Yukon Cultural Groups

Online Records

 * Pan For Gold Database Includes:
 * Francophone Yukoners: This database provides an index to 2495 francophone Yukoners who lived and worked in the Yukon from 1825-1950. The Association franco-yukonnaise published the book 'Empreinte: la presence francophone au Yukon (1825-1950)' in 1997. The book includes brief profiles of some of the people listed in it. The database provides access to the print copy by name and page on which the person is listed. Can be searched by surname, given name, page and call number." Yukon Archives has a print copy of 'Empreinte: la presence francophone au Yukon (1825-1950)', located at 929.371 91 Empr (2 vol. set). See WorldCat for other locations of this book.

Ethnicity
According to the 2006 Canada Censusthe majority of the territory's population was of European descent, although it has a significant population of First Nations communities across the territory. The 2011 National Household Survey examined Yukon's ethnocultural diversity and immigration. At that time, 87.7% of residents were Canadian-born and 24.2% were of Indigenous origin. The most common countries of birth for immigrants were the United Kingdom (15.9%), the Philippines (15.0%), and the United States (13.2%). Among very recent immigrants (between 2006 and 2011) living in Yukon, 63.5% were born in Asia. The top ten ancestries were: