Best places to live in Yukon

Whitehorse is the biggest place, with 84% of the people. None of its cities is big enough to be split into neighbourhoods; even Whitehorse has one page. Its places include no reserve of 1,000 people or more. A ranking needs five graded towns, and in Yukon there is one. Whitehorse has the best overall grade in Yukon, #2,059 of 2,556 towns nationally. Since the 2021 census, its population is up 19.3%. Its places hold 40,500 people, on Statistics Canada’s July estimate.

In national order; the letter compares each town with every town in Canada of 2,500+. How grades work

Graded towns

In national order; each national rank links to the national list.

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#TownScoreGrade · national rankWhat drives it

–Whitehorse34,129 people40.8bottom 23.5%C⁻#2,059 of 2,556 nationallyStrongest: jobs & income A⁺, walkability A⁻·lowest: hazard risk D

Province by province

Best places to live, province by province

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Photos: Whitehorse, C Robson (CC BY-SA 3.0), via Wikimedia Commons.

Sources: TownRatings grades: our own summary of the data, ranking Canadian towns against each other only, run #73 of 10 November 2026. Under the Statistics Canada Open Licence.

Adapted from Statistics Canada (Census of Population 2021, population estimates 2025, 2021 census boundaries) under the Statistics Canada Open Licence; this does not constitute an endorsement by Statistics Canada. Neighbourhood names in some cities © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL).