Government of Yukon

Economics

Economic Tools

External Tools

Business and Economic Research Branch

Business and Economic Research Branch provides research, analysis and reports to support a broad understanding of the economy and the assessment of its impacts on Yukon's fiscal position, budgetary projections and financial decision making.

What's New

Inflation Calculator has been upgraded and updated with 2009 CPI data
Yukon Economic Update 2009 is now available online.
2006P Input - Output Multiplier based economic impact calculator is now available using preliminary 2006 Yukon Input-Output multipliers.
Yukon Economic Update 2009 - French Translation is now available.
Yukon Economic Indicators at a Glance has been added to our home page providing a quick reference for the most current Yukon economic indicators. More detailed information on Yukon economic indicators can be found on our economic statistics page.

Yukon Economic Indicators at a Glance

Unemployment Rate: 7.4% (January 2010) Population: 34,157 (December 2009) Inflation Rate: -0.4% (December 2009) Retail Sales: $41.5 million (November 2009) Wholesale Sales: $9.4 million (November 2009) Value of Building Permits: $2.6 million (December 2009) Housing Sales: $66.3 million (Quarter 3 - 2009) Average House Selling Price (Whitehorse): $330,300 (Quarter 3 - 2009) Median Rent (Whitehorse): $750 (December 2009) Vacancy Rate (Whitehorse): 2.6% (December 2009) Tourism - Border Crossings: 3,913 (December 2009) For more details, please visit our Economic Statistics Page. Commodity Prices