Yukon Liquor Corporation

{{Short description|Territorial alcohol regulator in Yukon, Canada}}

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name = Yukon Liquor Corporation
_{Société des alcools du Yukon (French)} |

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type = Crown Corporation |

foundation = Whitehorse (1977) |

location = Whitehorse, Yukon |

key_people = Wayne Cousins, Chair |

industry = Beverages |

num_employees = |

products = Alcoholic beverages |

revenue = |

website = [https://yukon.ca/en/yukon-liquor-corporation Yukon Liquor Corporation]

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The Yukon Liquor Corporation regulates the distribution, purchase and sale of alcoholic beverages in the Canadian territory of Yukon{{Cite news |date=2024-11-20 |title=Yukon gov't denies ask from businesses for higher liquor discount |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/north/yukon-denies-request-for-liquor-discount-1.7388029 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241127234729/https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/north/yukon-denies-request-for-liquor-discount-1.7388029 |archive-date=2024-11-27 |access-date=2025-03-20 |work=CBC News}} and the distribution, purchase and sale of cannabis in Yukon.{{Cite news |last=Tukker |first=Paul |date=2019-04-02 |title=Yukon has 'begun to displace the black market,' as legal cannabis sales top $2M |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/north/yukon-legal-cannabis-black-market-sales-1.5080503 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190412082456/https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/north/yukon-legal-cannabis-black-market-sales-1.5080503 |archive-date=2019-04-12 |access-date=2025-03-21 |work=CBC News}}

The Corporation came into existence in 1977 as a result of amendments to the Liquor Act.{{Cite web |date=2015 |title=ANNUAL REPORT |url=https://yukon.ca/sites/default/files/ylc-liquor-annual-report-2014-2015.pdf |url-status= |archive-url= |archive-date= |access-date=2025-03-21 |website=Government of Yukon}} It currently operates six liquor stores and a central facility in Whitehorse.

Between November and December in 2017, the Corporation put warning labels related to the consequences of drinking alcohol on its alcohol products as part of a research experiment in researching how to reduce alcohol consumption.{{Cite news |last=Picard |first=André |date=2018-01-02 |title=Removing warning labels from Yukon liquor is shameful |url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/removing-warning-labels-on-yukon-liquor-is-shameful/article37459759/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210420211254/https://www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/removing-warning-labels-on-yukon-liquor-is-shameful/article37459759/ |archive-date=2021-04-20 |access-date=2025-03-20}}{{Cite news |last=Windeyer |first=Chris |date=2020-05-09 |title=Booze industry brouhaha over Yukon warning labels backfired, study suggests |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/north/yukon-alcohol-warning-labels-study-results-1.5556344 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200513130800/https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/north/yukon-alcohol-warning-labels-study-results-1.5556344 |archive-date=2020-05-13 |access-date=2025-03-21 |work=CBC News}} According to the researchers, the experiment was successful in reducing alcohol sales.