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Most people in Yukon live in Whitehorse, the capital city. But thriving communities lie throughout the territory. Yukon is a vast wilderness territory, with over 483,450 square kilometres.
Beaver Creek
Burwash Landing
Carcross and Tagish
Carmacks
Dawson City
Faro
Haines Junction
Mayo
Old Crow
Pelly Crossing
Ross River
Teslin
Watson Lake
Whitehorse
Beaver Creek is the westernmost community in Canada, located on the Alaska Highway just a few kilometers from the Alaska border.
Home to the White River First Nation, the population of Beaver Creek is approximately 100.
Burwash LandingBurwash Landing is located on the shores of Kluane Lake, on the Alaska Highway. The community’s major attraction is Kluane Museum of Natural History.
Approximately 90 people live in Burwash Landing, which is the administrative centre of the Kluane First Nation.
Carcross and TagishCarcross is located south of Whitehorse and north of Skagway, Alaska, on Lake Bennett. Tagish, the smaller of the two communities, is about 30 kilometres east of Carcross. The area was a stopover and supply centre during the Klondike gold rush.
Carcross is home to the Carcross/Tagish First Nation. Carcross was traditionally a "Caribou Crossing," which is how the community got its name.
Approximately 435 people live in Carcross today.
CarmacksCarmacks is a highway community located between Whitehorse and Dawson City and on the Klondike Highway. Located on the Yukon River, the community is named for George Carmack, one of the discoverers of gold in the Klondike.
Carmacks is home to the Little Salmon/ Carmacks First Nation. Approximately 405 people live there.
Dawson CityDawson City – a National Historic Site – was Yukon's original capital city. At the peak of the gold rush in 1898, it was the largest city in western Canada with a population of 40,000.
Today, the population is approximately 1,860. Tourism and placer gold mining are the town’s major economic activities.
Dawson City is located at the confluence of the Yukon and Klondike rivers, in is home to Trondëk Hwëchi’in.
Faro was established in 1969 to support an open-pit lead and zinc mine nearby. The mine is no longer in operation, but is being monitored in preparation for reclamation. The population of Faro has fluctuated with mining operations, but today approximately 400 people live there.
It is located on the Pelly River, in the Anvil Mountains, northeast of Whitehorse on the Robert Campbell Highway.
Haines JunctionHaines Junction is the point of access to Kluane National Park and Reserve, making it a popular recreation destination for Yukoners and tourists alike.
The village is located at the junction of the Alaska Highway and the Haines highway and is set against the spectacular backdrop of the St. Elias Mountain Range, home to Canada’s tallest peak, Mount Logan.
The Champagne & Ashihik First Nations operate an administrative centre in Haines Junction.
Approximately 810 people live in Haines Junction today.
Visit the Haines Junction website.
MayoMayo is a prospecting and placer mining community in central Yukon, and serves as a supply centre for the surrounding area.
It is located on the Silver Trail, southeast of Dawson City on the Stewart River, and has a population of approximately 420 people.
Mayo lies within the traditional territory of the First Nation of Nacho Nyak Dun.
Old CrowHome to the Vuntut Gwitchin First Nation, Old Crow is the only Yukon community located north of the Arctic Circle and the only community that isn’t accessible by road.
The community sits on the banks of the Porcupine River and is one of the earliest sites of human habitation in North America.
Approximately 280 people live in Old Crow.
Pelly Crossing is located between Whitehorse and Dawson City on the North Klondike Highway. Families from Yukon River settlements moved to this location in the 1950s when the highway was completed and sternwheelers ceased transport operations on the river.
The Selkirk First Nation is based in Pelly Crossing. The population of the community is approximately 300.
Ross River is a Kaska First Nations community at the confluence of the Ross and Pelly rivers. Ross River is where the Canol road meets the Robert Campbell Highway.
The Ross River Dena Council is located in the community.
Approximately 350 people live there.
Teslin is a Tlingit community located on the narrows of Teslin Lake at the mouth of the Nisutlin River. The village is an active tourism destination and a popular fishing spot, offering guides, boats and accommodations to visitors.
Teslin is located south of Whitehorse on the Alaska Highway and has a population of approximately 415.
The First Nations people of Teslin belong to the Teslin Tlingit Council.
Watson Lake is a key transportation hub and home to the famous signpost forest. It is in the southeastern corner of the territory, at the junction of the Alaska Highway, the Robert Campbell Highway and the Stewart-Cassiar Highway.
The town of Watson Lake has an approximate population of 1,550. The community lies in the traditional territory of the Kaska first nation people.
Visit the Watson Lake website.
Whitehorse is Yukon’s capital city and by far its largest community. Almost 75 per cent of the territory’s population lives in the Whitehorse. It is Yukon's administrative, transportation and communications centre.
Whithorse lies in the traditional territories of Ta’an Kwach’an Council and the Kwanlin Dun First Nation, in the wide valley of the Yukon River.
The population of Whitehorse is approximately 24,150.