Facts at a Glance

Yukon Fact Sheet

June 2015

Source: Yukon Bureau of Statistics

Government

Yukon became a territory of Canada in 1898. Currently, the Yukon Legislative Assembly consists of 19 elected members. Present standings in the Legislative Assembly are:

Yukon Party	12
New Democratic Party	6
Liberal Party	1

Commissioner of Yukon: The Hon. Douglas George Phillips
Premier: The Hon. Darrell Pasloski
Opposition Leader: Elizabeth Hanson
Member of Parliament: The Hon. Larry Bagnell
Senator: Daniel Lang

Government Finance Projections ($000)
2014-2015 Supplementary Estimates No. 2

Total Revenues	1,224,137
Appropriations*	1,306,284
Surplus for the year	49,001

2015-2016 Estimates

Revenues	1,250,339
Appropriations*	1,367,070
Surplus for the year	23,242

*Operation & maintenance and capital.

Land

Yukon represents 4.8% of Canada's total land area. Of the ten provinces and three territories, Yukon is the ninth-largest. Yukon's Mount Logan of the St. Elias Mountains in the Kluane National Park is the highest point in Canada, with an elevation of 5,959 meters above sea level.

Total Area of Yukon	482,443 km²
Land Area	474,391 km²
Freshwater Area	8,052 km²

Principal Rivers and Lakes
Rivers: Donjek, Klondike, Liard, MacMillan, McQuesten, Nisutlin, Peel, Pelly, Porcupine, Ross, Snake, Stewart, White, Wind and Yukon.
Lakes:: Aishihik, Bennett, Dezadeash, Frances, Kluane, Kusawa, Laberge, Little Salmon, Marsh, Mayo, Quiet, Tagish and Teslin.

Population

Community Profile

Cities	1
Towns	7
Local Advisory Areas	5

Population, by Community, Dec 31, 2014

	Total	Male	Female
Beaver Creek	112	62	50
Burwash Landing	98	49	49
Carcross	436	238	198
Carmacks	530	268	262
Dawson City	2,016	1,079	937
Destruction Bay	42	23	19
Faro	372	205	167
Haines Junction	861	437	424
Marsh Lake	528	281	247
Mayo	478	244	234
Old Crow	249	138	112
Pelly Crossing	388	207	181
Ross River	375	212	163
Tagish	258	132	126
Teslin	448	249	199
Watson Lake	1,471	792	680
Whitehorse	28,455	14,327	14,128
Other	65	41	25
Total Yukon	27,183	18,983	18,200

Population by Age Group, December, 2011

Age Group	Population	Age Group	Population
0-4	2,139	40-44	2,661
5-9	2,056	45-49	2,620
10-14	2,010	50-54	3,204
15-19	1,981	55-59	3,072
20-24	2,340	60-64	2,418
25-29	2,916	65-69	1,745
30-34	3,147	70-74	1,018
35-39	2,641	75+	1,214

Median Age of Population (Years)	38
Population Aged Under 15 Years	6,205
Population Aged 15 to 24 Years	4,322
Population Aged 25 to 64 Years	22,680
Population Aged 65 Years and Over	3,977

Yukon pop. growth, Dec '13 to '14	1.9%
Percent of Canada's pop. in Yukon	0.1%

Consumer Prices

Consumer Price Index, Whitehorse, 2014

	2002=100	Change from 2013
All-items	124.4	1.3%
Food	129.4	3.2%
Shelter	147.2	2.6%
Household Operations, Furnishings & Equipment	106.2	0.7%
Clothing & Footwear	94.8	-0.4%
Transportation	129.6	0.9%
Health & Personal Care	119.1	1.3%
Recreation, Education &Reading	148.6	-2.6%
Alcohol & Tobacco	168.4	2.7%
Energy	168.4	1.0%

Selected Food Price Index, Whitehorse, 2014

	2002=100	Change from 2013
Food Purchased From Stores	132.2	4.5%
Meat	133.3	10.8%
Dairy Products	134.3	2.7%
Bakery & Cereal Products	138.3	1.0%
Fresh Fruit	129.7	8.2%
Fresh Vegetables	116.4	7.3%
Food Purchased From Restaurants	123.2	0.4%

