• Accordingtothe2011NationalHouseholdSurvey(NHS),ofYukon’spopulationof33,320,87.7%wereCanadian-born

(non-immigrants),11.3%wereforeign-born(immigrants),and1.0%werenon-permanentresidents.

• OftheimmigrantslivinginYukonin2011,895,or23.8%,wereveryrecentimmigrants(immigratedtoCanadabe-tween2006and2011).

• ThemostcommoncountriesofbirthofimmigrantslivinginYukonwere:theUnitedKingdom(accountingfor15.9%oftheimmigrantpopulation),thePhilippines(15.0%),andtheUnitedStates(13.2%).

• Themajorityofnon-immigrants(45.4%),immigrants(50.2%)andnon-permanentresidents(61.8%)inYukonwerebetween25and54yearsofage.

• ThemostfrequentlyreportedethnicoriginsinYukon,eitheraloneorwithotheroriginswereEnglish,ScottishandIrish.

• Overall,6.1%ofallYukonersidentifiedthemselvesasamemberofavisibleminoritygroup.Together,thethreelargestvisibleminoritygroupslivinginYukon–Filipino,ChineseandSouthAsian–represented71.1%ofallvisibleminoritiesintheterritory,or4.3%ofthetotalYukonpopulation.

• At50.1%,YukonhadthelowestproportionofitstotalpopulationreportingareligiousaffiliationinCanada.

• Ofthosewhoreportedareligiousaffiliation,92.2%identifiedthemselvesasChristiansand2.4%reportedbeingaffili-atedwithTraditional(Aboriginal)Spirituality.

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Yukon Bureau of Statistics

Highlights2011 National Household Survey

Immigration and Ethnocultural Diversity

From the Yukon Bureau of Statistics: • 2011Census:http://www.eco.gov.yk.ca/stats/pdf/

Census_2011_Summary.pdf

• AboriginalPeoples

• Education,Labour,MobilityandMigration

• IncomeandHousing

• PopulationandDwellingCounts:http://www.eco.gov.yk.ca/stats/pdf/2011PopulationDwellings.pdf

From Statistics Canada: • NHSProfilesforYukon,Whitehorseandothercensus

subdivisions:http://bit.ly/HTl5HA

• NHSFocusonGeographySeries:http://bit.ly/14gAtn8

• NHSAboriginalPopulationProfilesforYukon,White-horse,settlementsandIndianbandareas:http://bit.ly/17W9Av4

Related Publications and Data Products

Immigrants as a Share of the Population

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5.2% 5.3%3.9%

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28.5%

15.7%

6.8%

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20%

25%

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NL PEI NS NB QC ON MB SK AB BC YK NWT NU

Canada(20.6%)

Note:Throughoutthispublication,figuresmaynotadduptototalsduetorounding.Formoreinformation,pleaseseenotesonpage8.

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Immigration and Citizenship

• In2011,Yukonhadanimmigrantpopulationof3,755,representing11.3%ofthetotalpopulation.Thiswaswellbelowthenationalaverageof20.6%.

• With1.0%ofYukon’spopulationbeingnon-permanentresidents,thiswasthefourthhighestoftheprovincesandterrito-ries,afterAlberta(1.7%),BritishColumbia(1.5%)andOntario(1.1%).

• Between2001and2011,ofthepeoplewhoimmigratedtoCanada,1,265weresettledinYukonin2011.Ofthose,895,or70.8%,immigratedinthelastfiveyears(between2006and2011).

• DespitethemajorityofYukonimmigrants(63.8%)beingCanadiancitizens,theproportionwasthethirdlowestamongtheprovincesandterritories,afterPrinceEdwardIsland(54.5%)andSaskatchewan(55.3%).

• ThelongeranimmigrantlivedinCanada,themorelikelytheyweretobeCanadiancitizens.OfYukonimmigrants,thosewhowere:• Wellestablished(immigratedtoCanadabefore1991),88.1%heldCanadiancitizenship;• Established(immigratedbetween1991and2000),85.0%heldCanadiancitizenship;and• Recent(immigratedtoCanadabetween2001and2011),17.8%heldCanadiancitizenship.

