Focus on Geography Series, 2016 Census

Population change (in percentage), provinces and territories, 2006 to 2011 and 2011 to 2016

Figure 1.1 description Long description for Figure 1.1 Population change (in percentage), provinces and territories, 2006 to 2011 and 2011 to 2016

• In 2016, the enumerated population of Yukon was 35,874 which represents a change of 5.8% from 2011. This growth was higher than the national rate of 5.0%.
• In 2016, there were 15,215 private dwellings occupied in Yukon in 2016 which represent a change of 7.8% from 2011. This growth was higher than the national rate of 5.6%.
• The land area of Yukon is 474,712.68 square kilometres and the population density was 0.1 people per square kilometre.

Figure 1.2 Population in the last 115 years, Yukon

Figure 1.2 description Long description for Figure 1.2 Population in the last 115 years, Yukon

Figure 1.3 Population change (in percentage) in the last 115 years, Yukon

Figure 1.3 Description Long description for Figure 1.3 Population change (in percentage) in the last 115 years, Yukon

Yukon – Census metropolitan areas (CMAs), census agglomerations (CAs) and regions outside CMAs and CAs

Population rank and population change, 2011 to 2016 for CMAs or CAs in Yukon

Population rank and population change, 2011 to 2016 for CMAs or CAs in Yukon

CMA or CA name	Type	Population			Rank
		2016	2011	% change	Nat.	Prov.
Whitehorse Whitehorse - Census agglomeration	CA	28,225	26,028	8.4	96	1

Yukon – Census subdivisions among those with 5,000-plus population

Table 2 Yukon – Census subdivisions with population greater than 5000, population change, 2011 to 2016

Census subdivision (CSD) name	Type	Population
		2016	2011	% change
Whitehorse Census subdivision - Whitehorse, City	City	25,085	23,276	7.8