يوكون

Coordinates: 63°N 135°W / 63°N 135°W / 63; -135[1]
(تم التحويل من إقليم يوكون)
Yukon
Ųųg Han (Gwichʼin)
Chu Nìikwän (Southern Tutchone)
الإحداثيات: 63°N 135°W / 63°N 135°W / 63; -135[1]
البلدكندا
ConfederationJune 13, 1898 (9th)
العاصمةWhitehorse
Largest cityWhitehorse
Largest metroWhitehorse
الحكومة
 • النوعParliamentary system
 • CommissionerAdeline Webber
 • PremierRanj Pillai ({{{PremierParty}}})
LegislatureYukon Legislative Assembly
التمثيل الاتحاديParliament of Canada
المقاعد بمجلس العموم1 of 338 (0.3%)
المقاعد بمجلس الشيوخ1 of 105 (1%)
المساحة
 • الإجمالي482٬443 كم² (186٬272 ميل²)
 • البر474٬391 كم² (183٬163 ميل²)
 • الماء8٬052 كم² (3٬109 ميل²)  1.7%
ترتيب المساحةRanked 9th
 4.8% of Canada
التعداد
 (2021)
 • الإجمالي40٬232 [2]
 • Estimate 
(Q2 2023)
44٬412 [3]
 • الترتيبRanked 12th
 • الكثافة0٫08/km2 (0٫2/sq mi)
صفة المواطنYukoner
FR: Yukonnais(e)
Official languages
GDP
 • Rank13th
 • Total (2017)C$3.089 billion[5]
 • Per capitaC$75,141 (3rd)
HDI
 • HDI (2019)0.924[6]Very high (5th)
منطقة التوقيتUTC−07:00
Postal abbr.
YT
Postal code prefix
ISO 3166 codeCA-YT
FlowerFireweed
TreeSubalpine fir[7]
BirdCommon raven
Rankings include all provinces and territories

مقاطعة يوكن الكندية، كانت قسماً من المقاطعات الشمالية الغربية، وألحقت بالاتحاد الكندي في سنة 1898 م. تقع في أقصي شمالي غربي كندا، وتحدها ألاسكا من الغرب، تبلغ مساحتها 482,433 كيلو متراً مربعا، وعدد سكانها في عام 2005 م 31,227 نسمة، وعاصمتها مدينة وايت هورس (الحصان الأبيض) وهي أهم مراكز الاستيطان ومدينة فارو ثم مدينة وواطسن ليك .

تشتهر مقاطعة يوكن بالثرواث المعدنية، خصوصا إنتاج الرصاص، والزنك، والذهب، والفضة، وتغطي الغابات مساحة كبيرة لذا تنتج الأخشاب ويعتبر الفراء مصدراً هاماً من دخلها .

Yukon was split from the North-West Territories in 1898 as the Yukon Territory. The federal government's Yukon Act, which received royal assent on March 27, 2002, established "Yukon" as the territory's official name, although Yukon Territory remains in popular usage. Canada Post uses the territory's internationally approved postal abbreviation of YT.[8][9] In 2021, territorial government policy was changed so that "The Yukon" would be recommended for use in official territorial government materials.[10]

Although officially bilingual (English and French), the Yukon government 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 on the North American continent (after Denali in the U.S. state of Alaska). Most of the Yukon has a subarctic climate, characterized by long, cold winters and brief, warm summers. The coastal area along the Arctic Ocean has a tundra climate.

Notable rivers include the Yukon, Pelly, Stewart, Peel, White, Liard, and Tatshenshini.

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Etymology

The territory is named after the Yukon River, the longest river in Yukon. The name itself is from a contraction of the words in the Gwich'in phrase chųų gąįį han, which means "white water river" and refers to "the pale colour" of glacial runoff in the Yukon River.[11][12]


الجغرافيا

The Yukon River at Schwatka Lake and the entry to Miles Canyon

The territory is the approximate shape of a right triangle, bordering the U.S. state of Alaska to the west and northwest for 1,210 kilometres (752 mi) mostly along longitude 141° W, the Northwest Territories to the east and British Columbia to the south mostly along latitude 60° N.[13] Its northern coast is on the Beaufort Sea. Its ragged eastern boundary mostly follows the divide between the Yukon Basin and the Mackenzie River drainage basin to the east in the Mackenzie mountains.