• OftheimmigrantsinYukonwhoheldCanadiancitizenship,veryrecentimmigrants(immigratedtoCanadabetween2006and2011)mostcommonlyheldmultiplecitizenships(60.0%).Incontrast,only17.9%wellestablishedimmigrants(immi-gratedbefore1991)werecitizensofbothCanadaandatleastoneothercountry.

• Only1.2%ofCanadiancitizensbybirthlivinginYukonheldmultiplecitizenships,comparedto23.5%ofCanadiancitizensbynaturalizationlivinginYukon.

Total Population

Non-Immigrants Immigrants Non-Permanent

ResidentsNon-

Immigrants Immigrants Non-Permanent Residents

Canada 32,852,320 25,720,175 6,775,765 356,380 78.3% 20.6% 1.1% Newfoundland and Labrador 507,265 496,405 9,165 1,705 97.9% 1.8% 0.3% Prince Edward Island 137,375 129,385 7,085 905 94.2% 5.2% 0.7% Nova Scotia 906,175 851,035 48,275 6,865 93.9% 5.3% 0.8% New Brunswick 735,835 704,235 28,465 3,130 95.7% 3.9% 0.4% Quebec 7,732,520 6,690,535 974,895 67,095 86.5% 12.6% 0.9% Ontario 12,651,790 8,906,005 3,611,365 134,425 70.4% 28.5% 1.1% Manitoba 1,174,345 981,205 184,500 8,640 83.6% 15.7% 0.7% Saskatchewan 1,008,760 931,715 68,775 8,275 92.4% 6.8% 0.8% Alberta 3,567,975 2,864,245 644,115 59,625 80.3% 18.1% 1.7% British Columbia 4,324,455 3,067,590 1,191,875 64,995 70.9% 27.6% 1.5% Northwest Territories 40,800 37,590 2,880 335 92.1% 7.1% 0.8% Nunavut 31,700 31,025 615 60 97.9% 1.9% 0.2% Yukon 33,320 29,230 3,755 340 87.7% 11.3% 1.0%

WellEstablished(before1991)

51.3%

Established(1991to2000)

15.0%

Somewhatrecent

(2001to2005)10.0%

Veryrecent(2006to2011)

23.8%Recent(2001to2011)

33.7%

Immigrants by Period of Immigration, Yukon, 2011

Immigrant Status, Canada, Provinces and Territories, 2011

Immigrant Status and Period of Immigration by Citizenship, Yukon, 2011

Total Population

Canadian Citizens

Not Canadian Citizens

Canadian Citizens

Not Canadian Citizens

Total 33,320 31,620 1,700 94.9% 5.1%Non-immigrants 29,225 29,230 0 100.0% 0.0%Immigrants 3,755 2,395 1,360 63.8% 36.2%

Well Established (before 1991) 1,930 1,700 230 88.1% 11.9%Established (1991 to 2000) 565 480 85 85.0% 15.0%Recent (2001 to 2011) 1,265 225 1,040 17.8% 82.2%

Somewhat recent (2001 to 2005) 375 200 175 53.3% 46.7%Very recent (2006 to 2011) 895 25 870 2.8% 97.2%

Non-permanent residents 340 0 335 0.0% 100.0%

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Immigrants by Country of Birth• Yukon’simmigrantpopulationreported33countriesastheirplacesofbirthinthe2011NHS.

• Onaregionalbasis,EuropewasYukon’slargestsourceofimmigrantsoverall.However,ofthosewhoimmigratedveryrecently(between2006and2011),Asiawasthelargestregionofbirth.

• Amongallveryrecent(2006and2011)immigrantslivinginYukon,63.5%wereborninAsia.ThisproportionwasupsubstantiallyfromthepercentageofAsianimmigrantswhoarrivedinCanadabetween2001and2006(48.0%).Incontrast,YukonimmigrantsborninAsiaaccountedfor6.3%oftheYukonimmigrantpopulationwhosettledinCanadapriorto1991.

• Priortothe1990s,immigrantsborninEuropeancountries,suchastheUnitedKingdom,Germany,theNetherlandsandFranceaccountedforthemajorityofthesourcecountriesofimmigrantsinYukon.In2011,61.8%oftheimmigrantswhowerelivinginYukonandwhoreportedcomingtoCanadapriorto1991werefromaEuropeancountry.

