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Beaver Creek, Yukon

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official_name	Beaver Creek
image_skyline	BeaverCreekYT.jpg
image_caption	Restaurant in Beaver Creek, Yukon
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pushpin_map	Canada
pushpin_label_position	right
subdivision_type	Country
subdivision_name	Canada
subdivision_type1	Territory
subdivision_name1	Yukon
area_footnotes
area_land_km2	27.14
population_as_of	2021
population_footnotes
population_total	78
population_density_km2	2.9
timezone	MST
utc_offset	−07:00
elevation_footnotes
elevation_m	650
coordinates
postal_code_type	Canadian Postal code
postal_code	Y0B 1A0
area_code	867

Beaver Creek is a community in Yukon, Canada. Located at kilometre 1870.6 (historical mile 1202) of the Alaska Highway, 1 NM southeast of Beaver Creek Airport and close to the Alcan - Beaver Creek Border Crossing, it is Canada's westernmost community. The community's main employers are a Canada Border Services Agency port, Royal Canadian Mounted Police Detachment, the White River First Nation and a number of tourist lodges.

A wooden Catholic church in Beaver Creek

It is the home of the White River First Nation. The First Nation is made up of Upper Tanana speaking people whose traditional territory extends from the Donjek River into neighbouring Alaska, and Athapaskan Northern Tutchone speaking people whose traditional territories included the lower Stewart River and the area south of the Yukon River on the White and Donjek River drainages. In addition to the Alaska Highway, the community is served by the Beaver Creek Airport.

Since April 2025, Beaver Creek has been home to the Saa/Se solar farm, with 3520 solar panels and a solar battery system. The facility, whose name consists of the words for "sun" in the Upper Tanana and Tutchone languages respectively, had been under construction since 2023. The farm, rated at 1.9 megawatts, is intended to meet 55% of the community's electricity needs, which was previously met by diesel generators.

The CBSA station is the furthest from the border crossing of any Canadian customs station at a distance of 28.6 km, and at least up to the 1990s, some individuals lived in the "no man's land" in between the border and customs. Prior to 1983, the customs station was located in the middle of the community, with the resulting confusion: individuals driving past without stopping, and locals with a new vehicle not being recognized as they drove by.

Climate

Like most of Yukon, Beaver Creek has a subarctic climate (Dfc), and NRC Plant Hardiness Zone of 0a. It is situated at an elevation of approximately 650 m. Beaver Creek experiences annual temperature average daily highs of 20 C in July and average daily lows of -30 C in January. Record high temperature was 32.8 C on June 15, 1969, and the lowest was -55.0 C on January 17, 1971. Beaver Creek has an average annual snowfall of 117.9 cm and 298.6 mm of rainfall.

Demographics

|1981|90 |1986|113 |1991|104 |1996|131 |2001|88 |2006|112 |2011|103 |2016|93 |2021|78

In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Beaver Creek had a population of living in of its total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of . With a land area of 26.66 km2, it had a population density of in 2021.

References

{{Cite cgndb. KAALD. Beaver Creek
(August 13, 2025). "Yukon First Nation celebrates completion of 1.9 megawatt solar facility".
"Plant Hardiness Zone by Municipality". Government of Canada.
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"WMO Region 4 (North America): Lowest Temperature". Arizona State University.
"Canadian Climate Normals 1981-2010 Station Data - Beaver Creek A". Environment Canada.
(September 1987). "1986 Census: Population - Census Divisions and Census Subdivisions". [[Statistics Canada]].
(April 1992). "91 Census: Census Divisions and Census Subdivisions - Population and Dwelling Counts". [[Statistics Canada]].
(April 1997). "96 Census: A National Overview - Population and Dwelling Counts". [[Statistics Canada]].
(August 15, 2012). "Population and Dwelling Counts, for Canada, Provinces and Territories, and Census Subdivisions (Municipalities), 2001 and 1996 Censuses - 100% Data (Yukon Territory)". [[Statistics Canada]].
(August 20, 2021). "Population and dwelling counts, for Canada, provinces and territories, and census subdivisions (municipalities), 2006 and 2001 censuses - 100% data (Yukon Territory)". [[Statistics Canada]].
(July 25, 2021). "Population and dwelling counts, for Canada, provinces and territories, and census subdivisions (municipalities), 2011 and 2006 censuses (Yukon)". [[Statistics Canada]].
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