Whitehorse

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Whitehorse is the capital and largest city of Canada's Yukon territory, serving as its main administrative and economic center.

All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Whitehorse canonical 16
Whitehorse, Yukon 4
Whitehorse, Yukon, Canada 4

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Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf capital city
city
airportIATAcode YXY
areaCode 867
averageJanuaryTemperature about −16 °C
averageJulyTemperature about 14 °C
capitalOf Yukon
climate subarctic climate
continent North America
country Canada
demographicsIndigenousPeoples Kwanlin Dün First Nation
Ta’an Kwäch’än Council
demographicsMajorLanguage English
distanceTo about 1500 km north of Vancouver
elevation approximately 670 metres
founded 1898
governingBody Whitehorse City Council
hasAirport Erik Nielsen Whitehorse International Airport
hasCulturalInstitution MacBride Museum of Yukon History
Yukon Arts Centre
hasEvent Yukon Sourdough Rendezvous festival
hasRecreationTrail Millennium Trail
hasTransportationMode bus transit system
hasUniversityCampus Yukon University
surface form: Yukon University main campus
highwayServedBy Alaska Highway
Klondike Highway
incorporatedAsCity 1950
isAdministrativeCentreOf Government of Yukon
isEconomicCentreOf Yukon
isNorthernmost provincial or territorial capital in Canada by population size
isRegionalHubFor Yukon communities
northern British Columbia
KöppenClimateClassification Dfc
largestCityOf Yukon
latitude approximately 60.72° N
leaderTitle Mayor
locatedIn Yukon
locatedOnRiver Yukon River
longitude approximately 135.06° W
mainEconomicSector government services
mining support services
tourism
transportation
namedAfter White Horse Rapids
nearbyNaturalFeature Lake Laberge
Miles Canyon
population about 28000 (2021)
postalCodePrefix Y1A
timeZone Pacific Time Zone
timeZoneDST Pacific Time Zone
surface form: Pacific Daylight Time

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Yukon Time Zone appliesTo Whitehorse
Yukon River majorCityOnRiver Whitehorse
Yukon capital Whitehorse
Yukon largestCity Whitehorse
Yukon contains Whitehorse
Yukon Native Language Centre locatedIn Whitehorse
this entity surface form: Whitehorse, Yukon
Yukon Territory capital Whitehorse
Yukon Territory largestCity Whitehorse
Alaska Highway passesThrough Whitehorse
this entity surface form: Whitehorse, Yukon
Government of Yukon capital Whitehorse
Dawson City replacedAsCapitalBy Whitehorse
Erik Nielsen residence Whitehorse
this entity surface form: Whitehorse, Yukon, Canada
Premier of Yukon residence Whitehorse
Northwestel headquartersLocation Whitehorse
this entity surface form: Whitehorse, Yukon
Pierre Berton placeOfBirth Whitehorse
this entity surface form: Whitehorse, Yukon, Canada
Yukon Legislative Assembly locatedIn Whitehorse
this entity surface form: Whitehorse, Yukon, Canada
YT associatedWith Whitehorse
Klondike Highway passesThrough Whitehorse
Yukon University locatedIn Whitehorse
this entity surface form: Whitehorse, Yukon
Robert W. Service residence Whitehorse
this entity surface form: Whitehorse, Yukon, Canada