Yukon Bureau of Statistics 2÷9#1$>0-2+6&±8<3π7£5‡9≈1∞^ Yukon Monthly Statistical Review December 2020 Highlights: • Yukon’s 2020 unemployment rate (5.2%) increased by 1.6 percentage points compared to 2019 (3.6%). • In November 2020 on a year-over-year basis, the Consumer Price Index (CPI) for Whitehorse increased 0.7% (figures for Yukon are not available); 0.3 percentage points lower than that for Canada (1.0%). • The price of gold on December 31, 2020 was $1,891.10 US per troy oz, an increase of $368.10, or 24.2%, compared to December 31, 2019 ($1,523.00). New publication this month: Yukon Fuel Price Survey, December 2020 % Change As of December 30, 2020, where prices Self-serve Dec 18, 2019 to Dec 30, 2020 were available, average regular self-serve gasoline prices ranged from 113.9¢ per litre regular premium diesel regular premium diesel in Watson Lake to 142.0¢ per litre in Eagle Whitehorse 118.4 125.4 120.1 -16.7% -17.4% -17.4% Beaver Creek 139.9 154.9 154.9 -12.0% -8.8% -11.4% Plains; a difference of 28.1¢. In communi- Burwash Landing n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a ties offering premium self-serve gasoline, Carcross 135.9 - 135.9 -11.1% - -13.9% prices ranged from 124.9¢ in Watson Lake Carmacks 129.9 139.9 119.9 -15.0% -14.1% -23.1% to 154.9¢ in Beaver Creek; a difference of Dawson City 127.1 146.5 129.5 -16.7% -10.8% -17.9% 30.0¢. Diesel self-serve prices ranged from Destruction Bay n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 118.9¢ in Watson Lake to 154.9¢ in Beaver Eagle Plains 142.0 - 140.0 -16.5% - -13.0% Creek; a difference of 36.0¢ per litre. Faro 130.9 - 134.9 -15.5% - -14.6% Haines Junction 123.2 131.6 126.9 -16.5% -15.6% -15.3% Jake's Corner 119.9 125.9 119.9 -16.1% -18.2% -21.1% Comparing December 30, 2020 to Decem- Mayo 122.8 - 122.8 -18.1% - -17.0% ber 18, 2019, regular self-serve gasoline Pelly Crossing 130.9 137.9 125.9 -13.8% -12.7% -14.3% prices decreased in all Yukon communities Ross River n/a - n/a n/a - n/a where prices were available. Diesel self- Stewart Crossing n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a serve prices also decreased in all Yukon Teslin 123.9 135.9 128.9 -15.7% -13.4% -15.4% communities where prices were available. Watson Lake 113.9 124.9 118.9 -17.8% -16.7% -17.2% Yukon Fuel Price Survey, December 2020: https://yukon.ca/en/yukon-fuel-price-survey-december-2020 What else is new: New from the Yukon Bureau of Statistics: • Experimental Estimates for Business Openings and • Canadian Classification of Functions of Gov’t (CCO- Closures for Yukon, September 2020: https://yukon. FOG), 2019: https://yukon.ca/en/canadian-classifica- ca/en/experimental-estimates-business-openings- tion-functions-govt-ccofog-2019 and-closures-yukon-september-2020 • Yukon Employment, December 2020: https://yukon. New from Statistics Canada: ca/en/yukon-employment-december-2020 • Adult and youth correctional statistics in Canada, 2018/2019: https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/pub/85- 002-x/2020001/article/00016-eng.pdf Yukon community information Interested in www.sewp.gov.yk.ca more data or Visit our Socio-Economic Web Join our electronic distribution updates? Follow us on Twitter Portal for downloadable data by lists by sending an email to @YukonStats. Yukon community and subject. [email protected]. 