• Overall,theleadingcoun-tryofbirthofimmigrantsinYukonin2011wastheUnitedKingdom.However,ofthosewhoimmigratedrecently(between2001and2011),thePhilippineswastheleadingcountry.

• In2011,560Yukoners,or15.0%ofallimmigrants,wereborninthePhilippines.

Top Five Places of Birth of Immigrants in Yukon by Period of Immigration, 2011

Rank All Immigrants Well Established (before 1991)

Established (1991 to 2000)

Recent (2001 to 2011)

Somewhat recent

(2001 to 2005)

Very recent (2006 to 2011)

1 United Kingdom United Kingdom Poland Philippines Taiwan Philippines2 Philippines United States Germany Germany Philippines Germany3 United States Germany United States China United Kingdom India4 Germany Netherlands Switzerland India China France5 Netherlands Australia Philippines France Australia United States

Immigrants by Age Group• MuchliketherestofCanada,themajorityofYukon’simmi-

grantswerebetween25and54yearsofage.

• Ofrecent(2001to2011)immigrants,67.6%wereofcoreworkingage(25and54years).Incomparison,45.4%oftheCanadian-bornpopulationinYukonwereinthisagegroup.

• Immigrantchildren(aged14andunder)whoarrivedinCanadaandsettledinYukoninthelastfiveyears,accountedfor16.2%oftheveryrecentimmigrantpopulation,another14.0%ofveryrecentimmigrantswerebetween15and24.

• Immigrantsaged25to54madeupthemajority(50.2%)ofimmigrantsforallperiodsofimmigration.However,thelarg-estproportionofwell-establishedimmigrants,wereinthe55to64agegroup(36.5%),followedbythe25to54(33.2%),andthe65andover(29.3%)agegroups.

• OfthetotalYukonpopulation,aged65andover,78.8%werenon-immigrantsand21.2%wereimmigrants.Oftheimmigrantsinthisagegroup,themajor-ity(92.6%)werewell-established(immigratedbefore1991).

0%

10%

20%

30%

40%

50%

60%

70%

Africa Americas Asia Europe Oceania

WellEstablished(before1991)

Established(1991to2000)

Recent(2001to2011)

Region of Birth of Immigrants by Period of Immigration, Yukon

1

1IncludescountriessuchasAustralia,NewZealand,Fiji,SamoaandPapuaNewGuinea.

Distribution of Non-immigrants, Immigrants and Recent Immigrants by Age Group, Yukon, 2011

0%

10%

20%

30%

40%

50%

60%

70%

0to14 15to24 25to54 55to64 65andover

Non-immigrants

Immigrants

RecentImmigrants(2001to2011)

Immigrant Status and Period of Immigration, Percentage by Age Group, Yukon, 2011

Total 0 to 14 15 to 24 25 to 54 55 to 64 65+

Total 33,320 17.5% 13.3% 46.1% 14.5% 8.6%Non-immigrants 29,225 19.2% 13.9% 45.4% 13.8% 7.8%Immigrants 3,755 5.5% 7.1% 50.2% 21.0% 16.2%

Well Established (before 1991) 1,930 … 0.8% 33.2% 36.5% 29.3%Established (1991 to 2000) 565 … 14.2% 67.3% 9.7% 5.3%Recent (2001 to 2011) 1,265 15.0% 13.4% 67.6% 2.8% 0.8%

Somewhat recent (2001 to 2005) 375 12.0% 10.7% 70.7% 6.7% 0.0%Very recent (2006 to 2011) 895 16.2% 14.0% 66.5% 1.7% 0.0%

Non-permanent residents 340 5.9% 25.0% 61.8% 5.9% 0.0%

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Ethnic Origin• Yukonersreported74ethnicoriginsinthe2011NationalHouseholdSurvey;41.2%reportedoneethnicoriginand58.8%

reportedmorethanoneorigin.

• TheregionalethnicoriginsmostoftenreportedinYukon,eitheraloneorwithotherorigins1were:• European(73.8%);• NorthAmericanAboriginal2(24.2%);• OtherNorthAmerican,includingCanadian(23.7%);and• Asian(6.6%).