Construction

Building Permits, 2014
(Value in $000)

		Dawson City	Haines Junction	Watson Lake	Whitehorse
Residential	Number	62	23	41	921
	Value	1,759	818	534	29,704
Industrial	Number	3	0	0	7
	Value	84	0	0	577
Gov't/Inst'l	Number	2	2	3	43
	Value	72	4,603	2,046	36,287
Commercial	Number	18	3	11	129
	Value	9,755	45	675	13,352

Resources

Mineral Production
(Value in $000)

	2010	2011	2012	2013^r	2014^p
Copper	189,555	169,837	136,664	127,785	163,451
Silver	5,931	66,028	136,306	116,136	59,963
Gold	97,446	100,240	134,421	125,205	130,342
Zinc	..	5,381	47,508	72,725	61,608
Lead	..	17,686	18,970	15,359	4,767
Sand & Gravel	5,652	6,659	10,198	x	x

Mineral Exploration and
Deposit Appraisal Expenditures
(Value in $000)

2010	156,900
2011	331,700
2012^r	233,200
2013^r	100,600
2014^p	107,100

Net Merchantable Roundwood Harvested
(Cubic metres)

	Total	Industrial Roundwood	Fuelwood & Firewood
2010	27,000	6,000	21,000
2011	27,000	6,000	21,000
2012	19,000	4,000	15,000
2013	37,250	4,250	33,000
2014	23,000	1,000	22,000

Electricity Generation
(Megawatt hours)

	Total	Hydro	Combustion	Wind
2010	404,141	380,434	23,621	86
2011	424,611	386,014	38,226	...
2012	452,664	428,484	23,734	...
2013	446,710	422,869	23,563	...
2014	427,969	404,937	22,601	...

Climate

Most of Yukon has a sub-arctic continental climate with a longer winter and a shorter but pleasant summer compared to most southern provinces. Temperature across Yukon communities varies according to their geographic locations.

Daily Temperature (1981-2010)

	Daily Maximum		Daily Minimum
	(Celcius)
	Jan	July	Jan	July
Beaver Creek	-20.4	20.3	-30.0	7.8
Burwash Landing	-14.3	19.6	-26.7	6.4
Dawson City	-21.8	23.1	-30.1	8.2
Faro	-21.8	21.0	-24.6	8.9
Mayo	-18.0	22.8	-28.2	9.4
Old Crow	-25.2	20.2	-33.5	8.9
Teslin	-12.6	20.2	-21.5	7.9
Watson Lake	-17.5	21.5	-27.5	9.0
Whitehorse	-11.0	20.6	-19.2	8.0

Precipitation: Average Annual Totals (1981-2010)

	Total (mm)	Rain (mm)	Snow (cm)
Beaver Creek	417.3	298.6	117.9
Burwash Landing	274.7	196.2	105.5
Dawson City	324.4	201.3	166.5
Faro	319.7	218.4	114.0
Mayo	313.5	203.8	160.6
Old Crow	278.6	154.8	141.4
Teslin	346.3	209.5	148.4
Watson Lake	416.4	262.0	196.1
Whitehorse	262.3	160.9	141.8

Demographics

Vital Statistics

	Births	Deaths	Marriages
2010	372	188	143
2011	418	178	147
2012	427	199	148
2013	392	204	163
2014	386	201	178

Migration Estimates
(July 1 to June 30)

	In	Out	Net
2009/2010	1,870	1,136	734
2010/2011	1,757	1,147	610
2011/2012	1,855	1,328	527
2012/2013	1,397	1,431	-34
2013/2014	1,854	1,933	-79

Census 2011 Mother Tongue
(% of population)

English	83.4%
French	4.3%
Aboriginal	2.5%
Non-Aboriginal	8.3%
Multiple response	1.5%

Note: The term 'mother tongue' refers to the first language learned at home in childhood and still understood at the time of the census.

