Federal contaminated sites in Yukon

Yukon has 151 sites in Canada's Federal Contaminated Sites Inventory — 0.6% of the 24,426 sites nationwide. 28 are active, 120 are closed, and 3 are suspected. Reported federal expenditure on these sites totals $1.70B (16% of the national total), an average of $11.3M per site.

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Status and priority

Reported expenditure by fiscal year

Custodian departments in Yukon

Most common contaminant types

• PHCs (petroleum hydrocarbons)84 · 56%
• PAHs (polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon)57 · 38%
• Metal, metalloid, and organometallic34 · 23%
• BTEXs (benzene, toluene, ethylbenzene, and xylene)11 · 7.3%
• PCBs (Polychlorinated Biphenyl) and PCDD/Fs (polychlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxin/dibenzofuran)7 · 4.6%
• Other organics5 · 3.3%
• Pesticides4 · 2.6%
• Other inorganics3 · 2.0%
• Other Physical/Chemical (pH, temperature, dissolved solids, turbidity, etc.)3 · 2.0%
• PFAS (per and poly fluoroalkyl substances)2 · 1.3%

Most affected media

• Soil55 · 36%
• Not Available38 · 25%
• Groundwater29 · 19%
• Surface water14 · 9.3%
• Surface soil14 · 9.3%
• Sediment13 · 8.6%
• Other medium10 · 6.6%
• Air2 · 1.3%

Largest sites by reported expenditure

Municipalities with the most sites

Yukon, Unorganized (38) · Whitehorse (35) · North Slope (25) · Watson Lake (24) · Haines Junction (4) · Carcross (3) · Old Crow (3) · Ross River (3) · Beaver Creek (2) · Dawson (2) · Macpherson-Grizzly Valley (2) · Upper Liard (2) · Carcross 4 (1) · Carmacks (1) · Johnsons Crossing (1) · Keno Hill (1) · Marsh Lake (1) · Tagish (1) · Teslin (1) · Whitehorse, Unorganized (1)

Figures are computed from the official FCSI open-data export published August 3, 2026, under the Open Government Licence – Canada. This is an unofficial site — verify against the official inventory before relying on details.