Haines Junction
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{{Infobox settlement
| name = Haines Junction
| settlement_type = Village
| official_name = Village of Haines Junction
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| image_alt = Photo of a large sign topped by a silhouette of a brown bear. The sign reads "Welcome to Haines Junction".
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| subdivision_type = Country
| subdivision_name = Canada
| subdivision_type1 = Territory
| subdivision_name1 = Yukon
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| leader_title = Village Mayor
| leader_name = Michael Riseborough
| leader_title1 = Governing body
| leader_name1 = Village of Haines Junction Council
| established_title = Founded
| established_date = 1942
| established_title2 = Incorporated
| established_date2 = 1984
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| area_land_km2 = 34.3
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| population_as_of = 2021
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| population_total = 688
| population_density_km2 = 20.1
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| population_blank1_title = Change 2016-2021
| population_blank1 = {{increase}}11.2%
| coordinates = {{coord|60|45|13|N|137|30|39|W|region:CA-YT|notes={{Cite cgndb|KACRQ|Haines Junction }}|display=inline,title}}
| timezone = MST
| utc_offset = −07:00
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|postal_code_type = Postal code
|postal_code = Y0B 1L0
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|area_code = +1-867
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| website = {{official|http://www.hainesjunctionyukon.com}}
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Haines Junction is a village in Yukon, Canada. It is at Kilometre 1,632 (historical mile 1016) of the Alaska Highway at its junction with the Haines Highway, hence the name of the community. According to the 2021 census, the population was 688. However, the Yukon Bureau of Statistics lists the population count for 2022 as 1,018. {{Cite web |date=November 2022 |title=Yukon Bureau of Statistics, Population Report Second Quarter, 2022 |url=https://yukon.ca/sites/yukon.ca/files/ybs/fin-population-report-q2-2022.pdf |access-date=January 17, 2024 |website=www.yukon.ca}}
Haines Junction lies east of Kluane National Park and Reserve. It is a major administrative centre for the Champagne and Aishihik First Nations.
History
File:2022-08-05-Yukon-Haines-Junction-MG 1408-Conv.jpg
For around two thousand years, the Southern Tutchone people had seasonal hunting and fishing camps in the area of present-day Haines Junction. The original name of the area was "Dakwakada", a Southern Tutchone word meaning "high cache". It was common for Tutchone people to use raised log caches to store food year-round or temporarily while they hunted and fished in an area.
The Haines Junction area was also important for trade between the coastal and interior peoples. It lies at the interior end of the Chilkat Pass, one of only three passes that allowed travel between the coast and the interior, which was used extensively for trade between the coastal Tlingit and Southern Tutchone people.
The current town of Haines Junction was established in 1942 and 1943 during the construction of the Alaska Highway (ALCAN). In 1943, a second highway, the Haines Highway, was built to connect the Alaska Highway with the coastal town of Haines, Alaska, over the Chilkat Pass. Situated at the junction of these two highways, Haines Junction was a construction camp and a supply and service centre for the United States Army Corps of Engineers building the highway. The {{cvt|626|mi|order=flip}} Haines-Fairbanks Pipeline, a petroleum pipeline from Haines, Alaska to Fairbanks, Alaska that was constructed in 1953–55, with a pumping station was built just north of Haines Junction.{{Cite web |last=Hollinger |first=Kristy |date=April 2003 |title=The Haines-Fairbanks Pipeline |url=https://www.arlis.org/docs/vol1/AlaskaGas/Report4/Report_CEMML_2003_HainesFairbanksPipeline.pdf |access-date=January 17, 2024 |website=www.arlis.org}}
Geography
= Climate =
Haines Junction has a subarctic climate (Dfc / Dsc) with mild summers and long, cold and snowy winters, with annual snowfall averaging {{cvt|159.8|cm}}.