• Thiscomparedtothetopregionalethnicoriginsreportednation-ally,eitheraloneorwithotherorigins1of:• European(61.4%);• OtherNorthAmerican,includingCanadian(33.7%);• Asian(15.3%);and• NorthAmericanAboriginal2(5.6%).

• Intotal,8,050YukonersreportedNorthAmericanAboriginalorigins2,eitheraloneorwithotherorigins1.Ofthose:• 90.4%reportedFirstNations(NorthAmericanIndian);• 10.4%Métis;and• 3.4%Inuit

• OftheYukonerswhoreportedasingleethnicorigin,thehighestpercentage(25.3%)wereFirstNations(NorthAmericanIn-dian).Amongthepeoplewhoreportedmultipleethnicorigins1,41.5%wereEnglish,39.0%Scottish,34.7%Irish,and23.3%wereCanadian.

1Percentdistributionsmaysumtogreaterthan100,astotalresponsesaredisplayedwhichincludebothsingleandmultipleresponses.Therefore,individu-alswhoreportedmultipleethnicoriginsarecountedmorethanonce;e.g.ifsomeonereportedEnglishandIrish,theirresponsewouldappearinbothplaces.2NorthAmericanAboriginalorigins,includingFirstNations(NorthAmericanIndian),Métis,andInuit,arenotcomparablewithAboriginalIdentitypopulationcounts.Identityisrelatedtoself-identificationasanAboriginal,whileethnicoriginrelatestotherespondent’sancestry.

Generation Status1

• Accordingtothe2011NHS,12.5%ofYukonerswerefirstgenerationCanadians,16.2%weresecondgenerationand71.3%werethirdgenerationormore.

• Themajority(68.3%)ofthefirstgenerationCanadianslivinginYukonreportedasingleethnicorigin.Thetopethnicorigins,eitheraloneorincombinationwithotherorigins,reportedbythefirstgenerationwereEnglish,GermanandFilipino.

• TheproportionofthesecondgenerationCanadians(i.e.Canadian-bornchildrenofimmigrants)livinginYukonwhoreportedmultipleethnicorigins,at65.2%,washigherthanthatofthefirstgeneration(31.7%).Themostfrequentlyreportedeth-nicoriginsofthesecondgeneration,eitheraloneorwithotheroriginswereEnglish,ScottishandGerman.

• OfindividualswhowereatleastthirdgenerationCanadianslivinginYukon,62.1%reportedmorethanoneethnicorigin.In2011,themostcommonethnicorigins,eitheraloneorincombinationwithotherorigins,reportedbythisgroupwereEng-lish,ScottishandFirstNations(NorthAmericanIndian).

• Overall,veryfew(6.1%)Yukonersreportedbeingamemberofavisibleminoritygroup.However,ofthosewhoreportedtobeavisibleminority,themajority(67.7%)werefirstgeneration,whileonlyaminority(6.9%)werethirdgenerationormore,andthebalance(25.4%)weresecondgeneration.

• Nationally,69.3%ofvisibleminoritieswerefirstgenerationCanadians,27.1%weresecondgeneration,and3.5%werethirdgenerationormore.

• Overall,19.1%ofCanadiansreportedbeingavisibleminor-ity;thehighestproportionreportedinBritishColumbia(27.3%)andthelowestinNew-foundlandandLabrador(1.4%).

Rank Total Responses Count % of Total1

33,320 100.0%1 English 9,480 28.5%2 Scottish 8,340 25.0%3 Irish 7,315 22.0%4 First Nations2 7,280 21.8%5 Canadian 7,255 21.8%6 German 5,210 15.6%7 French 4,380 13.1%8 Ukranian 1,810 5.4%9 Dutch 1,470 4.4%10 Norwegian 1,385 4.2%

Total: Single and multiple response1

Top 10 Ethnic Origins, Yukon, 2011

1Generationstatusreferstowhetherornotthepersonortheperson’sparentswereborninCanada.Foramoredetaileddefinition,seepage8ofthispublication.

