See also:

Population by Community
 
Air Traffic
 
Fuel Spills - Yukon
 
Fuel Spills - NWT

Arctic Borderlands Ecological Knowledge Co-op

What is happening?

• These graphs give an indication of the amount of development that is occuring in the North Yukon. There are relatively few new water licences issued each year in the region; most of those reported are multi-year licenses associated with water use in the Village of Old Crow and in Dempster Highway maintenance activities.
• There are some water uses that do not require a water licence and these are called a Notification of water use without a licence. There have been very few of these recorded. These are mainly associated with mineral exploration activities.
• The Federal government carries out environmental assessments (CEAA screenings) on Federal lands and projects and the number of these screenings remains low. Many of the screenings reported in this graph are routine maintenance projects for the Dempster Highway.

Why is it happening?

• There are many lands withdrawn from mineral staking in Northern Yukon and this may help explain the low number of records in this region compared to other areas of Yukon Territory.

Why is it important?

• Tracking the various permit applications may help identify emerging trends or areas of new development.

Technical Notes

• The recent information on water use was obtained from the Yukon Water Board with older records obtained from DIAND Water Resources.
• The information for CEAA screenings between 1998 and November, 2005 were obtained from Environment Canada's CEAA screening referral tracking system. Screenings after November 2005 were obtained from the Yukon Environmental and Socio-economic Assessment Board's public registry.
• The information prior to 1998 was based on Canadian Environmental Assessment Act (CEAA) screenings reported on the Federal Government website. DIAND officials acknowledged there were data gaps in the Yukon records in this database (e.g. 1994).