The Yukon, is the westernmost and smallest of Canada’s three territories, located in Canada’s Northwest. The name of the province comes from the word for “great river” in the aboriginal Gwich’in language. The Yukon has a population of approximately 37,000, roughly 75% of which live in its capital city Whitehorse (over 28,000). About one quarter of Yukon residents are of Aboriginal descent and the Yukon is home to fourteen of Canada’s First Nations, speaking eight different languages.
Sloping hillsides in the Yukon, Canada, showing the natural wilderness of the territory
The Yukon is situated above the Arctic Circle, bordering the U.S. state of Alaska. Average temperatures in Whitehorse range from -18 degrees Celsius in January to approximately 14 degrees in July.
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