Focus on Geography Series, 2016 Census

Figure 1.1 Percentage of the immigrant population, Whitehorse, Yukon, Canada, 2006 to 2016

Figure 1.1 description Figure 1.1 Percentage of the immigrant population, Whitehorse, Yukon, Canada, 2006 to 2016

Population by immigrant status and period of immigration, Whitehorse and Yukon, 2016

Immigrant status and period of immigration	Whitehorse			Yukon
	number	% of the total population	% of the immigrant population	number	% of the total population	% of the immigrant population
Total population in private households	24,560	100.0	...	35,110	100.0	...
Non-immigrants	21,095	85.9	...	30,265	86.2	...
Immigrants	3,120	12.7	100.0	4,410	12.6	100.0
Period of immigration: Before 2001	1,410	5.7	45.2	2,240	6.4	50.8
Period of immigration: 2001 to 2005	225	0.9	7.2	330	0.9	7.5
Period of immigration: 2006 to 2010	585	2.4	18.8	725	2.1	16.4
Period of immigration: 2011 to 2016	905	3.7	29.0	1,115	3.2	25.3
Non-permanent residents	345	1.4	...	440	1.3	...

Immigrant population by selected demographic, migration and ethnocultural characteristics, Whitehorse, 2011 and 2016

	2011				2016
	All immigrants		Recent immigrants (2006 to 2011)		All immigrants		Recent immigrants (2011 to 2016)
	Number	Percent	Number	Percent	Number	Percent	Number	Percent
Population in private households	2,645	..	775	..	3,125	..	900	..
Age groups	2,650	100.0	770	100.0	3,125	100.0	900	100.0
Less than 15 years	180	6.8	130	16.9	260	8.3	180	20.0
15 to 24 years	240	9.1	125	16.2	285	9.1	135	15.0
25 to 64 years	1,865	70.4	515	66.9	2,020	64.6	585	65.0
65 years and older	365	13.8	0	0.0	550	17.6	0	0.0
Median age	44.2	..	30.7	..	45.0	..	31.4	..
Admission categories for immigrants admitted since 1980	...	...	...	...	2,305	100.0	905	100.0
Economic immigrants	...	...	...	...	1,485	64.4	765	84.5
Principal applicants	...	...	...	...	670	29.1	325	35.9
Secondary applicants	...	...	...	...	820	35.6	435	48.1
Immigrants sponsored by family	...	...	...	...	715	31.0	130	14.4
Refugees	...	...	...	...	95	4.1	0	0.0
Region of birth1	2,650	100.0	775	100.0	3,120	100.0	905	100.0
Americas	295	11.1	55	7.1	445	14.3	45	5.0
Europe	1,105	41.7	100	12.9	920	29.5	95	10.5
Africa	95	3.6	40	5.2	155	5.0	10	1.1
Asia	965	36.4	555	71.6	1,525	48.9	745	82.3
Oceania	180	6.8	25	3.2	75	2.4	0	0.0

Top places of birth of immigrants and recent immigrants,² Whitehorse, 2016

Place of birth	2016
	Number	Percent	Rank
Immigrant population	3,120	100.0	...
Philippines	895	28.7	1
United States	335	10.7	2
United Kingdom	325	10.4	3
China	205	6.6	4
Germany	175	5.6	5
Recent immigrants (2011 to 2016)	900	100.0	...
Philippines	555	61.7	1
India	40	4.4	2
China	35	3.9	3
Germany	35	3.9	3
Uzbekistan	25	2.8	5
United States	25	2.8	5
Korea, South	25	2.8	5

Immigrant population and recent immigrants by non-official language spoken most often at home,³ Whitehorse, 2016

Languages	2016
	Number	Percent	Rank
Immigrant population	3,120	100.0	...
Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino)	615	19.7	1
Cantonese	110	3.5	2
German	75	2.4	3
Recent immigrants (2011 to 2016)	905	100.0	...
Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino)	425	47.0	1
German	30	3.3	2
Korean	25	2.8	3
Russian	25	2.8	3

Population by generation status and median age, Whitehorse, 2011 and 2016

Generation status	2011			2016
	Number	Percent	Median age	Number	Percent	Median age
Total population in private households	22,810	100.0	36.8	24,555	100.0	37.3
First generation (born abroad)	2,945	12.9	42.7	3,585	14.6	42.1
Second generation (born in Canada with at least one parent born abroad)	3,705	16.2	40.6	4,055	16.5	40.2
Born in Canada with both parents born abroad	1,180	5.2	46.7	1,280	5.2	42.6
Born in Canada with one parent born in Canada and the other born abroad	2,520	11.0	37.8	2,775	11.3	39.5
Third generation or more (born in Canada with both parents born in Canada)	16,165	70.9	34.5	16,915	68.9	35.2

Figure 1.2 Population (in percentage) belonging to a visible minority group, Whitehorse, Yukon and Canada 2006 to 2016

Figure 1.2 description Figure 1.2 Population (in percentage) belonging to a visible minority group, Whitehorse, Yukon and Canada 2006 to 2016

Population by visible minority group and median age, Whitehorse, 2011 and 2016

	2011				2016
	Number	% of the total population	% of the visible minority population	Median age	Number	% of the total population	% of the visible minority population	Median age
Total population in private households	22,810	100.0	..	36.8	24,555	100.0	..	37.3
Visible minority population	1,810	7.9	100.0	28.8	2,660	10.8	100.0	30.4
South Asian	355	1.6	19.6	27.3	475	1.9	17.9	27.1
Chinese	365	1.6	20.2	25.8	375	1.5	14.1	31.7
Black	70	0.3	3.9	43.8	210	0.9	7.9	35.0
Filipino	660	2.9	36.5	30.8	1,050	4.3	39.5	29.8
Latin American	90	0.4	5.0	26.2	100	0.4	3.8	35.5
Arab	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Southeast Asian	130	0.6	7.2	25.1	170	0.7	6.4	33.6
West Asian	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	30	0.1	1.1	43.4
Korean	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	70	0.3	2.6	38.0
Japanese	55	0.2	3.0	35.6	60	0.2	2.3	33.0
Visible minority, n.i.e.	25	0.1	1.4	21.2	10	0.0	0.4	0.0
Multiple visible minorities	25	0.1	1.4	12.6	105	0.4	3.9	21.9
Not a visible minority	21,000	92.1	..	37.9	21,895	89.2	..	38.7

The three most commonly reported ethnic origins,⁴ Whitehorse, Yukon and Canada 2016

Ethnic origin	Whitehorse			Yukon			Canada
	Number of responses	%	Rank	Number of responses	%	Rank	Number of responses	%	Rank
English	7,515	30.6	1	9,675	27.6	1	6,320,085	18.3	2
Canadian	6,800	27.7	2	8,640	24.6	2	11,135,970	32.3	1
Scottish	6,260	25.5	3	8,295	23.6	3	4,799,010	13.9	3

Figure 1.3 Percentage of the population by region of ethnic origin,⁵ Whitehorse, Yukon and Canada, 2016

Figure 1.3 description Figure 1.3 Percentage of the population by region of ethnic origin,⁵ Whitehorse, Yukon and Canada, 2016