Visitors to the Yukon

We use multiple trusted sources of data to estimate visitation to the Yukon, including highway traffic counts, border crossings, airport arrivals, the Visitor Exit Survey (VES), and Statistics Canada's National Travel Survey (NTS) and Visitor Travel Survey (VTS). Totals include Yukoners.

Latest full year

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vs previous year

8.9% y/y

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vs pre-pandemic

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compared to 2019

Highlights
  • In 2025, the Yukon welcomed an estimated 690,300 visitors, a 20.3% increase from 2024.
  • 2024 visitation reached 574,000, reflecting strong post-pandemic recovery.
  • The pre-pandemic peak was in 2018, with an estimated 575,000 visitors.
  • Visitor estimates are based on multiple trusted sources of data, including highway traffic counts, border crossings, airport arrivals, the Visitor Exit Survey (VES), and Statistics Canada’s National Travel Survey (NTS) and Visitor Travel Survey (VTS).
  • Note: To provide a more comprehensive view of visitation, the historical data has been revised to include trips made by Yukoners within the territory. Because of this change, previously published figures may not match.
  • (Data updated annually. Current as of May, 2026.)

Notes on data: Visitor estimates are based on multiple trusted sources of data, including highway traffic counts, border crossings, airport arrivals, the Visitor Exit Survey (VES), and Statistics Canada’s National Travel Survey (NTS) and Visitor Travel Survey (VTS).

A visitor is a traveller taking a trip to a main destination outside their usual environment, for less than a year, and for any main purpose (business, leisure or personal) other than to be employed by a resident entity in the place visited.

Visitor estimates have been de-duplicated to reduce double counting between transportation modes and data sources, and adjusted to include Yukoners travelling within the territory.

Source: Visitor Exit Survey 2022/23, 2017/18, 2012/13, 2004, 1999, 1994, 1987. Government of Yukon, Department of Tourism and Culture.
Statistics Canada. Table 24-10-0071-01 Visits, nights and expenditures for Canadian residents travelling in Canada and abroad by geography of visit, province of trip origin and visit duration (x 1,000)
Statistics Canada. Table 24-10-0066-01 Visits, nights and spending for visitors to Canada by geography of visit, residency and mode of transport (x 1,000)