Earnings, Income & Employment

Gross Domestic Product (GDP) at market prices
(Millions of chained (2007) dollars)

	2009	2010	2011^r	2012^r	2013
Real GDP	$2,067	$2,153	$2,245	$2,303	$2,283
Growth Rate	7.5%	4.2%	4.3%	2.6%	-0.9%

Average Weekly Earnings
Industrial Aggregate, excluding unclassified businesses and including overtime

	Canada	Yukon	Difference
2010^r	$852.29	$930.57	9.2%
2011^r	$873.40	$971.48	11.2%
2012^r	$895.34	$997.19	11.4%
2013^r	$911.28	$1,009.76	10.8%
2014	$935.31	$1,036.48	10.8%

Personal Income, by Tax Year

	2011	2012	2013
Taxfilers & Dependents with Income (#)	25,800	26,060	26,230
Average Income ($)	50,288	51,279	52,082
Median Income ($)	41,270	42,420	43,110
Average Tax Paid ($)	10,166	10,251	10,093
Median After-tax Income ($)	37,150	38,370	39,120

Employment, by Class of Worker

	Total Employed	Public Employees	Private Employees	Self- Employed
2010	17,500	7,100	7,800	2,600
2011^r	19,400	7,500	9,000	2,800
2012^r	19,300	7,500	8,800	3,000
2013	19,300	7,700	8,600	2,900
2014	19,800	7,800	9,200	2,800

Number of Jobs, by Selected Industry Sector

	2012^r	2013^r	2014
Industrial Aggregate*	20,680	20,663	20,790
Goods-Producing Industries	2,222	1,989	1,915
Service-Producing Industries	18,199	18,460	18,667
Trade	2,861	2,796	2,802
Transportation & Warehousing	1,929	1,975	2,295
Educational Services	1,386	x	1,399
Health Care & Social Assistance	1,127	1,167	1,197
Accomm. & Food Services	1,880	1,850	1,839
Public Administration	5,866	6,079	6,109

*Including unclassified businesses

Unemployment Rate (%)

	Canada	Yukon
2010^r	8.1	6.9
2011^r	7.5	5.4
2012^r	7.3	7.2
2013	7.1	5.4
2014	6.9	4.3

	Retail ($000)	Wholesale ($000)
2010	599,343	122,696
2011	651,664	144,899
2012	669,956	151,344
2013	652,280	145,533
2014	660,914	126,254

Health & Education

Health, June 2015

Number of Hospitals	3
Number of Staffed Hospital Beds	67
Number of Health Centres	14
Number of Yukon Resident Physicians	82
Number of Yukon Non-resident Physicians	180
Number of Yukon Resident Dentists	22
Number of Yukon Non-resident Dentists	23

Education

Number of Public Schools, 2015	29
Total School Enrolment (K-12), May '15	5,174
Teachers in the Public School System
(full-time equivalent), June '15	484
Post Secondary Institutions (Yukon College)	1
Yukon College Enrolment
(all campuses, Sept '14 to June '15)
Full-time	685
Part-time (credit programming)	501
Non-credit Programming	3,844

Transportation & Communications

Travellers Entering Yukon by Land through Canada Customs
Points of Entry

	Total	USA residents	Yukon residents	Other Canadian	Other Foreign
2010	398,799	298,097	43,649	25,339	31,714
2011	398,227	290,771	46,848	27,267	33,341
2012	406,133	296,799	46,343	29,050	33,941
2013	432,171	314,270	48,232	33,012	36,657
2014	408,104	292,369	45,530	30,480	39,725

Vehicle Registrations

	Total Registrations*	Cars and Trucks	Trailers
2009	45,011	29,438	11,796
2010	47,525	30,913	12,580
2011	49,170	32,180	12,762
2012	50,758	33,196	13,112
2013	52,318	33,874	13,659

*Total also includes: motor vehicles weighing 15,000 kilograms or more; buses; motorcycles; off-road, construction and farm vehicles

Road Surfaces Maintained, 2014 - 2015 Estimate (km)

Primary Highways
Pavement	375
Bituminous Surface	1,871
Gravel	1,453
Bridges/Ferry Crossings	7
Total	3,706
Secondary Roads
Bituminous Surface	104
Gravel	1,010
Bridges/Ferry Crossings	1
Total	1,115
Total, All Roads	4,821

Communications, 2015

Number of Newspapers	5
Number of Radio Stations	9
Number of Television Stations	2

p	=	preliminary
r	=	revised
x	=	suppressed
..	=	unavailable
...	=	not appropriate/applicable