Ibex Valley, Yukon

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Ibex Valley is a hamlet in Canada's Yukon. The hamlet is considered a local advisory area with an advisory council providing local government. [1] Its population, according to the 2021 Canadian Census, was 523. [2]

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Geography

Ibex Valley comprises residential areas along the Alaska Highway immediately outside the Whitehorse city limits as far as approximately historical mile 945, as well as a small number of sideroads, including a five-mile loop of the original Alaska Highway alignment from Mile 929 to 934. The hamlet is part of the Whitehorse Census Agglomeration.

Demographics

Federal census population history of Ibex Valley
YearPop.±%
198697—    
1991 240+147.4%
1996 322+34.2%
2001 315−2.2%
2006 376+19.4%
2011 346−8.0%
2016 411+18.8%
2021 523+27.3%
Source: Statistics Canada
[3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [2]

In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Ibex Valley had a population of 523 living in 225 of its 261 total private dwellings, a change of

Seventy percent of Ibex Valley's population is non-aboriginal.[ citation needed ]

Panethnic groups in the Hamlet of Ibex Valley (2001−2021)
Panethnic group2021 [9] 2016 [10] 2006 [11] 2001 [12]
Pop. %Pop.%Pop.%Pop.%
European [a] 465310275220
Indigenous 1851159590
African 010100
East Asian [b] 01000
South Asian 0000
Southeast Asian [c] 0000
Middle Eastern [d] 0000
Latin American 0000
Other/multiracial [e] 00010
Total responses650430375315
Total population523411376315
Note: Totals greater than 100% due to multiple origin responses

Economy

While most residents work in Whitehorse, some residents are engaged in agriculture or wilderness tourism activities.

Infrastructure

Ibex Valley has a volunteer fire department.

See also

Notes

  1. ↑ Statistic includes all persons that did not make up part of a visible minority or an indigenous identity.
  2. ↑ Statistic includes total responses of "Chinese", "Korean", and "Japanese" under visible minority section on census.
  3. ↑ Statistic includes total responses of "Filipino" and "Southeast Asian" under visible minority section on census.
  4. ↑ Statistic includes total responses of "West Asian" and "Arab" under visible minority section on census.
  5. ↑ Statistic includes total responses of "Visible minority, n.i.e." and "Multiple visible minorities" under visible minority section on census.

References

  1. ↑ "Yukon Local Government Directory" (PDF). Government of Yukon. March 2014. Retrieved April 15, 2014.
  2. 1 2 3 "Population and dwelling counts: Canada, provinces and territories, and census subdivisions (municipalities), Yukon". Statistics Canada. February 9, 2022. Retrieved August 10, 2023.
  3. ↑ "91 Census: Census Divisions and Census Subdivisions - Population and Dwelling Counts" (PDF). Statistics Canada. April 1992. Retrieved January 30, 2022.
  4. ↑ "96 Census: A National Overview - Population and Dwelling Counts" (PDF). Statistics Canada. April 1997. Retrieved January 30, 2022.
  5. ↑ "Population and Dwelling Counts, for Canada, Provinces and Territories, and Census Subdivisions (Municipalities), 2001 and 1996 Censuses - 100% Data (Yukon Territory)". Statistics Canada. August 15, 2012. Retrieved January 30, 2022.
  6. ↑ "Population and dwelling counts, for Canada, provinces and territories, and census subdivisions (municipalities), 2006 and 2001 censuses - 100% data (Yukon Territory)". Statistics Canada. August 20, 2021. Retrieved January 30, 2022.
  7. ↑ "Population and dwelling counts, for Canada, provinces and territories, and census subdivisions (municipalities), 2011 and 2006 censuses (Yukon)". Statistics Canada. July 25, 2021. Retrieved January 30, 2022.
  8. ↑ "Population and dwelling counts, for Canada, provinces and territories, and census subdivisions (municipalities), 2016 and 2011 censuses – 100% data (Yukon)". Statistics Canada. February 8, 2017. Retrieved January 30, 2022.
  9. ↑ Government of Canada, Statistics Canada (October 26, 2022). "Census Profile, 2021 Census of Population". www12.statcan.gc.ca. Retrieved May 4, 2024.
  10. ↑ Government of Canada, Statistics Canada (October 27, 2021). "Census Profile, 2016 Census". www12.statcan.gc.ca. Retrieved May 4, 2024.
  11. ↑ Government of Canada, Statistics Canada (August 20, 2019). "2006 Community Profiles". www12.statcan.gc.ca. Retrieved May 4, 2024.
  12. ↑ Government of Canada, Statistics Canada (July 2, 2019). "2001 Community Profiles". www12.statcan.gc.ca. Retrieved May 4, 2024.

60°50′42″N135°38′18″W / 60.84500°N 135.63833°W / 60.84500; -135.63833 (Ibex Valley)


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