{{Weather box
|location = Haines Junction
WMO ID: 71505; coordinates {{coordinates|60|46|21|N|137|34|49|W|type:airport_region:CA-YT|name=Haines Junction}}; elevation: {{cvt|595.3|m}}; 1991–2020 normals
|metric first = Yes
|single line = Yes
| Jan maximum humidex = 12.5
| Feb maximum humidex = 13.4
| Mar maximum humidex = 16.4
| Apr maximum humidex = 20.4
| May maximum humidex = 28.2
| Jun maximum humidex = 31.8
| Jul maximum humidex = 30.9
| Aug maximum humidex = 32.2
| Sep maximum humidex = 24.2
| Oct maximum humidex = 23.0
| Nov maximum humidex = 13.1
| Dec maximum humidex = 16.3
| year maximum humidex = 32.2
| Jan record high C = 13.6
| Feb record high C = 13.6
| Mar record high C = 16.9
| Apr record high C = 20.7
| May record high C = 28.6
| Jun record high C = 32.1
| Jul record high C = 30.5
| Aug record high C = 31.0
| Sep record high C = 24.2
| Oct record high C = 23.8
| Nov record high C = 14.5
| Dec record high C = 16.9
| year record high C = 32.1
| Jan high C = -12.5
| Feb high C = -5.5
| Mar high C = 0.0
| Apr high C = 7.8
| May high C = 14.3
| Jun high C = 18.8
| Jul high C = 20.3
| Aug high C = 18.6
| Sep high C = 13.5
| Oct high C = 5.2
| Nov high C = -6.8
| Dec high C = -10.8
| year high C = 5.2
| Jan mean C = -17.3
| Feb mean C = -12.8
| Mar mean C = -7.8
| Apr mean C = 0.9
| May mean C = 7.1
| Jun mean C = 11.5
| Jul mean C = 13.3
| Aug mean C = 11.5
| Sep mean C = 6.8
| Oct mean C = -0.4
| Nov mean C = -12.0
| Dec mean C = -16.1
| year mean C = -1.3
| Jan low C = -22.6
| Feb low C = -20.0
| Mar low C = -15.6
| Apr low C = -5.9
| May low C = -0.2
| Jun low C = 4.1
| Jul low C = 6.3
| Aug low C = 4.4
| Sep low C = 0.0
| Oct low C = -6.0
| Nov low C = -17.2
| Dec low C = -21.3
| year low C = -7.8
| Jan record low C = -48.5
| Feb record low C = -45.6
| Mar record low C = -41.8
| Apr record low C = -31.3
| May record low C = -8.1
| Jun record low C = -3.7
| Jul record low C = -1.7
| Aug record low C = -4.0
| Sep record low C = -13.0
| Oct record low C = -29.1
| Nov record low C = -44.1
| Dec record low C = -47.3
| year record low C = -48.5
| Jan chill = -57.0
| Feb chill = -50.1
| Mar chill = -46.5
| Apr chill = -34.4
| May chill = -10.1
| Jun chill = -5.1
| Jul chill = -3.5
| Aug chill = -5.0
| Sep chill = -13.1
| Oct chill = -28.3
| Nov chill = -50.1
| Dec chill = -50.3
| year chill = -57.0
| precipitation colour = green
| Jan precipitation mm = 32.3
| Feb precipitation mm = 18.6
| Mar precipitation mm = 9.2
| Apr precipitation mm = 9.0
| May precipitation mm = 15.7
| Jun precipitation mm = 28.3
| Jul precipitation mm = 35.2
| Aug precipitation mm = 28.5
| Sep precipitation mm = 34.1
| Oct precipitation mm = 35.4
| Nov precipitation mm = 30.5
| Dec precipitation mm = 29.0
| year precipitation mm = 305.7
| rain colour = green
| Jan rain mm = 1.1
| Feb rain mm = 0.6
| Mar rain mm = 0.3
| Apr rain mm = 0.8
| May rain mm = 11.8
| Jun rain mm = 28.3
| Jul rain mm = 35.2
| Aug rain mm = 28.3
| Sep rain mm = 33.7
| Oct rain mm = 13.3
| Nov rain mm = 0.8
| Dec rain mm = 0.1
| year rain mm = 154.3
| snow colour = green
| Jan snow cm = 32.7
| Feb snow cm = 19.4
| Mar snow cm = 9.9
| Apr snow cm = 8.8
| May snow cm = 4.0
| Jun snow cm = 0.0
| Jul snow cm = 0.0
| Aug snow cm = 0.1
| Sep snow cm = 0.4
| Oct snow cm = 23.2
| Nov snow cm = 31.3
| Dec snow cm = 29.8
| year snow cm = 159.8
| unit precipitation days = 0.2 mm
| Jan precipitation days = 10.0
| Feb precipitation days = 8.0
| Mar precipitation days = 5.0
| Apr precipitation days = 4.0
| May precipitation days = 5.0
| Jun precipitation days = 8.0
