Total Population
| year | population |
|---|---|
| 2003 | 109 |
| 2002 | 112 |
| 2001 | 114 |
| 2000 | 126 |
| 1999 | 122 |
| 1998 | 109 |
| 1997 | 116 |
| 1996 | 140 |
| 1995 | 138 |
| 1994 | 136 |
| 1993 | 123 |
Age Distribution
Beaver Creek's population averaged 109 in 2003, the same as in 1998 but down considerably from the 140 reported in 1996. The population is lower than it was in 1991.
The 2001 Census indicated that White River First Nation members made up a little under half of the population. In addition, a number of non-First Nations people live and work in Beaver Creek, providing border crossing and territorial government services as well as commercial services for travelers.
Because of this population mix, determining mobility is quite complex. The 2001 Census reported that a little over half of the people living in Beaver Creek that year had been living there in 1996. A fairly large proportion (about 35 percent) of people living in Beaver Creek in 2001 had moved there from outside the Yukon. Others had moved from elsewhere in the Yukon. This is not an unexpected pattern of mobility, since the people who work in many non-First Nations government services are posted to the Beaver Creek area for limited periods of time.
Just over half the population is female (53 percent), a little higher than for the Yukon as a whole, where 50 percent are female.
The age distribution of Beaver Creek reflects the lack of work for local young people and their tendency to move out of the area, for periods of time at least, to look for market work elsewhere or to complete their education. The proportion of people in the prime working age range (25 to 44 years) was 35 percent. In the Yukon as a whole, 31 percent of the population falls into this age group. As in the Yukon population, 18 percent of the population is aged 14 or under. The proportion of young persons aged 15 to 24 is only 6 percent, considerably below the Yukon average.
Older people, those 65 and over, make up 11 percent of the Beaver Creek population, significantly higher than the Yukon average of 7 percent. This is another indication that many young people leave the community to look for work elsewhere.