Most of the territory is in the watershed of its namesake, the Yukon River. The southern Yukon is dotted with a large number of large, long and narrow glacier-fed alpine lakes, most of which flow into the Yukon River system. The larger lakes include Teslin Lake, Atlin Lake, Tagish Lake, Marsh Lake, Lake Laberge, Kusawa Lake and Kluane Lake. Bennett Lake on the Klondike Gold Rush trail is a lake flowing into Nares Lake, with the greater part of its area within Yukon. Other watersheds in the territory include the Mackenzie River, the Peel Watershed and the AlsekTatshenshini, and a number of rivers flowing directly into the Beaufort Sea. The two main Yukon rivers flowing into the Mackenzie in the Northwest Territories are the Liard River in the southeast and the Peel River and its tributaries in the northeast.

Canada's highest point, Mount Logan (5,959 m or 19,551 ft), is in the territory's southwest. Mount Logan and a large part of the Yukon's southwest are in Kluane National Park and Reserve, a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Other national parks include Ivvavik National Park and Vuntut National Park in the north.

Notable widespread tree species within the Yukon are the black spruce and white spruce. Many trees are stunted because of the short growing season and severe climate.[14]

المناخ

While the average winter temperature in the Yukon is mild by Canadian arctic standards, no other place in North America gets as cold as the Yukon during extreme cold snaps. The temperature has dropped down to −60 °C (−76 °F) three times, 1947, 1952, and 1968. The most extreme cold snap occurred in February 1947 when the abandoned town of Snag dropped down to −63.0 °C (−81.4 °F).[15]

Unlike most of Canada where the most extreme heat waves occur in July, August, and even September, the Yukon's extreme heat tends to occur in June and even May. The Yukon has recorded 36 °C (97 °F) three times. The first time was in June 1969 when Mayo recorded a temperature of 36.1 °C (97 °F). 14 years later this record was almost beaten when Forty Mile recorded 36 °C (97 °F) in May 1983. The old record was finally broken 21 years later in June 2004 when the Mayo Road weather station, located just northwest of Whitehorse, recorded a temperature of 36.5 °C (97.7 °F).[16]

Average daily maximum and minimum temperatures for selected locations in Yukon[16][17]
City July average high July average low January average high January average low
Whitehorse 21 °C (70 °F) 8 °C (46 °F) −11 °C (12 °F) −19 °C (−2 °F)
Dawson City 23 °C (73 °F) 8 °C (46 °F) −22 °C (−8 °F) −30 °C (−22 °F)
Old Crow 20 °C (68 °F) 9 °C (48 °F) −25 °C (−13 °F) −34 °C (−29 °F)

التاريخ

Hill-side mining during the Klondike Gold Rush, 1899ح. 1899

Long before the arrival of Europeans, central and southern Yukon was populated by First Nations people, and the area escaped glaciation. Sites of archeological significance in the Yukon hold some of the earliest evidence of the presence of human habitation in North America.[18] The sites safeguard the history of the first people and the earliest First Nations of the Yukon.[18]

The volcanic eruption of Mount Churchill in approximately 800 AD in what is now the U.S. state of Alaska blanketed the southern Yukon with a layer of ash which can still be seen along the Klondike Highway, and which forms part of the oral tradition of First Nations peoples in the Yukon and further south in Canada.

Coastal and inland First Nations had extensive trading networks. European incursions into the area began early in the 19th century with the fur trade, followed by missionaries. By the 1870s and 1880s, gold miners began to arrive. This drove a population increase that justified the establishment of a police force, just in time for the start of the Klondike Gold Rush in 1897. The increased population coming with the gold rush led to the separation of the Yukon district from the Northwest Territories and the formation of the separate Yukon Territory in 1898.