Firstgeneration12.5%

Secondgeneration16.2%

Thirdgenerationor

more71.3%

Generation Status1, Yukon, 2011

Total Population

Not a visible minority

Visible minority

Not a visible minority

Visible minority

Total 33,320 31,295 2,025 93.9% 6.1%First Generation 4,160 2,795 1,370 67.2% 32.9%Second Generation 5,410 4,895 515 90.5% 9.5%Third Generation or more 23,750 23,615 140 99.4% 0.6%

Visible Minorities by Generation Status1, Yukon, 2011

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Visible Minorities

• Accordingtothe2011NHS,2,025Yukonersidentifiedthemselvesasavisibleminority,accountingfor6.1%ofthetotalpopulation;outsidethemaritimeprovinces,thiswasthesecondlowestinthecountry.Nationally,visibleminoritiescom-prised19.1%oftheCanadianpopulation.

• OfthevisibleminoritieslivinginYukon,33.3%wereFilipinos,19.8%Chinese,17.8%SouthAsianand10.4%wereSoutheastAsian.

• Amongveryrecentimmigrants(immigratedtoCanadabetween2006and2011)inYukon,72.6%identifiedasbelongingtoavisibleminoritygroup.Incon-trast,visibleminoritiesmadeuponly31.9%ofestablished(1991to2000)immigrants,and8.8%ofwell-established(before1991)immigrants.

• Ofthe2,025Yukonerswhoidentifiedthemselvesasavisibleminority,650,or32.1%wereCanadian-born.AmongYukon’slargestvisibleminoritygroups,11.1%ofFilipinos,50.0%ofChineseand28.8%ofSouthAsianswereborninCanada.

• ThroughoutCanada(exceptintheothertwoterritories),thevisibleminoritypopulationwasyoungerthantheoverallpopulation.ThemedianageofvisibleminoritiesinYukonwasyoungerthananyotherprovinceorterritoryat29.2years.Thiswas9.8yearsyoungerthantheYukonpopulationasawhole.

Yukon

Valuesinbracketsrepresentthepercentageofthepopulationwhoarevisibleminorities.

Yukon(6.1%)

NorthwestTerritories(6.7%)

Nunavut(1.6%)

BritishColumbia(27.3%)

Alberta(18.4%)

Manitoba(13.1%)

Saskatchewan(6.3%)

Ontario(25.9%)

Quebec(11.0%)

NewfoundlandandLabrador

(1.4%)

PrinceEdwardIsland(3.1%)

NovaScotia(5.2%)

NewBrunswick(2.3%)

Canada(19.1%)

Notavisibleminority

Visible MinoritiesVisibleminority

Notavisibleminority93.9%

Filipino2.0%

Chinese1.2%

SouthAsian1.1%

SoutheastAsian0.6%

LatinAmerican0.3%

Black0.3%

Japanese0.2%

Othervisibleminorities0.2%

Visibleminorities6.1%

Firstgeneration12.5%

Secondgeneration16.2%

Thirdgenerationor

more71.3%

Visible Minorities, Canada, Provinces and Territories, 2011

Visible Minorities, Yukon, 2011

Total Population

Not a visible

minority

Visible minority

Not a visible

minority

Visible minority Filipino Chinese South

Asian

Other visible

minorities

Total 33,325 31,295 2,025 93.9% 6.1% 33.3% 19.8% 18.0% 27.4%Non-immigrants 29,230 28,580 650 97.8% 2.2% 11.5% 30.8% 16.2% 39.2%Immigrants 3,755 2,585 1,170 68.8% 31.2% 45.7% 17.1% 12.8% 21.4%

Well Established (before 1991) 1,925 1,760 170 91.4% 8.8% 0.0% 20.6% 11.8% 23.5%Established (1991 to 2000) 565 390 180 69.0% 31.9% 30.6% 13.9% 13.9% 33.3%Recent (2001 to 2011) 1,265 440 825 34.8% 65.2% 56.4% 15.2% 11.5% 15.2%

Somewhat recent (2001 to 2005) 370 200 175 54.1% 47.3% 22.9% 54.3% 8.6% 0.0%Very recent (2006 to 2011) 895 240 650 26.8% 72.6% 64.6% 5.4% 12.3% 16.9%

Non-permanent residents 340 130 205 38.2% 60.3% 31.7% 0.0% 51.2% 4.9%

Visible Minorities by Immigrant Status and Period of Immigration, Yukon, 2011

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• InadditiontoEnglishandFrench,the2011NHSestimated26languagesasmothertonguesinYukon.

