Yukon

Yukon is the smallest and westernmost of Canada's three territories. It also is the second-least populated province or territory in Canada, with a population of 40,232 people as of the 2021 Census. Whitehorse, the territorial capital, is the largest settlement in any of the three territories. 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, though Yukon Territory is also still popular in usage and Canada Post continues to use the territory's internationally approved postal abbreviation of YT. In 2021, territorial government policy was changed so that "The Yukon" would be recommended for use in official territorial government materials. Though officially bilingual, the Yukon government also recognizes First Nations languages.

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Surprising methane discovery in Yukon glaciers: 'Much more widespread than we thought'

Mystery object shot down over Yukon may have been harmless 'pico balloon'

Expedition Finds Cameras Left by Yukon Mountaineers in 1937

Heat and Fires Scorch Northern Canada: Hundreds of Fires Raging in Northwest Territories and Yukon

Gold Miners In The Yukon Find Mummified Baby Woolly Mammoth

Woolly Mammoth Calf Discovered in Yukon Permafrost

Mammoths, Yukon wild horses lived thousands of years longer than believed: Canadian permafrost study

Ancient DNA found in soil samples reveals mammoths, Yukon wild horses survived thousands of years longer than believed

A stunning visualization of Alaska’s Yukon Delta shows a land in transition

Longest known continuous record of the Paleozoic discovered in Yukon wilderness

Sticky orange coating on a 6,000-year-old Yukon dart came from a beaver's anal sac

Yukon-Kuskokswim in Colorful Transition: Remarkable Example of How Water and Ice Can Shape the Land

Yukon Wolves Survived Ice-Age Extinction Thanks to Changes in Their Diet

Ancient wolf pup mummy in Yukon permafrost from 57,000 years ago

Exquisitely-preserved wolf pup mummy discovered in Yukon permafrost

Ancient wolf pup mummy uncovered in Yukon permafrost