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The Yukon River winding through green hills past the town of Dawson City, Yukon

Yukon

What the official study guide says about Yukon, as practice questions. The citizenship test can ask about any province or territory, so it pays to know all thirteen.

Quiz: Yukon

Question 1 of 6

In which decade did the Yukon Gold Rush bring thousands of miners to the territory?

Key facts to remember

  • The Yukon Gold Rush of the 1890s drew thousands of miners, and the poet Robert W. Service wrote about it.
  • Mount Logan, Canada's highest mountain, is located in Yukon.
  • The coldest temperature ever measured in Canada, -63°C, was recorded in Yukon.
  • Whitehorse is the territorial capital of Yukon. In 1900 a railway linked it to Skagway in Alaska.
  • Sir William Logan was a world-famous geologist. He was born in Montreal in 1798.
  • The poet Robert W. Service wrote about the Gold Rush, when thousands of miners came to the Yukon.
Read "Canada's Regions" on canada.ca