Demographics

The 2021 census reported a Yukon population of 40,232.[19] With a land area of 474,712.64 km2 (183,287.57 sq mi), it had a population density of 0٫1/km2 (0٫2/sq mi) in 2011, the highest among all the Canadian territories.[20] Statistics Canada has estimated Yukon's 2023 Q2 population to be 44,412,[21] an increase of 17.5% from the 2016 census. This is the largest percentage increase for any Canadian province or territory.

Unlike in other Canadian provinces and territories, Statistics Canada uses the entire territory as a single at-large census division.

Ethnicity

قالب:Update section According to the 2016 Canada Census the 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 the 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 the Yukon, 63.5% were born in Asia.[22]

Visible minority and indigenous identity (2016):[23][24]

  European Canadian (68.1%)
  Visible minority (8.5%)
  First Nations (19.1%)
  Métis (2.9%)
  Inuit (0.6%)
  Other Indigenous responses (0.8%)

As of the 2016 census, the top ten ancestries in the Yukon were:[25]

Rank Ethnic group Population (2016) Percentage
1 English 9,680 27.57%
2 Aboriginal 8,665 24.68%
3 Canadian 8,640 24.61%
4 Scottish 8,295 23.63%
5 Irish 6,930 19.74%
6 German 5,575 15.88%
7 French 5,040 14.35%
8 Ukrainian 2,200 6.27%
9 Dutch 1,760 5.01%
10 Norwegian 1,380 3.93%


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Language

The most commonly reported mother tongue among the 33,145 single responses to the 2011 Canadian census was English at 28,065 (85%).[26] The second-most common was 1,455 (4%) for French.[26] Among 510 multiple respondents, 140 of them (27%) reported a mother tongue of both English and French, while 335 (66%) reported English and a "non-official language" and 20 (4%) reported French and a "non-official language".[26]

The Yukon's Language Act "recognises the significance" of the territory's aboriginal languages in the Yukon, and permits their use in Legislative Assembly proceedings, although only English and French are available for laws and court proceedings.[27]

الدين

Sikhs in Whitehorse, Yukon in April 1906

The 2021 Canadian census reported that 59.7% of Yukoners reported having no religious affiliation, the highest percentage in Canada. The most frequently reported religious affiliation was Christianity, reported by 46.2% of residents, followed by Sikhism at 1.0%.[29]

Religious beliefs in Yukon (2021 census)[30]
الدين الأتباع % السكان
No religion and secular perspectives 23,640 59.71%
المسيحية 13,860 35.01%
Sikh 380 0.96%
Traditional (North American Indigenous) spirituality 325 0.82%
Hindu 265 0.67%
Buddhist 260 0.66%
Muslim 185 0.47%
Jewish 70 0.18%
Other religions and spiritual traditions 600 1.52%
Total 39,590 100%

الاقتصاد

A conveyor belt and cart outside of a mine tunnel in the Yukon. The economy of the territory has historically been centred around mining.

The Yukon's major industry is mining (lead, zinc, silver, gold, asbestos and copper). The government acquired the land from the Hudson's Bay Company in 1870 and split it from the Northwest Territories in 1898 to fill the need for local government created by the population influx of the gold rush. Thousands of these prospectors moved to the territory, ushering a period of Yukon history recorded by authors such as Robert W. Service and Jack London. The memory of this period and the early days of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, as well as the territory's scenic wonders and outdoor recreation opportunities, makes tourism the second most important industry in the territory.

