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Yukon Territory

Yukon
Flag of Yukon
Flag
Coat of arms of Yukon
Coat of arms
Motto: (No official motto)
YT
Canadian Provinces and Territories
Confederation June 13, 1898 (9th)
Capital Whitehorse
Largest city Whitehorse
Largest metro Whitehorse
Government
 • Commissioner Doug Phillips
 • Premier Sandy Silver (YLP)
Legislature Yukon Legislative Assembly
Federal representation (in Canadian Parliament)
House seats 1 of 338 (0.3%)
Senate seats 1 of 105 (1%)
Area
 • Total 482,443 km2 (186,272 sq mi)
 • Land 474,391 km2 (183,163 sq mi)
 • Water 8,052 km2 (3,109 sq mi)  1.7%
Area rank Ranked 9th
  4.8% of Canada
Population (2011)
 • Total 33,897
 • Estimate (2016 Q1) 37,193
 • Rank Ranked 12th
 • Density 0.1/km2 (0.3/sq mi)
Demonym(s) Yukoner
Official languages English, French
GDP
 • Rank 12th
 • Total (2011) C$2.660 billion
 • Per capita C$75,141 (3rd)
Time zone UTC-8
Postal abbr. YT
Postal code prefix Y
ISO 3166 code CA-YT
Flower Fireweed
Tree Subalpine fir
Bird Common raven
Website www.gov.yk.ca
Rankings include all provinces and territories

Yukon (/ˈjuːkɒn/; French pronunciation: ​[jykɔ̃]; also commonly called the Yukon) is the westernmost and smallest of Canada's three federal territories (the other two are Northwest Territories and Nunavut). The territory is very sparsely populated with its about 35,000 people on almost half a million square kilometres. Whitehorse is the territorial capital and Yukon's only city.

The territory was split from the Northwest Territories in 1898 and was named the "Yukon Territory". The federal government's Yukon Act, which received royal assent on March 27, 2002, established "Yukon" as the territory's official name, though "Yukon Territory" is also still popular in usage and Canada Post continues to use the territory's internationally approved postal abbreviation of YT. Though officially bilingual (English and French), the Yukon Government also recognizes First Nations languages.

At 5,959 m (19,551 ft), Yukon's Mount Logan, in Kluane National Park and Reserve, is the highest mountain in Canada and the second-highest on the North American continent (after Denali in the U.S. state of Alaska). Most of Yukon has a subarctic climate, characterized by long cold winters and brief warm summers. The Arctic Ocean coast has a tundra climate.


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