• In2011,amajority(98.7%)ofthe3,755immigrantsinYukonreportedonemothertongue.Theremainingsmallpropor-tion,1.5%,reportedmultiplemothertongues.

• Oftheimmigrantpopulationwhore-portedasinglemothertongue,42.1%,reportedthattheironlymothertonguewasEnglish,another3.2%reportedFrenchastheirsinglemothertongue,and54.7%reportedanon-officiallan-guageastheironlymothertongue.

• Amongtheimmigrantswhosemothertonguewasanon-officiallanguage,Malayo-Polynesianlanguageswerethemostcommonfamilyoflanguagesreported.

• OfthosewhoreportedMalayo-Polyne-sianlanguages,thelargestproportion(72.4%)reportedTagalog(Pilipino,Fili-pino)astheirmothertongue,followedbyBisayanlanguages(15.5%)andFijian(6.9%).Intotal,theMalayo-Polynesianfamilyoflanguageswasreportedby15.7%oftheforeign-bornpopulationwithasinglemothertongue.

• Overall,themostfrequentlyreportedmothertongue(singleresponse)amongYukonimmigrantswasGerman,followedcloselybyTagalog(Pilipino,Filipino).

• Accordingtothe2011NHS,themajority(59.0%)oftheforeign-bornpopulationinYukoncouldconductaconversationinoneormorenon-officiallanguages,comparedto9.4%ofnon-immigrantsand15.7%ofthetotalYukonpopulation.

• AmongallimmigrantsinYukon:• 49.8%reportedthattheywereabletoconverseinEnglishandoneormorenon-officiallanguage(s);• 6.9%inEnglishandFrenchandoneormorenon-officiallanguage(s);and• 2.3%reportedthattheywereonlyabletoconverseinanon-officiallanguage.

• Overall,averysmallminority(2.3%)oftheYukonforeign-bornpopulationreportedbeingunabletoconverseineitherofCanada’sofficiallanguages.OftheimmigrantsinYukonwhoknewneitherEnglishnorFrench,almostall(76.5%)wereveryrecentimmigrants(immigratedtoCanadabetween2001and2011).Conversely,allwellestablishedimmigrants(im-migratedtoCanadabefore1991)wereabletoconverseinoneorbothofficiallanguages.

Languages

English42.1%

French3.2%

Germaniclanguages16.9%

Malayo-Polynesianlanguages15.7%

Slaviclanguages5.4%

Chineselanguages5.1%

Romancelanguages2.8%

Otherlanguages8.8%

Non-officiallanguages54.7%

Mother Tongues of Immigrants, Yukon, 2011 (single response)

Top Five Non-Official Mother Tongues (single response) of Immigrants by Period of Immigration, Yukon, 2011

Rank

1 German 490 German 260 German 120 Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino) 355 Tagalog

(Pilipino, Filipino) 40 Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino) 315

2 Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino) 420 Dutch 85 Polish 75 German 115 German 35 Bisayan

languages 85

3 Dutch 110 Czech 30 Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino) 50 Bisayan

languages 85 Chinese, n.o.s. 25 German 80

4 Polish 95 Hungarian 10 Russian 15 Chinese, n.o.s. 45 Vietnamese 20 Spanish 50

5 Bisayan languages 90 Cantonese 10 Spanish 10 Panjabi (Punjabi) 45 Russian 15 Panjabi (Punjabi) 40

Very recent (2006 to 2011)

Well Established (before 1991)All Immigrants Established

(1991 to 2000)Recent

(2001 to 2011)Somewhat recent

(2001 to 2005)

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Yukon

Religions

• Accordingtothe2011NHS,moreYukoners,thaninanyotherprovinceorterritory,reportedhavingnoreligiousaffiliation.Overall,49.9%ofYukonersreportedhavingnoreligiousaffiliation,while50.1%saidtheywereaffiliatedwithareligion.

