Editing Yukon (section)

==Demographics==
{{Main|Demographics of Yukon}}
The [[Canada 2021 Census|2021 census]] reported a Yukon population of 40,232.<ref name="2016census">{{cite web |url=http://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2016/dp-pd/hlt-fst/pd-pl/Table.cfm?Lang=Eng&T=101&S=50&O=A |title=Population and dwelling counts, for Canada, provinces and territories, 2016 and 2011 censuses |work=[[Statistics Canada]] |date=February 2, 2017 |access-date=April 30, 2017}}</ref> With a land area of {{convert|474712.64|km2|sqmi|abbr=on}}, it had a population density of {{Pop density|33897|474712.64|km2|sqmi|prec=1}} in 2011, the highest among Canada's three territories.<ref name="2011censusYKmunis">{{cite web |url=http://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2011/dp-pd/hlt-fst/pd-pl/Table-Tableau.cfm?LANG=Eng&T=302&SR=1&S=51&O=A&RPP=9999&CMA=0&PR=60 |title=Population and dwelling counts, for Canada, provinces and territories, and census subdivisions (municipalities), 2011 and 2006 censuses (Yukon) |publisher=Statistics Canada |date=January 13, 2014 |access-date=January 15, 2014}}</ref> Statistics Canada has estimated Yukon's 2024 population to be 46,948,<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/t1/tbl1/en/tv.action?pid=1710000901 |access-date=January 12, 2021 |title=Population estimates, quarterly |work=Statistics Canada|date=June 27, 2018 }}</ref> an increase of 17.5% from the 2016 census. This is the largest percentage increase for any Canadian province or territory.

Unlike in other Canadian [[Provinces and territories of Canada|provinces and territories]], [[Statistics Canada]] uses the entire territory as a single at-large census division.
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===Ethnicity===
{{see also|Indigenous peoples in Yukon}}
{{Update section|inaccurate=yes|date=April 2017}}
According to the [[2016 Canada Census]] the majority of the territory's population was of European descent, although it has a significant population of [[First Nations in Canada|First Nations]] communities across the territory. The 2011 National Household Survey examined the Yukon's ethnocultural diversity and immigration. At that time, 87.7% of residents were Canadian-born and 24.2% were of Indigenous origin. The most common countries of birth for immigrants were the United Kingdom (15.9%), the Philippines (15.0%), and the United States (13.2%). Among very recent immigrants (between 2006 and 2011) living in the Yukon, 63.5% were born in Asia.<ref>{{cite web |title=Immigration and Ethnocultural Diversity, 2011 National Household Survey |url=http://www.eco.gov.yk.ca/stats/pdf/Immigration_and_Ethnocultural_Diversity_2011.pdf |publisher=Statistics Canada |access-date=July 20, 2015}}</ref>
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| caption = Visible minority and indigenous identity (2016):<ref>{{cite web |title=Aboriginal Peoples Highlight Tables |work=2016 Census |publisher=Statistics Canada |year=2019 |url=https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2016/dp-pd/hlt-fst/abo-aut/Table.cfm?Lang=Eng&S=99&O=A&RPP=25 |access-date=July 16, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Immigration and Ethnocultural Diversity Highlight Tables |work=2016 Census |publisher=Statistics Canada |year=2019 |url=https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2016/dp-pd/hlt-fst/imm/Table.cfm?Lang=E&T=41&Geo=00&SP=1&vismin=2&age=1&sex=1 |access-date=July 16, 2019}}</ref>
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| value3 = 19.1
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| label4 = [[Métis]]
| value4 = 2.9
| color4 = #3183d6
| label5 = [[Inuit]]
| value5 = 0.6
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| label6 = Other Indigenous responses
| value6 = 0.8
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As of the 2016 census, the top ten ancestries in the Yukon were:<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2016/dp-pd/hlt-fst/imm/Table.cfm?Lang=E&T=31&Geo=60 |author=[[Statistics Canada]] |title=Ethnic Origin, both sexes, age (total), Yukon, 2016 Census – 25% Sample data|date=October 25, 2017 }}</ref>
{| class="wikitable" 
|-
!Rank
!Ethnic group
!Population (2016)
!Percentage
|-
|1
|[[English Canadians|English]]
|9,680
|{{Percentage | 9680 | 35110 | 2 }}
|-
|2
|[[Indigenous Canadian|Aboriginal]]
|8,665
|{{Percentage | 8665 | 35110 | 2 }}
|-
|3
|[[Canadian ethnicity|Canadian]]
|8,640
|{{Percentage | 8640 | 35110 | 2 }}
|-
|4
|[[Scottish Canadians|Scottish]]
|8,295
|{{Percentage | 8295 | 35110 | 2 }}
|-
|5
|[[Irish Canadians|Irish]]
|6,930
|{{Percentage | 6930 | 35110 | 2 }}
|-
|6
|[[German Canadians|German]]
|5,575
|{{Percentage | 5575 | 35110 | 2 }}
|-
|7
|[[French Canadians|French]]
|5,040
|{{Percentage | 5040 | 35110 | 2 }}
|-
|8
|[[Ukrainian Canadians|Ukrainian]]
|2,200
|{{Percentage | 2200 | 35110 | 2 }}
|-
|9
|[[Dutch Canadians|Dutch]]
|1,760
|{{Percentage | 1760 | 35110 | 2 }}
|-
|10
|[[Norwegian Canadians|Norwegian]]
|1,380
|{{Percentage | 1380 | 35110 | 2 }}
|}

===Language===
The most commonly reported mother tongue among the 33,145 single responses to the [[Canada 2011 Census|2011 Canadian census]] was English at 28,065 ({{percentage|28065|33145}}).<ref name="2011censusprofile">{{cite web |url=http://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2011/as-sa/fogs-spg/Facts-pr-eng.cfm?Lang=Eng&GC=60 |title=Focus on Geography Series, 2011 Census, Yukon |date=February 8, 2012 |publisher=Statistics Canada |access-date=July 20, 2015}}</ref> The second-most common was 1,455 ({{percentage|1455|33145}}) for French.<ref name="2011censusprofile" /> Among 510 multiple respondents, 140 of them ({{percentage|140|510}}) reported a mother tongue of both English and French, while 335 ({{percentage|335|510}}) reported English and a "{{nowrap|non-official}} language" and 20 ({{percentage|20|510}}) reported French and a "{{nowrap|non-official}} language".<ref name="2011censusprofile" />

The Yukon's ''Language Act'' "recognises the significance" of the territory's aboriginal languages in the Yukon, and permits their use in Legislative Assembly proceedings, although only English and French are available for laws and court proceedings.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.gov.yk.ca/legislation/acts/languages.pdf |title=Language Act, Statues of the Yukon (2002) |access-date=February 22, 2011}}</ref>

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{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="width: 95%; float: left;"
|-
!colspan=2| First Nations linguistic groups by tribes/clans<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.cyfn.ca/ourNations/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20020714191630/http://www.cyfn.ca/ourNations/ |archive-date=2002-07-14 |title=Council of Yukon First Nations-Our Nations|date=July 14, 2002}}</ref>
|-
! scope="col" | Linguistic group
! scope="col" | Tribe/clan
|-
! scope="row" | [[Gwich'in]]
| [[Vuntut Gwitchin First Nation]], [[Old Crow, Yukon|Old Crow]]
|-
! scope="row" | [[Hän language|Hän]]
| [[Tr'ondëk Hwëch'in First Nation]], [[Dawson City, Yukon|Dawson City]]
|-
! scope="row" | [[Upper Tanana language|Upper Tanana]]
| [[White River First Nation]], [[Beaver Creek, Yukon|Beaver Creek]]
* Small communities near [[Tok, Alaska|Tok]] (Alaska)
|-
! scope="row" | [[Northern Tutchone]]
| [[Selkirk First Nation]]
* [[Little Salmon/Carmacks First Nation]]
* [[First Nation of Na-Cho Nyäk Dun]], [[Mayo, Yukon|Mayo]]
|-
! scope="row" | [[Southern Tutchone]]
| [[Champagne and Aishihik First Nations]], [[Haines Junction, Yukon|Haines Junction]]
* [[Kluane First Nation]], [[Burwash Landing, Yukon|Burwash Landing]]
* [[Ta'an Kwach'an Council]], [[Lake Laberge]]
* [[Kwanlin Dün First Nation]], [[Whitehorse, Yukon|Whitehorse]]
|-
! scope="row" | [[Kaska]]
| [[Ross River Dena Council]], [[Ross River, Yukon|Ross River]]
* [[Liard River First Nation]], [[Watson Lake, Yukon|Watson Lake]]
|-
! scope="row" | [[Tlingit people|Inland Tlingit]]
| [[Teslin Tlingit Council]]
|-
! scope="row" | [[Tagish]]
| [[Carcross/Tagish First Nation]]
|}
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{| class="wikitable" style="width: 95%;"
!colspan=4| Mother tongue, 2021 census<ref>{{cite web |title=Languages, Census 20201 |url=https://yukon.ca/sites/default/files/ybs/fin-2021-census-highlights-yukon-language_1.pdf |website=Yukon |publisher=Yukon Bureau of Statistics |access-date=8 May 2025}}</ref>
|-
!Rank
!align="left"| Language
!Population
!Percent
|- style="text-align:right;"
|1.
| style="text-align:left;"|English
|31,995
|80.31%
|- style="text-align:right;"
|2.
| style="text-align:left;"|French
|1,785
|4.48%
|- style="text-align:right;"
|3.
| style="text-align:left;"|Tagalog
|985
|2.47%
|- style="text-align:right;"
|4.
| style="text-align:left;"|German
|600
|1.51%
|- style="text-align:right;"
|5.
| style="text-align:left;"|Punjabi
|410
|1.03%
|- style="text-align:right;"
|6.
| style="text-align:left;"|Spanish
|235
|0.59%
|- style="text-align:right;"
|7.
| style="text-align:left;"|Cantonese (Yue)
|200
|0.50%
|- style="text-align:right;"
|8.
| style="text-align:left;"|Japanese
|135
|0.34%
|- style="text-align:right;"
|9.
| style="text-align:left;"|Madarin
|130
|0.33%
|- style="text-align:right;"
|10.
| style="text-align:left;"|Tuchone Languages
|115
|0.29%
|}
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===Religion===
[[File:Sikh men in turbans sitting and standing on rocky bank with bags and supplies, Whitehorse, Yukon Territory, April 1906 (AL+CA 7021).jpg|thumb|right|250px|Sikhs in [[Whitehorse]], Yukon in April 1906]]
The [[2021 Canadian census]] reported that 59.7% of Yukoners reported having no religious affiliation, the [[Irreligion in Canada|highest percentage in Canada]]. The most frequently reported religious affiliation was Christianity, reported by 35.0% of residents, followed by Sikhism at 1.0%.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2021/dp-pd/prof/details/page.cfm?Lang=E&SearchText=Yukon&DGUIDlist=2021A000260&GENDERlist=1,2,3&STATISTIClist=1&HEADERlist=0|title=Census Profile, 2021 Census of Population, Yukon|date=February 9, 2022 |publisher= [[Statistics Canada]] |access-date=November 20, 2022}}</ref>
{| class="wikitable"
! colspan="3" | Religious beliefs in Yukon ([[Canada 2021 Census|2021 census]])<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2021/dp-pd/prof/details/page.cfm?Lang=E&SearchText=Yukon&DGUIDlist=2021A000260&GENDERlist=1,2,3&STATISTIClist=1&HEADERlist=0|title=Census Profile, 2021 Census of Population, Yukon|date=February 9, 2022 |publisher= [[Statistics Canada]] |access-date=November 20, 2022}}</ref>
|-
! Religion
! Adherents
! % of the population
|-
|[[Irreligion in Canada|No religion and secular perspectives]]||23,640 ||{{Percentage |  23,640 |  39,590| 2 }}
|-
|[[Christianity in Canada|Christian]] ||13,860||{{Percentage |  13,860|  39,590| 2 }}
|-
|[[Sikhism in Canada|Sikh]]||380||{{Percentage | 380|  39,590| 2 }}
|-
|Traditional (North American Indigenous) spirituality ||325||{{Percentage | 325|  39,590| 2 }}
|-
|[[Hinduism in Canada|Hindu]] ||265||{{Percentage | 265|  39,590| 2 }}
|-
|[[Buddhism in Canada|Buddhist]] ||260||{{Percentage | 260|  39,590| 2 }}
|-
|[[Islam in Canada|Muslim]] ||185||{{Percentage | 185|  39,590| 2 }}
|-
|[[Judaism in Canada|Jewish]] ||70||{{Percentage | 70|  39,590| 2 }}
|-
|[[Religion in Canada|Other religions and spiritual traditions]]||600||{{Percentage | 600|  39,590| 2 }}
|-
|'''Total'''||'''39,590'''||'''{{Percentage | 39,590| 39,590| 2 }}'''
|}