Community Profiles

Yukon Territory

Profiles of 61 communities across Canada

HOMELESSNESS

Total number of people experiencing homelessness: 200 (2024)
Individuals experiencing episodic homelessness: One single time: 61%

Two different times: 13%

Three or more different times: 26% (2023)

Individuals staying in emergency shelters:

Individuals experiencing sheltered homelessness: 

35 (2024)

91 (2024)

Individuals staying in a facility setting: Public systems: 10 (2024)
Individuals in transitional housing:  17 (2024)
Individuals staying in provisional accommodation: 71% (2024)
Individuals experiencing unsheltered homelessness:  9 (2024)
Number of hidden homeless:  Hotel/motel: 23

Someone else’s place: 64 (2024)

Individuals identifying as youth:  Under 25: 12 (6%)

Under 20: 0 (0%) (2024)

Individuals identifying as Indigenous:  68% (2024)
Individuals identifying as LGBTQ2S+: Non-binary: 2

Other: 1 (2024)

Individuals identifying as female:  49% (2024)
Individuals identifying as male:  50% (2024)

*To note, much of this data derives from the Safe at Home Society’s Whitehorse June 2024 by-name list (BNL) count, though the full report has not been published yet. A link to the source cannot be provided yet.

SOCIAL ASSISTANCE 

Family and Individual visits to food bank:  *Province wide: 6,575 (March 2023)
Total welfare income (single individual): $22,097 (2023)

*Note: the total visits for Yukon Territories, Northwest Territories, and Nunavut were combined.

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