• ThemostfrequentlyreportedreligiousaffiliationinYukonwasChristianity,beingreportedby46.2%ofYukoners,or92.2%ofthosewhoreportedareligiousaffiliation.ThesecondmostfrequentlyreportedwasTraditional(Aboriginal)Spirituality,beingreportedby2.4%ofYukonerswithareligiousaffiliation.

• OfthosewhoreportedChristianreligiousaffiliation,themostcommondenominationswereRomanCatholic(39.6%),Anglican(17.8%)andUnitedChurch(9.6%).

• InYukon,2,350immigrants,or62.6%oftheimmigrantpopulationreportedhavingareligiousaffiliation;ofthose,88.7%identifiedthemselvesasChristian,3.6%Buddhist,2.6%Hinduand2.3%asSikh.

• AlthoughChristianityisstillthemostcommonreligiousaffiliationamongimmigrantsinYukon,regardlessofperiodofimmigration,thenumberofimmigrantswhoidentifyasBuddhists,Hindus,MuslimsandSikhsaregrowing,especiallyamongrecent(2001to2011)immigrants.

• Havingnoreligiousaffiliationismorecommonamongwellestablished(before1991)immigrants(43.5%)thanamongrecent(2001to2011)immigrants(27.3%).

Valuesinbracketsrepresentthepercentageofthepopulationinprivatehouseholdswhohavenoreligiousaffiliation.

Yukon(49.9%)

NorthwestTerritories(30.5%) Nunavut

(13.0%)

BritishColumbia(44.1%)

Alberta(31.6%)

Manitoba(26.5%)

Saskatchewan(24.4%) Ontario

(23.1%)

Quebec(12.1%)

NewfoundlandandLabrador

(6.2%)

PrinceEdwardIsland(14.4%)

NovaScotia(21.8%)

NewBrunswick(15.1%)

Canada(23.9%)

Noreligiousaffiliation

Affiliationwithareligion

Religious Affiliation

Religious Affiliation, Canada, Provinces and Territories, 2011

Total ChristianBuddhist,

Hindu, Muslim or Sikh

Other affiliation

No religious affliation Christian

Buddhist, Hindu, Muslim

or Sikh

Other affiliation

No religious affliation

Total 33,320 15,380 585 720 16,630 46.2% 1.8% 2.2% 49.9%Non-immigrants 29,225 13,155 240 685 15,125 45.0% 0.8% 2.3% 51.8%Immigrants 3,755 2,085 230 30 1,405 55.5% 6.1% 0.8% 37.4%

Well Established (before 1991) 1,930 1,025 0 10 840 53.1% 0.0% 0.5% 43.5%Established (1991 to 2000) 565 265 55 0 230 46.9% 9.7% 0.0% 40.7%Recent (2001 to 2011) 1,265 800 110 0 345 63.2% 8.7% 0.0% 27.3%

Somewhat recent (2001 to 2005) 375 180 15 0 170 48.0% 4.0% 0.0% 45.3%Very recent (2006 to 2011) 895 620 95 0 175 69.3% 10.6% 0.0% 19.6%

Non-permanent residents 335 135 95 0 100 40.3% 28.4% 0.0% 29.9%

Religious Affiliation by Immigrant Status and Period of Immigration, Yukon, 2011

Concepts and Definitions

Ethnic origin:referstotheethnicorculturaloriginsofthere-spondent’sancestors.Anancestorissomeonefromwhomapersonisdescendedandisusuallymoredistantthanagrand-parent.

Generation status: referstowhetherornotthepersonortheperson’sparentswereborninCanada.Itidentifiespersonsasbeingfirstgeneration,secondgenerationorthirdgenerationormore.

First generation includes persons who were born outsideCanada.Forthemostpart,thesearepeoplewhoarenow,orhaveeverbeen,immigrantstoCanada.Second generationincludespersonswhowereborninCan-adaandhaveatleastoneparentbornoutsideCanada.Forthemostpart,thesearethechildrenofimmigrants.Third generation or moreincludespersonswhowereborninCanadawithbothparentsborninCanada.

