$15.70 per hour. Effective April 1, 2022, the Yukon’s minimum wage will increase from $15.20 to $15.70 per hour. This increase is based on the 2021 Consumer Price Index for Whitehorse, which is 3.3 per cent. What is living wage Read more…
For emergency civil engineer support, Prime BEEF (Base Engineer Emergency Force) teams can respond within hours. When operations require support above the normal base civil engineer capabilities, the USAF calls upon RED HORSE (Rapid Engineer Deployable Heavy Operational Repair Squadron, Read more…
Cost of Living in Whitehorse Cost of living One person Family of 4 ? Total with rent $1546 $3606 ?️ Without rent $738 $2342 ? Rent & Utilities $808 $1264 ?️ Food $534 $1394 What is the average rent in Read more…
April 1, 1953. In 1950 the city was incorporated, and by 1951 the population had doubled from its 1941 numbers. On April 1, 1953, the city was designated the capital of the Yukon Territory when the seat was moved from Read more…
Whitehorse got its name from the rapids of the Yukon River where the frothing water looked like the manes of white horses. Where did Whitehorse get name? Whitehorse, Yukon Originally called White Horse, the name came from the foam in Read more…
Whitehorse, perhaps so named because the whitecaps of the rapids on the Whitehorse River resembled the manes of white horses, was founded during the Klondike Gold Rush (1897–98) as a staging and distribution centre; it was the head of river Read more…
It is the largest city in northern Canada. Whitehorse became the capital of the Yukon Territory on April 1st, 1953. Previously it was Dawson City. The city was named after the White Horse Rapids; before the river was dammed the Read more…
Yellowknife beats Whitehorse in the intensity of Northern Lights. But apart from northern lights there are many rivers, lakes and mountains to watch in Whitehorse. The winters in Whitehorse are milder as compared to Yellowknife. Is it better to see Read more…
Whitehorse is in the Cordilleran climate region, the Complex Soils of Mountain Areas soil region, the Cordilleran vegetation region, and the Boreal Cordillera ecozone. What are the landforms for Whitehorse Yukon? The Whitehorse landscape is dominated by Canyon Mountain (locally Read more…
Feral horses are descended from domestic horses that strayed, escaped, or were deliberately released into the wild and remained to survive and reproduce there. Away from humans, over time, these animals’ patterns of behavior revert to behavior more closely resembling Read more…