Yukon is the westernmost and smallest of Canada's three federal territories. Whitehorse is the territorial capital.
The territory was split from the Northwest Territories in 1898. Receiving royal assent on March 27, 2002, the federal government modernized the Yukon Act to confirm "Yukon", rather than "Yukon Territory", as the current usage standard.Though officially bilingual (English and French), the Yukon Government also recognizes First Nations languages
