Yukon place names

Yukon Place Names are derived from the Yukon Place Name Program Database, which is the Government of Yukon's repository for storing toponymic data. The database includes information on the location, history and status of official place names in the Yukon. Although the data has been checked for correctness, there still may be errors. Please report any errors to the Yukon Toponymist: Geographical.Names@yukon.ca

If you wish to propose a name for a geographic feature please visit https://yukon.ca/en/geographical-place-names .

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Data and Resources

Additional Info

Field	Value
Source
Version
Author
Author Email
Maintainer
Maintainer Email
Data Level
Agreement Required
Purpose Constraints
Redistribution Allowed
AI Training Allowed
Data Steward
Title (French)
Update Frequency	as_needed
Geographic Scope	[]
Criticality Level	[]
Sensitivity Level	unrestricted
Language
Contact Person	{"en": "Government of Yukon; Government of Yukon; Geomatics Yukon", "fr": "Gouvernement du Yukon; Gouvernement du Yukon; Geomatics Yukon"}
Contact Email	eservices@gov.yk.ca
Data Dictionary	unknown,unknown,unknown
Open Canada Date Published	2021-11-29 00:00:00
Open Canada Date Modified
Open Canada Subject	["form_descriptors", "nature_and_environment", "science_and_technology"]
Open Canada Keywords	{"en": ["city", "creek", "geoyukon", "geoyukon-import", "geoyukon-import-20250714", "island", "lake", "places", "river", "sites", "toponymy", "town", "village", "yukon-geographic-place-names-program", "yukon-place-names-board", "Government information"], "fr-t-en": ["ville", "ruisseau", "géoyukon", "importation de geoyukon", "geoyukon-import-20250714", "île", "lac", "lieux", "rivière", "sites", "toponymie", "ville", "village", "programme de toponymie géographique du Yukon", "tableau des toponymes du Yukon", "Information gouvernementale"]}
Open Canada Collection	fgp
Principal Organization
Reference Data
Official Source