The Numbers
Yukon operation and maintenance
spending in 2005: $583,038.
Operation and maintenance spending
in 2001: $434,963.
Change in cost of government 2001-
2005, as a percentage: 34.
Population of the territory in 2001:
28,674.
Population of the territory in 2006:
31,608.
Change in population between 2001
and 2006, as a percentage: 10.
Cost of personnel in the Environment
department in 1999: $9.3 million.
Cost of personnel in 2005:
$12.8 million.
Environment budget 2005:
$19.6 million.
Budget in 1999: $14.1 million.
Number of campgrounds in 2005: 40.
Number of campgrounds in 1999: 41.
Number of daily campground permits
sold in 1999: 28,881.
Number sold in 2005: 22,542.
Number of resident hunting licences
issued in 1999: 4,032.
Number issued in 2005: 3,529.
Number of non-resident hunting
licences issued in 1999: 891.
Number of non-resident hunting
licences issued in 2005: 851.
Yukon timber operations in 1998: 18.
Yukon timber operations in 2005: 12.
Environment department revenue
in 2005: $2.1 million.
Revenue in 1999: $869,000.
Estimated cost to draft a climate
change action plan in 2007: $145,000.
Amount Economic Development
plans to spend on office furniture in
2007: $173,000.
Value of Yukon fur, 2005: $350,000.
Value of Yukon fur, 1999: $225,000.
(RM)