Manufacturing, including furniture, clothing, and handicrafts, follows in importance, along with hydroelectricity. The traditional industries of trapping and fishing have declined. As of 2012, the government sector directly employs approximately 6,300 out of a labour force of 20,800, on a population of 27,500.[31][32]

On May 1, 2015, the Yukon modified its Business Corporations Act,[33][34][35] in an effort to attract more benefits and participants to its economy. One amendment to the BCA lets a proxy be given for voting purposes. Another change will allow directors to pursue business opportunities declined by the corporation, a practice off-limits in most other jurisdictions due to the inherent potential for conflicts of interest.[36] One of the changes will allow a corporation to serve as a director of a subsidiary registered in Yukon.[37] The legislation also allows companies to add provisions in their articles of incorporation giving directors blanket approval to sell off all of the company's assets without requiring a shareholder vote.[37] If provided for by a unanimous shareholders agreement, a corporation is not required to have directors at all.[38] There is increased flexibility regarding the location of corporate records offices, including the ability to maintain a records office outside of Yukon so long as it is accessible by electronic means.[38]

السياحة

Ivvavik National Park is one of three national parks located in Yukon.

The Yukon's tourism motto is "Larger than life".[39] The Yukon's tourism relies heavily on its natural environment, and there are many organized outfitters and guides available for activities such as but not limited to hunting, angling, canoeing/kayaking, hiking, skiing, snowboarding, ice climbing, and dog sledding. These activities are offered both in an organized setting or in the backcountry, which is accessible by air or snowmobile. The Yukon's festivals and sporting events include the Adäka Cultural Festival, Yukon International Storytelling Festival, and the Yukon Sourdough Rendezvous. The Yukon's latitude enables the view of aurora borealis.

The Yukon Government maintains a series of territorial parks including,[40] parks such as Herschel Island Qikiqtaruk Territorial Park,[41] Tombstone Territorial Park,[42] and Fishing Branch Ni'iinlii'njik Park.[43] Coal River Springs Territorial Park)[44] Parks Canada, a federal agency of the Government of Canada, also maintains three national parks and reserves within the territory, Kluane National Park and Reserve, Ivvavik National Park, and Vuntut National Park.

The Yukon Beringia Interpretive Centre is an interpretive centre with a focus on the Beringia land bridge.

The Yukon is also home to 12 National Historic Sites of Canada. The sites are also administered by Parks Canada, with five of the 12 sites being located within national parks. The territory is host to a number of museums, including the Copperbelt Railway & Mining Museum, the SS Klondike boat museum, the Yukon Beringia Interpretive Centre in Whitehorse; as well as the Keno City Mining Museum in Keno City. The territory also holds a number of enterprises that allows tourists to experience pre-colonial and modern cultures of Yukon's First Nations and Inuit.[45]


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الثقافة

The Yukon has a wide array of cultural and sporting events that attract artists, local residents, and tourists. Annual events include the Adäka Cultural Festival, Dawson City Music Festival, Yukon International Storytelling Festival, Yukon Quest dog sled race, Yukon Sourdough Rendezvous, as well as Klondike Gold Rush memorials.[46][47] and the Northern Lights Centre.[48][49]

A musher during the start of the Yukon Quest dog sledding race in Whitehorse

The Yukon's Aboriginal culture is also strongly reflected in such areas as winter sports, as in the Yukon Quest sled dog race. The modern comic-book character Yukon Jack depicts a heroic aboriginal persona. Similarly, the territorial government also recognizes that First Nations and Inuit languages plays a part in cultural heritage of the territory; these languages include Tlingit, and the less common Tahltan, as well as seven Athapaskan languages, Upper Tanana, Gwich'in, Hän, Northern Tutchone, Southern Tutchone, Kaska, and Tagish, some of which are rare.[50]

الفنون

Notable Yukon artists include Jim Robb and Ted Harrison, whose paintings have become iconic for their depictions of historic and contemporary life and culture in the Yukon.[51]

With the Klondike Gold Rush, a number of folk songs from the Yukon became popular, including "Rush to the Klondike" (1897, written by W. T. Diefenbaker), "The Klondike Gold Rush", "I've Got the Klondike Fever" (1898) and "La Chanson du Klondyke".

A notable cultural and tourist feature is the legacy of the Klondike Gold Rush (1897–1899), which inspired contemporary writers of the time such as Jack London, Robert W. Service, and Jules Verne, and which continues to inspire films and games, such as Mae West's Klondike Annie and The Yukon Trail