Mayo, Yukon
Mayo | |
|---|---|
| Village of Mayo | |
 Mayo upon Stewart River, circa 2000 | |
  Mayo Location of Mayo  Mayo Mayo (Canada) | |
| Coordinates: 63°35′33″N 135°53′52″W / 63.59250°N 135.89778°W[1] | |
| Country | Canada |
| Territory | Yukon |
| Established | 1903[2] |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Trevor Ellis[3] |
| • Governing body | Village of Mayo Council |
| • MP | Brendan Hanley |
| • MLA | Jeremy Harper |
| Area (2021)[4] | |
| • Land | 0.98 km2 (0.38 sq mi) |
| Population (2021)[4] | |
• Total | 188 |
| • Density | 191.8/km2 (497/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC−07:00 (MST) |
| Forward sortation area | Y0B 1M0 |
| Area code | 867 |
| Website | Official website |
Mayo is a village in Yukon, Canada, along the Silver Trail and the Stewart River. It had a population of 200 in 2016.[4] The Yukon Bureau of Statistics estimated a population of 496 in 2019.[5] It is also the home of the First Nation of Na-Cho Nyak Dun, whose people primarily speak the northern variety of the Tutchone language. Na-Cho Nyäk Dun translates into "big river people."
The community, formerly called Mayo Landing, is serviced by Mayo Airport. The village was named after former circus acrobat turned settler and explorer Alfred Mayo.[2]
Its only school is the J.V. Clark School, which is named after James Vincent Clark (1924–1994). As of December 2022 the school had 46 students with 34 in primary and 12 in secondary grades.[6] As of the 2023 - 2024 school year the principal is Douglas Cooper.[7]
History
[edit]Before Europeans came there were in the area two communities of the Na-cho Nyäk Dun people, who lived by hunting and trapping. The river now known as the Stewart River was known as the "Náhcho Nyäk" ('Great River'). The people lived across the Stewart River from the main focus of today's Mayo, in a district today called "Old Mayo village". The old settlement was reinstated on the initiative of a missionary, but in 1934 the river burst its banks and flattened much of the old village, destroying the church and many cultural treasures.
The first gold discoveries in the area were made in the 1880s: silver was also discovered some time later. Until the middle of the 20th century Mayo was only connected with the outside world by the river and received any supplies by boat. In the 1950s the construction of the Klondike Highway and the Silver Trail provided Mayo with a road link to Stewart Crossing.
Between 1973 and 1984 negotiation took place between the government and Northern Tutchone leaders over land rights and self-government. A breakthrough came only in 1993 with a treaty[8] between the residents and the lawmakers concerning an area of 4,739 km2 (1,830 sq mi)[9] and a payment, over fifteen years, totalling C$14.5 million.
Together with the Trʼondëk Hwëchʼin First Nation an agreement has been made with Yukon Energy to supply electricity to Dawson City using the Mayo-Dawson Power Line.
May 2008 saw a preliminary agreement with Alexco Resource Corp concerning silver extraction in the Keno Hill Silver area near the far end of Mayo Lake (approximately 45 km (28 mi) northeast of the village) where the corporation operates approximately 40 silver mines.[10]
Demographics
[edit]| Year | Pop. | ±% |
|---|---|---|
| 1951 | 241 | — |
| 1956 | 249 | +3.3% |
| 1961 | 342 | +37.3% |
| 1966 | 479 | +40.1% |
| 1971 | 381 | −20.5% |
| 1976 | 448 | +17.6% |
| 1981 | 398 | −11.2% |
| 1986 | 317 | −20.4% |
| 1991 | 243 | −23.3% |
| 1996 | 324 | +33.3% |
| 2001 | 366 | +13.0% |
| 2006 | 248 | −32.2% |
| 2011 | 226 | −8.9% |
| 2016 | 200 | −11.5% |
| 2021 | 188 | −6.0% |
| Source: Statistics Canada [4] [11][12][13][14][15][16][17][18][19][20][21] | ||
In the 2021 Canadian census conducted by Statistics Canada, Mayo had a population of 188 living in 108 of its 149 total private dwellings, a change of -6% from its 2016 population of 200. With a land area of 0.98 km2 (0.38 sq mi), it had a population density of 191.8/km2 (496.9/sq mi) in 2021.[4]
Geography
[edit]Climate
[edit]Mayo has a subarctic climate (Köppen: Dfc), with generally warm summers and severely cold winters lasting half the year. Spring and autumn are very short transitional seasons between summer and winter, with average temperatures rising and falling very fast during these times.
The temperature difference between the record low in February (−62.2 °C [−80.0 °F]) and the record high in June (36.1 °C (97.0 °F)) is (−98.3 °C (−176.9 °F)), one of the largest temperature differentials ever recorded.[citation needed] It has some of the warmest summers in the Yukon with a mean average summer temperature of 14.7 °C (58.5 °F).
| Climate data for Mayo (Mayo Airport) WMO ID: 71965; coordinates 63°37′N 135°52′W / 63.617°N 135.867°W; elevation: 503.8 m (1,653 ft); 1991–2020 normals, extremes 1924–present | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high humidex | 9.6 | 12.2 | 15.6 | 22.5 | 33.2 | 38.5 | 37.3 | 34.6 | 29.2 | 22.5 | 13.3 | 11.4 | 38.5 |
| Record high °C (°F) | 10.1 (50.2) |
12.2 (54.0) |
15.8 (60.4) |
22.8 (73.0) |
33.5 (92.3) |
36.1 (97.0) |
35.6 (96.1) |
32.6 (90.7) |
26.7 (80.1) |
22.6 (72.7) |
13.9 (57.0) |
11.8 (53.2) |
36.1 (97.0) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | −18.1 (−0.6) |
−10.9 (12.4) |
−3.0 (26.6) |
7.5 (45.5) |
15.9 (60.6) |
21.6 (70.9) |
22.6 (72.7) |
19.5 (67.1) |
12.3 (54.1) |
1.7 (35.1) |
−10.6 (12.9) |
−14.6 (5.7) |
3.6 (38.5) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | −23.2 (−9.8) |
−17.0 (1.4) |
−9.8 (14.4) |
1.2 (34.2) |
9.2 (48.6) |
14.7 (58.5) |
16.1 (61.0) |
13.3 (55.9) |
6.7 (44.1) |
−2.2 (28.0) |
−15.0 (5.0) |
−19.9 (−3.8) |
−2.2 (28.0) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | −28.3 (−18.9) |
−23.1 (−9.6) |
−16.6 (2.1) |
−5.1 (22.8) |
2.4 (36.3) |
7.8 (46.0) |
9.5 (49.1) |
7.0 (44.6) |
1.1 (34.0) |
−6.2 (20.8) |
−19.4 (−2.9) |
−25.1 (−13.2) |
−8.0 (17.6) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −58.3 (−72.9) |
−62.2 (−80.0) |
−48.9 (−56.0) |
−41.1 (−42.0) |
−21.7 (−7.1) |
−3.9 (25.0) |
−2.8 (27.0) |
−10.6 (12.9) |
−15.6 (3.9) |
−36.7 (−34.1) |
−50.6 (−59.1) |
−57.8 (−72.0) |
−62.2 (−80.0) |
| Record low wind chill | −65.8 | −60.0 | −59.0 | −36.5 | −19.0 | −3.8 | 0.0 | −9.1 | −22.8 | −38.2 | −55.1 | −64.3 | −65.8 |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 18.6 (0.73) |
12.9 (0.51) |
11.4 (0.45) |
9.8 (0.39) |
21.3 (0.84) |
42.5 (1.67) |
53.2 (2.09) |
45.6 (1.80) |
40.2 (1.58) |
25.9 (1.02) |
24.4 (0.96) |
21.2 (0.83) |
326.9 (12.87) |
| Average rainfall mm (inches) | 0.3 (0.01) |
0.1 (0.00) |
0.2 (0.01) |
3.7 (0.15) |
20.2 (0.80) |
42.4 (1.67) |
53.2 (2.09) |
45.4 (1.79) |
35.9 (1.41) |
9.1 (0.36) |
0.3 (0.01) |
0.1 (0.00) |
210.9 (8.30) |
| Average snowfall cm (inches) | 30.0 (11.8) |
20.0 (7.9) |
15.8 (6.2) |
7.4 (2.9) |
1.1 (0.4) |
0.1 (0.0) |
0.0 (0.0) |
0.0 (0.0) |
4.3 (1.7) |
20.3 (8.0) |
35.3 (13.9) |
33.0 (13.0) |
167.3 (65.9) |
| Average precipitation days (≥ 0.2 mm) | 10.5 | 8.4 | 6.4 | 5.5 | 9.0 | 13.3 | 15.1 | 14.2 | 13.2 | 11.7 | 12.7 | 11.6 | 131.5 |
| Average rainy days (≥ 0.2 mm) | 0.13 | 0.08 | 0.24 | 2.5 | 8.8 | 13.3 | 15.1 | 14.1 | 12.0 | 4.5 | 0.25 | 0.17 | 71.2 |