1 1. Population 1.1 Population by Age and 1.2 Population by Sex*, Jun 30 ‘20 Community* 1.3 Vital Statistics Total Males Females Jun 30 Mar 31 Jun 30 2019 2020 2020 Births Deaths Marriages 0-4 2,240 1,137 1,103 Year-to-date -42 -6 -21 Beaver Creek 122 123 124 5-9 2,349 1,255 1,094 change -10.8% -2.5% -14.0% 10-14 2,249 1,194 1,055 Burwash Landing 112 103 105 Carcross 449 457 477 November (p) 31 21 8 15-19 2,093 1,077 1,016 Carmacks 579 605 598 October (r) 40 17 14 20-24 2,388 1,214 1,174 Dawson City 2,278 2,271 2,277 25-29 3,046 1,505 1,541 September 30 24 12 Destruction Bay 66 62 59 August 26 26 23 30-34 3,620 1,741 1,879 Faro 408 424 436 July 41 26 18 35-39 3,581 1,788 1,793 Haines Junction 978 978 989 June 33 28 14 40-44 3,009 1,500 1,509 Johnson's Crossing 51 57 54 May 35 16 10 45-49 2,897 1,405 1,492 Mayo 465 475 471 Apr 35 23 4 50-54 2,671 1,369 1,302 Mendenhall 120 118 130 March 31 13 8 55-59 3,285 1,633 1,652 Old Crow 263 269 265 February 18 19 12 Pelly Crossing 383 391 396 60-64 3,040 1,577 1,463 January 27 18 6 Ross River 407 408 407 65-69 2,365 1,243 1,122 Tagish 356 355 359 2019 total 419 261 159 70-74 1,630 870 760 Teslin 471 473 473 December 30 24 9 75+ 1,767 927 840 Watson Lake 1,498 1,496 1,493 November 30 27 7 1 Source: Yukon Bureau of Statistics. Total 42,230 21,435 20,795 Whitehorse Area 32,342 32,912 33,033 Other* 88 83 84 *Please see table endnotes on page 12. Yukon 41,436 42,060 42,230 Source: Yukon Bureau of Statistics. 1 Marsh Lake is included in Whitehorse. * Please see table endnotes on page 12. Source: Yukon Bureau of Statistics. Did you know? 50,000 Yukon’s year-to-date (Q1-Q3) in-mi- 45,000 Yukon Monthly Population, June 30, 2000 to June 30, 2020 grants totalled 1,596. Conversely Yukon’s 40,000 year-to-date out-migrants totalled 1,345 35,000 over the same time period — a net migra- tion gain of 251 people. 30,000 Source: Statistics Canada. Table 17-10-0014-01 and 25,000 17-10-0022-01. 20,000 Preliminary estimates of Statistics Cana- Population Report, Second Quarter, 2020: da show that in the third quarter of 2020, https://yukon.ca/en/population-report-q2-2020 Yukon gained 84 people through net mi- gration — 26 were lost through interpro- vincial migration and 110 were gained 1.4 Migration Estimates* through international migration. Of the interprovincial migrants, net gains 1,000 In Out Net were from: 800 • Alberta (+22); 600 323 • Nunavut (+15); 400 • Northwest Territories (+12); 200 84 • Prince Edward Island (+6); 0 • Ontario (+5); and -200 • Manitoba (+4); -400 -239 Conversely, were to: -600 net losses -800 • British Columbia (-57); -1,000 • Saskatchewan (-13) • Nova Scotia (-10); and • Quebec (-10). *Please see endnotes on page 12. Source: Statistics Canada. Table 17-10-0045-01. Source: Statistics Canada. Tables 17-10-0020-01 and 17-10-0040-01. 2 2. Employment 2.1 Labour Force Statistics* (seasonally adjusted) Labour Unemployment Participation Employment Employed Unemployed Force Rate Rate Rate Yukon Employment, December 2020: 2020 annual 21,300 20,200 1,100 5.2% 70.5% 66.9% https://yukon.ca/en/yukon-employment- December 21,700 20,500 1,100 5.1% 71.4% 67.4% december-2020 November 21,500 20,600 900 4.2% 70.7% 67.8% October 21,300 20,100 1,300 6.1% 70.1% 66.1% September 21,000 19,700 1,300 6.2% 69.3% 65.0% Yukon Employment Annual August 21,300 19,600 1,700 8.0% 70.3% 64.7% July 21,300 19,700 1,600 7.5% 70.3% 65.0% Review, 2019: https://yukon.ca/ en/yukon-employment-annual- June 21,100 19,800 1,300 6.2% 69.9% 65.6% May 20,900 20,100 900 4.3% 69.4% 66.8% review-2019 April 21,300 20,800 500 2.3% 70.8% 69.1% March 21,700 21,000 700 3.2% 72.3% 70.0% Yukon Employment Historical February 22,000 21,100 900 4.1% 73.6% 70.6% Data, 2010 to 2019: https:// January 22,200 21,200 1,100 5.0% 74.2% 70.9% yukon.ca/en/yukon-employment- 2019 annual 22,300 21,500 800 3.6% 74.8% 72.1% historical-data-2010-2019 December 22,100 21,100 1,000 4.5% 73.9% 70.6% *Please see table endnotes on page 12. Source: Statistics Canada. Tables 14-10-0292-01 (monthly) and 14-10-0090-01 (annual). Did you know? 2.2 Canadian Unemployment Rates* (seasonally adjusted) The annual Yukon unemploy- ment rate for 2020 was 5.2%, the lowest in Canada. Yukon December 2020 has had the lowest annual un- Canada (8.6%) 12.3 employment rate since 2016. 11.0 10.1 9.3 9.5 8.6 8.8 8.2 7.8 6.7 7.2 6.1 5.1 NL PEI NS NB QC ON MB SK AB BC YT NWT NU *Please see table endnotes on page 12. Source: Statistics Canada. Tables 14-10-0287-01 and 14-10-0292-01.