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Demographics of Yukon
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Yukon (formerly The Yukon Territory) is one of Canada's three territories, in the country's extreme northwest. It has a population of about 31,500, and its capital is Whitehorse, with a population of 23,272. People from the Yukon are known as Yukoners.
| 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 | 25.6 | 12 |
| 1986 | 23,505 | 1.5 | 7.6 | 12 |
| 1991 | 27,797 | 18.3 | 20.0 | 12 |
| 1996 | 30,766 | 10.7 | 30.9 | 12 |
| 2001 | 28,674 | -6.8 | 3.2 | 12 |
| 2006* | 31,229 | 8.9 | 1.5 |
*Preliminary 2006 census estimate.
Source: Statistics Canada [1][2]
- ^ Population urban and rural, by province and territory. Statistics Canada. Last accessed February 13, 2007.
- ^ Canada's population. Statistics Canada. Last accessed September 28, 2006.
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