9 Best and Amazing Facts About Yukon

Yukon the westernmost and smallest city of Canada’s 3 federal territories (the other two are the Nunavut and Northwest Territories).

This territory has smallest population as compared to any of the other territory or province in Canada, with around 35,874 people. Whitehorse is Yukon’s the only city and the territorial capital.

Territory was split from Northwest Territories in year 1898 and it was named as “Yukon Territory”. Yukon Act of Federal government received a royal assent on 27th March, 2002. Though officially bilingual, Yukon Government recognizes First Nations languages.

9 Best and Amazing Facts About Yukon

1. Driest Canadian City: Whitehorse is the driest city in Canada, in winter months thanks to surrounding mountains, city receives no precipitation. Summer is better than winters but as total average city is far behind the every other city.

2. Snow Year Round: Whitehorse receives snow whole the year, in summers this may be little, just flurries, but end of every month of year has been registered for huge snowfall.

3. Yukon Capitol Change: Yukon Territory is the only one province of Canada whose capitol city get changed. Dawson City was capitol until year 1953 until this was moved to larger prosperous city of Whitehorse.

4. Never Growing: Yukon Territory has today roughly exact same population as this did in year 1900. This makes Canada’s slowest growing province by huge margin. Whitehorse has grown as very decent pace but the issue is rural surrounding area that have been dwindling in the numbers.

5. Smallest Desert In The World: Snow in Yukon melts in summer month that reveal one sq. mile patch of desert in northern territory. Sand has come from nearby lake which blow into place and held in an area by surrounding mountains.

6. Highest Mountain In Canada: Mt. Logan is located in south western part of territory, it is largest mountain in Canada with peak under 20,000 ft.

7. Strong Women: Audrey McLaughlin from Whitehorse won leadership for NDP in 1989 that land her spot as first female leader of major national party in Canada.

8. Canada’s First Brothel: Dawson City in 1800’s experienced gold rush and then a tent city turned in major metropolitan area. Men with gold needed places to spend all of their earnings, Dawson had dozens of Canada’s first brothels and Saloons.

9. Canada’s Largest City: Toronto has been a monster of a city, so other than Toronto, Dawson City was largest city of Canada in 1800’s that total over 40,000 residents over hundreds of sq km.