| Jul precipitation days = 9.0
| Aug precipitation days = 9.0
| Sep precipitation days = 9.0
| Oct precipitation days = 10.0
| Nov precipitation days = 9.0
| Dec precipitation days = 11.0
| year precipitation days = 96.0
| unit rain days = 0.2 mm
| Jan rain days =
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| May rain days = 4.0
| Jun rain days = 8.0
| Jul rain days = 9.0
| Aug rain days = 9.0
| Sep rain days = 9.0
| Oct rain days = 4.0
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| year rain days = 43.0
| unit snow days = 0.2 cm
| Jan snow days = 10.0
| Feb snow days = 8.0
| Mar snow days = 5.0
| Apr snow days = 4.0
| May snow days = 2.0
| Jun snow days = 0.0
| Jul snow days = 0.0
| Aug snow days =
| Sep snow days =
| Oct snow days = 7.0
| Nov snow days = 9.0
| Dec snow days = 11.0
| year snow days = 54.0
| humidity colour = green
| time day = 1500 {{abbr|LST|Local standard time}}
| Jan humidity = 71.0
| Feb humidity = 57.6
| Mar humidity = 42.9
| Apr humidity = 38.0
| May humidity = 34.6
| Jun humidity = 39.2
| Jul humidity = 44.2
| Aug humidity = 46.6
| Sep humidity = 49.6
| Oct humidity = 60.9
| Nov humidity = 75.6
| Dec humidity = 77.2
| year humidity = 53.1
| source = Environment and Climate Change Canada{{cite web |url=https://climate.weather.gc.ca/climate_normals/results_1991_2020_e.html?searchType=stnProv&lstProvince=YT&txtCentralLatMin=0&txtCentralLatSec=0&txtCentralLongMin=0&txtCentralLongSec=0&stnID=424000000&dispBack=0 |title=Canadian Climate Normals 1991-2020 Data |publisher=Environment and Climate Change Canada |access-date=July 22, 2024 |date=June 27, 2024}}
Precipitation, rain, snow, precipitation days, rain days, and snow days from 1961-1990 station data{{cite web |url=https://climate.weather.gc.ca/climate_normals/results_1961_1990_e.html?searchType=stnProv&lstProvince=YT&txtCentralLatMin=0&txtCentralLatSec=0&txtCentralLongMin=0&txtCentralLongSec=0&stnID=1512&dispBack=0 |title=Canadian Climate Normals 1961-1990 Station Data |publisher=Environment and Climate Change Canada |access-date=July 22, 2024 |date=June 27, 2024}}
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Demographics
{{Historical populations
| title = Federal census population history of Haines Junction
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|1971|183
|1976|268
|1981|366
|1986|340
|1991|477
|1996|574
|2001|531
|2006|589
|2011|593
|2016|613
|2021|688
| footnote =
| source = Statistics Canada
{{cite book | url=https://publications.gc.ca/collections/collection_2017/statcan/CS92-702-1971.pdf | title=1971 Census of Canada | series=Population | volume=Census Subdivisions (Historical) | publisher=Statistics Canada | location=Ottawa | chapter=Table 2: Population of Census Subdivisions, 1921–1971 | date=July 1973 | accessdate=January 30, 2022}}{{cite web | url=https://publications.gc.ca/collections/collection_2017/statcan/CS92-805-1976.pdf | title=1976 Census of Canada: Population - Geographic Distributions | publisher=Statistics Canada | date=June 1977 | accessdate=January 30, 2022}}{{cite web | url=https://publications.gc.ca/collections/collection_2017/statcan/CS94-905-1981.pdf | title=1981 Census of Canada: Census subdivisions in decreasing population order | publisher=Statistics Canada | date=May 1992 | accessdate=January 30, 2021}}{{cite web | url=https://publications.gc.ca/collections/collection_2013/statcan/rh-hc/CS92-101-1987.pdf | title=1986 Census: Population - Census Divisions and Census Subdivisions | publisher=Statistics Canada | date=September 1987 | accessdate=January 30, 2022}}{{cite web | url=https://publications.gc.ca/collections/collection_2013/statcan/rh-hc/CS93-304-1992.pdf | title=91 Census: Census Divisions and Census Subdivisions - Population and Dwelling Counts | publisher=Statistics Canada | date=April 1992 | accessdate=January 30, 2022}}{{cite web | url=https://publications.gc.ca/collections/collection_2012/statcan/rh-hc/CS93-357-1997.pdf | title=96 Census: A National Overview - Population and Dwelling Counts | publisher=Statistics Canada | date=April 1997 | accessdate=January 30, 2022}}{{cite web | url=https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/english/census01/products/standard/popdwell/Table-CSD-P.cfm?T=1&SR=1&S=1&O=A&PR=60 | title=Population and Dwelling Counts, for Canada, Provinces and Territories, and Census Subdivisions (Municipalities), 2001 and 1996 Censuses - 100% Data (Yukon Territory) | publisher=Statistics Canada | date=August 15, 2012 | accessdate=January 30, 2022}}{{cite web | url=https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2006/dp-pd/hlt/97-550/Index.cfm?TPL=P1C&Page=RETR&LANG=Eng&T=302&SR=1&S=1&O=A&RPP=9999&CMA=0&PR=60 | title=Population and dwelling counts, for Canada, provinces and territories, and census subdivisions (municipalities), 2006 and 2001 censuses - 100% data (Yukon Territory) | publisher=Statistics Canada | date=August 20, 2021 | accessdate=January 30, 2022}}{{cite web | url=https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2011/dp-pd/hlt-fst/pd-pl/Table-Tableau.cfm?LANG=Eng&T=302&SR=1&S=51&O=A&RPP=9999&CMA=0&PR=60 | title=Population and dwelling counts, for Canada, provinces and territories, and census subdivisions (municipalities), 2011 and 2006 censuses (Yukon) | publisher=Statistics Canada | date=July 25, 2021 | accessdate=January 30, 2022}}{{cite web | url=https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2016/dp-pd/hlt-fst/pd-pl/Table.cfm?Lang=Eng&T=302&SR=1&S=86&O=A&RPP=9999 | title=Population and dwelling counts, for Canada, provinces and territories, and census subdivisions (municipalities), 2016 and 2011 censuses – 100% data (Yukon) | publisher=Statistics Canada | date=February 8, 2017 | accessdate=January 30, 2022}}
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In the 2021 Canadian census conducted by Statistics Canada, Haines Junction had a population of 688 living in 311 of its 380 total private dwellings, a change of {{percentage|{{#expr:688-613}}|613|1}} from its 2016 population of 613. With a land area of {{cvt|34.3|km2}}, it had a population density of {{Pop density|688|34.3|km2|sqmi|prec=1}} in 2021.{{cite web | url=https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/t1/tbl1/en/tv.action?pid=9810000202&geocode=A000260 | title=Population and dwelling counts: Canada, provinces and territories, and census subdivisions (municipalities), Yukon | publisher=Statistics Canada | date=February 9, 2022 | accessdate=February 18, 2022}}
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|+ Panethnic groups in the Village of Haines Junction (2001−2021) ! rowspan="2" |Panethnic group |
| Population
!{{Abbr|%|percentage}} !{{abbr|Pop.|Population}} !{{Abbr|%|percentage}} !{{abbr|Pop.|Population}} !{{Abbr|%|percentage}} !{{abbr|Pop.|Population}} !{{Abbr|%|percentage}} !{{abbr|Pop.|Population}} !{{Abbr|%|percentage}} |
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| European{{efn|Statistic includes all persons that did not make up part of a visible minority or an indigenous identity.|name=euro}}
