1%

Population growth rate for 2007: -0.7%

Population of Yukon since 1901

Year	Population	Five-year % change	Ten-year % change	Rank among provinces and territories
1901	27,219	n/a	n/a	10
1911	8,512	n/a	-68.7	10
1921	4,157	n/a	-51.1	11
1931	4,230	n/a	1.8	11
1941	4,914	n/a	16.2	11
1951	9,096	n/a	85.1	12
1956	12,190	34.0	n/a	12
1961	14,628	20.0	60.8	12
1966	14,382	-1.7	18.0	12
1971	18,390	27.9	25.7	12
1976	21,835	18.7	51.8	12
1981	23,150	6.0	25.9	12
1986	23,505	1.5	7.6	12
1991	27,797	18.3	20.1	12
1996	30,766	10.7	30.9	12
2001	28,674	-6.8	3.2	12
2006	30,372	5.9	-1.3	12

*Preliminary 2006 census estimate. Source: Statistics Canada ^[2][3]

Major communities

The largest communities by population

Municipality	2006	2001
Whitehorse	20,461	19,058
Dawson	1,327	1,251
Watson Lake	846	912
Haines Junction	589	531
Carmacks	425	431
Ibex Valley	376	315
Mt. Lorne	370	379
Faro	341	313
Carcross	331	152
Ross River	313	337
Pelly Crossing	296	328
Old Crow	253	299
Mayo	248	267
Tagish	222	206

First Nations, Métis and Inuit Census Information

Yukon to Canada Comparison^[4]

		Total population	Total aboriginal	First Nation	Métis	Inuit	Multiple	Other	Percentage of total
Yukon	Total	30,650	6,175	5,330	550	95	30	170	20.1%
	Male	15,810	2,965	2,850	260	40	10	80	18.7%
	Female	14,840	3,210	2,750	290	55	20	90	21.6%
Canada	Total	28,528,125	799,010	529,035	204,115	40,225	6,415	19,215	2.8%
	Male	14,046,880	390,870	258,330	101,435	20,180	3,175	7,750	2.8%
	Female	14,481,245	408,140	270,700	102,685	20,040	3,240	11,465	2.8%

Communities in order of percent of aboriginal population ^[4]

Rk	Name	Total pop.	Aboriginal pop.	Percent	Rk	Name	Total pop.	Aboriginal pop.	Percent
1	Upper Liard	110	110	100%	12	Beaver Creek	w130	60	46.1%
2	Two Mile Village	100	100	100%	13	Haines Junction	575	230	40.0%
3	Two and 1/2 Mile Village	40	40	100%	14	Ibex Valley	320	90	28.2%
4	Old Crow	280	250	89.3%	15	Watson Lake	995	220	27.1%
5	Pelly Crossing	240	205	84.5%	16	Dawson City	1280	345	26.9%
6	Ross River	350	275	78.6%	17	Tagish	165	40	26.7%
7	Carcross	275	185	67.3%	18	"Unorganised"	1855	345	18.6%
8	Burwash Landing	60	40	66.7%	19	Whitehorse	20,960	2,775	13.2%
9	Teslin	305	195	63.9%	20	Mount Lorne	400	35	8.75%
10	Carmacks	465	295	63.4%	21	Faro	1260	80	6.34%
11	Mayo	320	200	62.5%	22	Stewart Crossing	45	0	0%

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.	English	25,655	85.69%
2.	French	1,105	3.69%
3.	German	775	2.59%
4.	Athapaskan languages	650	2.17%
	Gwich'in	75	0.25%
	North Slavey	30	0.10%
5.	Chinese languages	260	0.87%
	Cantonese	85	0.28%
	Mandarin	70	0.23%
6.	Malayo-Polynesian languages	165	0.55%
	Tagalog	145	0.48%
7.	Dutch	140	0.47%
8.	Spanish	130	0.43%
9.	Vietnamese	105	0.35%
10.	Yugoslavian languages	95	0.32%
	Slovenian	45	0.15%
11=	Hungarian	80	0.27%
11=	Panjabi	80	0.27%
13.	Tlingit	70	0.23%
14=	Algonquian languages	55	0.18%
	Cree	50	0.17%
14=	Russian	55	0.18%
14=	Inuktitut	55	0.18%

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. (Figures shown are for the number of single language responses and the percentage of total single-language responses.)^[5]

Migration

Immigration

The 2006 Canadian census counted a total of 3,010 immigrants living in the Yukon.
The most commonly reported countries of birth for these immigrants were: ^[6]

1.	United States	600
2.	United Kingdom	555
3.	Germany	405
4.	Philippines	160
5.	Switzerland	125
6.	Netherlands	110
7.	Vietnam	90
8.	China	85
9.	former Yugoslavia	80
10.	France	75
11.	India	70
12.	Hungary	50

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 the 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. (All net inter-provincial and official minority movements of more than 100 persons are given.)^[7][8]

See also

BC

AB

SK

MB

ON

QC

NB

PE

NS

NL

YT

NT

NU

Demographics of Canada's provinces and territories

• Demographics of Canada
• List of Canadian provinces and territories by population

References

1. ^ http://www.statcan.ca/Daily/English/070927/d070927a.htm Statcan Annual demographic estimates
2. ^ Population urban and rural, by province and territory. Statistics Canada. Last accessed February 13, 2007.
3. ^ Canada's population. Statistics Canada. Last accessed September 28, 2006.
4. ^ ^{a b} http://www.eco.gov.yk.ca/stats/census/census96/aboriginal.pdf Aboriginal Data - Census '96
5. ^ Detailed Mother Tongue (186), Knowledge of Official Languages (5), Age Groups (17A) and Sex (3) (2006 Census)
6. ^ Immigrant Status and Period of Immigration (8) and Place of Birth (261) (2006 Census)
7. ^ Province or Territory of Residence 5 Years Ago (14), Mother Tongue (8), Age Groups (16) and Sex (3) (2006 Census)
8. ^ Province or Territory of Residence 5 Years Ago (14), Mother Tongue (8), Age Groups (16) and Sex (3) (2001 census)