Government Of Yukon
Coordinates: 63°38′N 135°46′W / 63.633°N 135.767°W / 63.633; -135.767
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| Motto: No motto | ||||
| Capital | Whitehorse | |||
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| Largest city | Whitehorse | |||
| Largest metro | Whitehorse | |||
| Official languages | English, French | |||
| Demonym | Yukoner | |||
| Government | ||||
| Type | ||||
| Commissioner | Doug Phillips | |||
| Premier | Darrell Pasloski (Y) | |||
| Legislature | Yukon Legislative Assembly | |||
| Federal representation | (in Canadian Parliament) | |||
| House seats | 1 of 308 (0.3%) | |||
| Senate seats | 1 of 105 (1%) | |||
| Confederation | June 13, 1898 (9th) | |||
| Area | Ranked 9th | |||
| 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%) | |||
| Proportion of Canada | 4.8% of 9,984,670 km2 | |||
| Population | Ranked 12th | |||
| Total (2011) | 33,897 | |||
| Density (2011) | 0.07 /km2 (0.18 /sq mi) | |||
| GDP | Ranked 12th | |||
| Total (2006) | C$1.596 billion | |||
| Per capita | C$51,154 (3rd) | |||
| Abbreviations | ||||
| Postal | YT | |||
| ISO 3166-2 | CA-YT | |||
| Time zone | UTC-8 | |||
| Postal code prefix | Y | |||
| Flower | Fireweed | |||
| Tree | Subalpine Fir | |||
| Bird | Common Raven | |||
| Website | www.gov.yk.ca | |||
Yukon /ˈjuːkɒn/ is the westernmost and smallest of Canada's three federal territories. Whitehorse is the territorial capital.
The territory was split from the Hudson's Bay Company's North-Western Territory in 1898. Receiving royal assent on March 27, 2002, the federal government modernized the Yukon Act to confirm "Yukon", rather than "Yukon Territory", as the current usage standard. 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 of North America (after Denali in the U.S. state of Alaska). The territory's climate is Arctic in the north (north of Old Crow), subarctic in the central region, between north of Whitehorse and Old Crow, and has a humid continental climate in the far south, south of Whitehorse and in areas close to the British Columbia border.
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