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The Yukon Nominee Program (YNP) is an economic-based immigration program for the Yukon, administered by the territorial government’s Department of Economic Development (Immigration Unit) in partnership with IRCC under the Agreement for Canada-Yukon Co-operation on Immigration.
This is a list of members of the Yukon, Canada, branch of the Co-operative Commonwealth Federation (CCF), a social democratic political party, and its successor, the Yukon New Democratic Party (NDP). 1944 general election
This is a list of notable people who are from Yukon, Canada, or have spent a large part or formative part of their career in that territory. This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness.
Yukon has had nine premiers since 1978, of which five were from the Yukon Party and its predecessor the Yukon Progressive Conservative Party, two were from the Yukon Liberal Party, and two were from the Yukon New Democratic Party. Yukon is the only province or territory in Canada that has never had a native-born premier.
Yukon's eight municipalities cover only 0.2% of the territory's land mass [a] but are home to 72.2% of its population. [1] [2] [4] The remainder of the territory's land area is unorganized. Municipal governments are created by the Government of Yukon in accordance with the Municipal Act of 2001. [5]
The number of members in the Yukon assembly has increased over time, from six appointed members in the late 1800s, to eight (only two elected) in Yukon's first election in 1900, to the current nineteen (all elected). From 1898 to 1978, the legislative body in Yukon was the Yukon Territorial Council. This body did not act as the primary ...
Dalton Post or Shäwshe is a former trading post and First Nations community on the Tatshenshini River.It was on the Dalton Trail near the Haines Highway.Today, it is a prime Pacific salmon fishing spot and serves as a base for whitewater rafting expeditions on the Tatshenshini and Alsek Rivers in the Tatshenshini-Alsek Provincial Park.
The following is a list of political parties in Yukon, Canada.Between 1902 and 1978, candidates in elections for the Yukon Territorial Council all ran as independents. Party politics was established in the territory for the 1978 territorial election in preparation for the 1979 introduction of responsible government and the devolution of many responsibilities from the federal government to the ...