| 370 | {{Percentage | 370 | 685 | 2 }} | 335 | {{Percentage | 335 | 605 | 2 }} | 330 | {{Percentage | 330 | 620 | 2 }} | 320 | {{Percentage | 320 | 585 | 2 }} | 305 | {{Percentage | 305 | 530 | 2 }} |
| Indigenous
| 290 | {{Percentage | 290 | 685 | 2 }} | 255 | {{Percentage | 255 | 605 | 2 }} | 270 | {{Percentage | 270 | 620 | 2 }} | 245 | {{Percentage | 245 | 585 | 2 }} | 215 | {{Percentage | 215 | 530 | 2 }} |
| Southeast Asian{{efn|Statistic includes total responses of "Filipino" and "Southeast Asian" under visible minority section on census.|name=SoutheastAsian}}
| 15 | {{Percentage | 15 | 685 | 2 }} | 0 | {{Percentage | 0 | 605 | 2 }} | 0 | {{Percentage | 0 | 620 | 2 }} | 10 | {{Percentage | 10 | 585 | 2 }} | 0 | {{Percentage | 0 | 530 | 2 }} |
| East Asian{{efn|Statistic includes total responses of "Chinese", "Korean", and "Japanese" under visible minority section on census.|name=EastAsian}}
| 0 | {{Percentage | 0 | 685 | 2 }} | 10 | {{Percentage | 10 | 605 | 2 }} | 10 | {{Percentage | 10 | 620 | 2 }} | 20 | {{Percentage | 20 | 585 | 2 }} | 10 | {{Percentage | 10 | 530 | 2 }} |
| South Asian
| 0 | {{Percentage | 0 | 685 | 2 }} | 10 | {{Percentage | 10 | 605 | 2 }} | 0 | {{Percentage | 0 | 620 | 2 }} | 0 | {{Percentage | 0 | 585 | 2 }} | 0 | {{Percentage | 0 | 530 | 2 }} |
| Latin American
| 0 | {{Percentage | 0 | 685 | 2 }} | 0 | {{Percentage | 0 | 605 | 2 }} | 0 | {{Percentage | 0 | 620 | 2 }} | 0 | {{Percentage | 0 | 585 | 2 }} | 10 | {{Percentage | 10 | 530 | 2 }} |
| Middle Eastern{{efn|Statistic includes total responses of "West Asian" and "Arab" under visible minority section on census.|name=MiddleEastern}}
| 0 | {{Percentage | 0 | 685 | 2 }} | 0 | {{Percentage | 0 | 605 | 2 }} | 0 | {{Percentage | 0 | 620 | 2 }} | 0 | {{Percentage | 0 | 585 | 2 }} | 0 | {{Percentage | 0 | 530 | 2 }} |
| African
| 0 | {{Percentage | 0 | 685 | 2 }} | 0 | {{Percentage | 0 | 605 | 2 }} | 0 | {{Percentage | 0 | 620 | 2 }} | 0 | {{Percentage | 0 | 585 | 2 }} | 0 | {{Percentage | 0 | 530 | 2 }} |
| Other/multiracial{{efn|Statistic includes total responses of "Visible minority, {{abbr|n.i.e.|not included elsewhere}}" and "Multiple visible minorities" under visible minority section on census.|name=Other}}
| 0 | {{Percentage | 0 | 685 | 2 }} | 0 | {{Percentage | 0 | 605 | 2 }} | 0 | {{Percentage | 0 | 620 | 2 }} | 0 | {{Percentage | 0 | 585 | 2 }} | 0 | {{Percentage | 0 | 530 | 2 }} |
| Total responses
! 685 ! {{Percentage | 685 | 688 | 2 }} ! 605 ! {{Percentage | 605 | 613 | 2 }} ! 620 ! {{Percentage | 620 | 593 | 2 }} ! 585 ! {{Percentage | 585 | 589 | 2 }} ! 530 ! {{Percentage | 530 | 531 | 2 }} |
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! Total population ! 688 ! {{Percentage | 688 | 688 | 2 }} ! 613 ! {{Percentage | 613 | 613 | 2 }} ! 593 ! {{Percentage | 593 | 593 | 2 }} ! 589 ! {{Percentage | 589 | 589 | 2 }} ! 531 ! {{Percentage | 531 | 531 | 2 }} |
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| colspan="11" | {{small|Note: Totals greater than 100% due to multiple origin responses}} |
Infrastructure
File:Terminal, Haines Junction airport, Yukon 2.jpg
By road, Haines Junction is served by the Alaska Highway and the Haines Highway (Yukon Highway 3). By air, it is served by the Haines Junction Airport.
Fibre connections to most homes and businesses are becoming available in late 2022 / early 2023. Bell Mobility operates a cellular network tower in the area.
See also
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External links
{{Commons category|Haines Junction}}
- {{official|http://www.hainesjunctionyukon.com}}
- {{Wikivoyage-inline|Haines Junction}}
{{Subdivisions of Yukon}}