Yukon

(The) Yukon, officially the Yukon Territory (YT) is one of the five territories of Canada. It is located in the northwest of the country, bordering the territories of Alaska to the west and the Northwest Territories to the east, as well as the province of British Columbia to the south. With a population estimated at 605,300 in December 2020, the Yukon is the most populous of Canada's five territories, as well as the highest-earning in terms of annual GDP, primarily due to its vast oil and mineral resources. The capital and largest city of the Yukon is Whitehorse; other urban areas include Dawson City, Pelly Crossing, Steward Crossing and Whitefish Station, with the rest of the territory's incorporated municipalities resembling towns and villages as opposed to the former five which are small cities (Whitehorse the largest at 335,000 people and Whitefish Station the smallest at 23,000, with the next largest municipality, Mayo, home to 10,000 during the summer months).

The Yukon Territorial Legislature is the unicameral legislative assembly of the territory, which exists via the Parliament of Canada's Yukon Act, passed in 1977. The Yukon Territorial Legislature, like all other Canadian legislatures, uses the Westminster system within the framework of a parliamentary republic. The Premier of Yukon, who is elected by the Territorial Legislature, is the head of government and top executive of the territory, while the Commissioner of Yukon represents the Government of Canada and by extension the President of Canada, mostly in a ceremonial capacity. As in the Yukon's four fellow territories, the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) are contracted by Yukon Territory to provide policing services across the territory at the territorial, county, and municipal level, and also function as the primary federal law enforcement agency in the territory as a result of the RCMP's federal mandate from the Government of Canada; the only exception to this rule is Whitehorse, which maintains its own constabulary at the municipal level, namely the Royal Whitehorse Constabulary, which is actually the oldest law enforcement agency operating in the Yukon, established in 1898; all other municipalities, including suburbs of Whitehorse, are policed by the RCMP.