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Ontario vs Yukon Geography
Land area
- Ontario has a land area of 354,342 square miles (917,741 km²), while Yukon has 183,163 square miles (474,391 km²).
- Ontario's land area is 1.9 times (93%) larger than Yukon's.
Total area
- Ontario: 415,598 square miles (1,076,395 km²) vs Yukon: 186,272 square miles (482,443 km²), including inland and coastal water.
- Ontario's total area is 2.2 times (123%) larger than Yukon's.
Length
- Ontario is 1,085 miles (1,747 km) long from north to south; Yukon is 669 miles (1,077 km).
- Ontario's north-south length is 1.6 times (62%) longer than Yukon's.
Width
- Ontario spans 1,013 miles (1,630 km) east to west; Yukon spans 830 miles (1,336 km).
- Ontario's east-west width is 1.2 times (22%) wider than Yukon's.
Highest point
- Ontario's highest point is Ishpatina Ridge at 2,274 feet (693 m); Yukon's is Mount Logan at 19,551 feet (5,959 m).
- Mount Logan is 17,277 feet higher than Ishpatina Ridge.
Lowest point
- Ontario's lowest point is Hudson Bay at 0 feet; Yukon's is Pacific Ocean at 0 feet.
- Both lowest points are at or near sea level.
Ontario vs Yukon Population and History
Population
- Ontario has a population of 16,136,480 (2026), while Yukon has 47,595 (2024).
- Ontario's population is 339.0 times larger than Yukon's.
Population density
- Ontario: 45.5 people per square mile vs Yukon: 0.3.
- Ontario's population density is 151.7 times higher than Yukon's.
Biggest city
- Ontario's biggest city is Toronto with 2,794,356 people; Yukon's is Whitehorse with 28,201.
- Toronto's population is 99.1 times larger than Whitehorse's.
Largest metro area
- Ontario's largest metropolitan area is Toronto CMA (6,202,225 people) vs Yukon's Whitehorse CMA (31,913).
- Toronto CMA's population is 194.3 times larger than Whitehorse CMA's.
History
- Ontario: Joined Confederation on July 1, 1867, as one of the four founding provinces.
- Yukon: Became a Canadian territory on June 13, 1898.
- In its current form, Ontario is the older of the two by 31 years.
Ontario vs Yukon Economy
GDP
- Ontario's GDP is $873.9 billion (2024) vs Yukon's $3.2 billion.
- Ontario's economic output is 273.1 times larger than Yukon's.
GDP per capita
- Ontario: $54,132 per person vs Yukon: $66,713.
- Yukon's GDP per capita is 1.2 times (23%) higher than Ontario's.
Official Websites
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