| Average snowy days (≥ 0.2 cm) | 12.2 | 9.0 | 6.8 | 3.4 | 0.63 | 0.04 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.4 | 8.5 | 13.4 | 12.9 | 68.3 |
| Average relative humidity (%) (at 1500 LST) | 79.3 | 74.4 | 59.2 | 43.7 | 37.0 | 40.2 | 47.2 | 50.9 | 55.1 | 70.8 | 80.1 | 80.7 | 59.9 |
| Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada[22] | |||||||||||||
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Mayo". Geographical Names Data Base. Natural Resources Canada.
- ^ a b "Binet House Museum". Retrieved 18 December 2023.
- ^ "Mayor & Council". Retrieved 18 December 2023.
- ^ a b c d e "Population and dwelling counts: Canada, provinces and territories, and census subdivisions (municipalities), Yukon". Statistics Canada. 9 February 2022. Retrieved 18 February 2022.
- ^ Population Report Q1, 2019
- ^ "Enrolment Reports 2022/23" (PDF). Government of Yukon. Retrieved 18 December 2023.
- ^ "J.V. Clark School Staff". Retrieved 18 December 2023.
- ^ "The First Nation of Nacho Nyak Dun Self-Government Agreement". Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada. 15 September 2010. Retrieved 18 December 2023.
- ^ "Yukon Land Claims and Self-Government Agreements - Annual Report 2010–2011". Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada. 9 June 2021. Retrieved 18 December 2023.
- ^ 'No cloud' over mining plans after Alexco, Yukon First Nation sign deal, in: CBC News, 26 May 2008
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- ^ "1981 Census of Canada: Census subdivisions in decreasing population order" (PDF). Statistics Canada. May 1992. Retrieved 30 January 2021.
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- ^ "Population and Dwelling Counts, for Canada, Provinces and Territories, and Census Subdivisions (Municipalities), 2001 and 1996 Censuses - 100% Data (Yukon Territory)". Statistics Canada. 15 August 2012. Retrieved 30 January 2022.
- ^ "Population and dwelling counts, for Canada, provinces and territories, and census subdivisions (municipalities), 2006 and 2001 censuses - 100% data (Yukon Territory)". Statistics Canada. 20 August 2021. Retrieved 30 January 2022.
- ^ "Population and dwelling counts, for Canada, provinces and territories, and census subdivisions (municipalities), 2011 and 2006 censuses (Yukon)". Statistics Canada. 25 July 2021. Retrieved 30 January 2022.
- ^ "Population and dwelling counts, for Canada, provinces and territories, and census subdivisions (municipalities), 2016 and 2011 censuses – 100% data (Yukon)". Statistics Canada. 8 February 2017. Retrieved 30 January 2022.
- ^ "Mayo A". Canadian Climate Normals 1991–2020. Environment and Climate Change Canada. Climate ID: 2100700. Archived from the original on 5 July 2024. Retrieved 5 July 2024.
