What is the capital of Yukon?
- Dawson City
- Iqaluit
- Whitehorse
- Yellowknife
Answer: Whitehorse
Whitehorse is the capital of Yukon. During the Gold Rush of the 1890s, thousands of miners arrived in the Yukon. In 1900 the White Pass and Yukon Railway opened from Skagway, Alaska, to Whitehorse. Yellowknife and Iqaluit are the other territorial capitals.
Learn more: Ottawa and the capital cities
- Ottawa is the capital of Canada. Queen Victoria, great-great-grandmother of Queen Elizabeth II, chose it in 1857.
- Ottawa is Canada’s fourth largest metropolitan area. The Duke of Wellington chose Bytown (Ottawa) as the endpoint of the Rideau Canal.
- The National Capital Region (4,700 km² around Ottawa) preserves the area’s built heritage and natural environment.
- Atlantic capitals: St. John’s (Newfoundland and Labrador), Charlottetown (P.E.I.), Halifax (Nova Scotia), Fredericton (New Brunswick).
- Central capitals: Québec City (Quebec) and Toronto (Ontario).
- Prairie capitals: Winnipeg (Manitoba), Regina (Saskatchewan), Edmonton (Alberta).
- West Coast capital: Victoria (British Columbia).
- Northern capitals: Whitehorse (Yukon), Yellowknife (Northwest Territories), Iqaluit (Nunavut).