Total Population
| year | population |
|---|---|
| 2003 | 401 |
| 2002 | 423 |
| 2001 | 440 |
| 2000 | 446 |
| 1999 | 450 |
| 1998 | 454 |
| 1997 | 487 |
| 1996 | 490 |
| 1995 | 466 |
| 1994 | 469 |
| 1993 | 466 |
Age Distribution
The population of Teslin averaged 401 in 2003, the lowest it has been for several years.
First Nation people belonging to the Teslin Tlingit Council make up about two-thirds of the total population of the community. This compares with a 23-percent representation of First Nations people in the overall Yukon population.
Teslin is a mix of people who have lived in the area for many years and some who moved in or returned to the community during the late 1990s. In 2001, a little under 70 percent of the population had lived in Teslin for at least the previous five years. This is slightly lower than the proportion for the Yukon as a whole. Movement from outside of the Yukon into Teslin, at about 23 percent, was higher than the Yukon-wide rate of 16 percent.
Teslin's age structure reflects some movement of adults out of the area to look for work elsewhere. There are slightly more children in the community than the Yukon average: 23 percent of people are aged 14 or under, compared to 20 percent for the Yukon as a whole. The working-age groups, 25 to 44 years and 45 to 64 years, are proportionately a little smaller than the Yukon average. People aged 65 and over make up nearly 13 percent of the Teslin population, quite a bit higher than the nearly 7 percent found on average in the Yukon.
About 44 percent of people in Teslin are female, a smaller proportion than the 50-percent female representation in the total Yukon population.