Immigrant:referstoapersonwhoisorhaseverbeenaland-edimmigrant/permanentresident.Alandedimmigrant/per-manentresidentisapersonwhohasbeengrantedtherighttoliveinCanadapermanentlybyimmigrationauthorities.

Non-immigrant: referstoapersonwhoisaCanadiancitizenbybirth.

Non-permanent resident: refers to a person fromanothercountrywhohasaworkorstudypermit,orwhoisarefugeeclaimant,andanynon-Canadian-bornfamilymemberlivinginCanadawiththem.

Religion: refers to theperson’s self-identificationashavinga connectionoraffiliationwithany religiousdenomination,group,body,sect,cultorotherreligiouslydefinedcommuni-tyorsystemofbelief.Religionisnotlimitedtoformalmem-bershipinareligiousorganizationorgroup.Personswithoutareligiousconnectionoraffiliationcanself-identifyasathe-ist,agnosticorhumanist,orcanprovideanotherapplicableresponse.

Visible minority:referstopersons,otherthanAboriginalper-sons,whoarenon-Caucasianinraceornon-whiteincolour.

About the 2011 National Household Survey

BetweenMayandAugust2011,StatisticsCanadaconductedtheNationalHouseholdSurvey(NHS)intheprovincesandterrito-riesforthefirsttime.TheNHSwasdesignedtocollectinforma-tionaboutthedemographic,socialandeconomiccharacteris-ticsfromarandomsampleof4.5millionCanadianhouseholds;approximately30%ofallprivatedwellingsinCanada.Participa-tioninthesurveywasvoluntary.

Aswithanyvoluntarysurvey,non-responsebiasmayaffectthequalityofdataestimates.Theriskofnon-responsebiasrisesasresponseratesdrop,asnon-respondentsmayhavedifferentcharacteristicsthantherespondents.Tomitigatethis,StatisticsCanadaweighteddatafromthesampletoaccuratelyrepresenttheNHS’stargetpopulation.Anindicatorofdataqualityistheglobalnon-responserate(GNR).

TheGNRcombinesnon-response(i.e.householdsdidnotrespondtotheNHSatall)andpartialnon-response(i.e.somequestionsontheNHSwerenotrespondedto)intoasinglevalue.AsmallerGNRindicateslowernon-responsebias.WheretheGNRwas50%ormore,StatisticsCanadasuppresseddata.Overall,Yukon’sGNRwas29.9%;howevertheGNRofindividualYukoncommunitiesvariedfrom12.5%to62.2%.

DifferencesmayexistbetweenNHSestimatesand2011Censuscountsforcommoncharacteristics(e.g.population,mothertongue,etc.).Wheredifferencesdoexist,preferenceshouldbegiventothe2011Census.

AlthoughtheNHSwasintroducedasareplacementforthelongformcensusquestionnaire,cautionmustbeusedwhencom-paringNHSestimatestopreviouscensuses,despitecontentsimilarities.

Allfigurespresentedinthispublicationweresubjectedtoaconfidentialityprocedureknownasrandomrounding.Underthismethod,allfigures,includingtotals,arerandomlyroundedeitherupordowntoamultipleof5.Totalsandindividualvaluesarerandomlyroundedindependently,meaningthatsomedifferencesbetweenthedisplayedtotalandthesumoftheroundeddatamayexistinvarioustabulations,andminordifferencescanoccasionallybeexpectedbetweentabulations.Similarly,percentages,whicharecalculatedbasedonroundedfigures,maynotaddto100%.Usersshouldbeawareofpossibledatadistortionswhenaggregatingroundeddata.

UsersarecautionedtoconsultthereferencematerialsprovidedbyStatisticsCanadatoensureappropriateuseandanalysesofNHSdata:http://bit.ly/19YhIHT.

Formoreinformation,seetheNationalHouseholdSurveyUserGuide:http://bit.ly/10qv9yS.

Additional informationGovernment of Yukon

Executive Council OfficeBureau of Statistics (A-8C)

Box 2703, Whitehorse, Yukon Y1A 2C6Telephone: (867) 667-5640; Fax: (867) 393-6203

email: ybsinfo@gov.yk.cawebsite: www.eco.gov.yk.ca/stats/Bureau of Statistics

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