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:

FirstNations

 * In their honor Biographical profiles, some taken from issues of Dan Sha/The Yukon Indian News. WorldCat
 * Vuntut Gwitchin Heritage Resources Branch

The population of indigenous people of the Yukon prior to arrival of Europeans is uncertain. The number at the beginning of the nineteenth century most likely lies between 7000 and 9000 or more. By 1830, there were approximately 4700 indigenous people living in the Yukon. Inhabited by six principle tribes: the Gwich'in, the Hän, the Kaska, the Tagish, the Northern and Southern Tutchone, and the Teslin, there are also Métis, though unrecognized politically, and Inuvialuit who maintain connections to certain territories of Yukon.

The Gwich'in homeland encompasses the basins of the Peel River and the Porcupine River. Relatives of the Gwich'in, the Hän, live at the middle reach of the Yukon River at the border with Alaska. The Northern Tutchone inhabit central Yukon in the basins of the Pelly River and Stewart River. There live the Kaska in the Southeast, in a basin of the Liard River. And, in the South, near lakes in the upper course of Yukon there live the Tagish, who are related to the Kaska. In the Southwest are the Southern Tutchone and, in the river heads of the White River, are the Upper Tanana. In the south, along the Teslin River, are continental Tlingit (Teslin).