Whitehorse

Yukon

Statistics Canada geography code 6001009 · census subdivision

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MARKET SCORE

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Strong fundamentalsConfidence: Low

Model CS-MI-1.0 · calculated 2026-09-30

Market snapshot

Population

30,947

Period: 2022

Source: Statistics Canada

Confidence: high

Unemployment rate

Data unavailable

The Labour Force Survey publishes annual unemployment rates for 37 census metropolitan areas. This market is not among them, so no local rate is available from this source.

Confidence: low

Average rent

Data unavailable

CMHC does not publish rental market figures for this geography. Neither the major-centre tables nor the rural census-subdivision tables cover the territories, so there is no figure to wait for rather than one not yet imported.

Confidence: low

Rental vacancy rate

Data unavailable

Confidence: low

Population trend

+7.7% 2019–2022 · Calculated

Source: Table 17-10-0142-01 — Population estimates, July 1, by census subdivision (vector 1138984192) · published 2023-01-11

What drives this market?

These weightings are an interpretation of the local economy, not a measurement. They are shown to explain what appears to support rental demand here — treat them differently from the sourced statistics above.

Government34% of local drivers
Whitehorse holds roughly three-quarters of Yukon’s population and its entire territorial administration, alongside federal offices. Public-sector employment is the economy’s floor and its ceiling.
Mining / Resources18% of local drivers
Yukon's mineral exploration and mining is administered, supplied and staffed from Whitehorse, which transmits commodity price swings into the local economy.
Tourism14% of local drivers
Summer highway and cruise-connected touring, and winter aurora viewing, concentrated in the city.
Transportation12% of local drivers
The Alaska Highway and Erik Nielsen Whitehorse International Airport are the territory’s supply lifelines.
Health Care10% of local drivers
Whitehorse General Hospital is the referral centre for the whole territory.
Construction8% of local drivers
Territorial and federal capital projects, with a short building season.
Local Services4% of local drivers
Retail and wholesale distribution for communities across Yukon.

Employer concentration

Government accounts for roughly 34% of the identified economic activity here. A market can have strong rental demand and still carry real risk if too much of it traces back to one institution.

Worth investigating: what happens to local demand if that employer reduces its workforce? This is a scenario to think through, not a prediction.

Rental market

Rental data unavailable for this market

Missing rental data does not mean rents are low or vacancy is zero — it means we do not yet have a figure we can stand behind.

All data for this market

Metric	Period	Value	Type	Confidence	Source
average rent	—	Data unavailable	observed	low	—
population	2022	30,947	observed	high	Statistics Canada
population	2021	30,269	observed	high	Statistics Canada
population	2020	29,316	observed	high	Statistics Canada
population	2019	28,733	observed	high	Statistics Canada
population	2018	Data unavailable	observed	high	Statistics Canada
population	2017	Data unavailable	observed	high	Statistics Canada
population	2016	Data unavailable	observed	high	Statistics Canada
population	2015	Data unavailable	observed	high	Statistics Canada
population	2014	Data unavailable	observed	high	Statistics Canada
population	2013	Data unavailable	observed	high	Statistics Canada
unemployment rate	—	Data unavailable	observed	low	—
vacancy rate	—	Data unavailable	observed	low	—

Rows showing Data unavailable are recorded deliberately, with the reason, rather than omitted — so you can tell the difference between a figure that is zero and one we simply do not have.