Demographics of Yukon

Yukon is the westernmost of Canada's three northern territories. Its capital is Whitehorse. People from Yukon are known as Yukoners. Unlike in other Canadian provinces and territories, Statistics Canada uses the entire territory as a single at-large census division.
Population of Yukon: 40,232

Percentage of Canadian population : 0.10%
Population growth rate for 2007: +5.8%

Population history

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	10
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
2011	33,897	11.6	18.2	12
2016	35,874	5.8	13.6	13
2021	40,232	12.1	18.7	12

''Source: Statistics Canada''

Population geography

Major communities

Community	2021	2016	2011	2006	2001
Whitehorse	28,201	25,085	23,276	20,461	19,058
Dawson City	1,577	1,375	1,319	1,327	1,251
Watson Lake	1,133	790	802	846	912
Haines Junction	688	613	593	589	531
Carmacks	588	493	503	425	431
Ibex Valley	523	411	346	376	315
Mount Lorne	468	437	408	370	379
Faro	440	348	344	341	313
Ross River	355	293	352	313	337
Carcross	317	301	289	280	152
Pelly Crossing	316	353	336	296	328
Tagish	311	249	391	222	206
Old Crow	236	221	245	253	299
Mayo	188	200	226	248	267

Visible minorities and Indigenous peoples

		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%

Rk	Name	Total pop.	Indigenous pop.	Percent	Rk	Name	Total pop.	Indigenous pop.	Percent
1	Upper Liard	110	110	100%	12	Beaver Creek	130	60	46.1%
2	Two Mile Village	100	100	100%	13	Haines Junction	575	230	40.0%
3	Two and One-Half 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	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. Yukon's official languages are English and French.

Religion

The Majority of Christians in Yukon are Anglicans and Catholics, with a small number of Presbyterians and members of the United Church of Canada.

Migration

Immigration

Year	Immigrant percentage	Immigrant population	Total population
1901		19,056	27,219
1911		4,662	8,512
1921		1,557	4,157
1931		1,572	4,230
1941		1,427	4,914
1951		1,630	9,096
1961		2,714	14,628
1971		2,545	18,385

The 2021 census reported that immigrants comprise 5,385 persons or 13.6 percent of the total population of Yukon.

Recent immigration

The 2021 Canadian census counted a total of 1,125 people who immigrated to Yukon between 2016 and 2021.

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. All net inter-provincial and official minority movements of more than 100 persons are given.