Cambridge Bay
Small town · Nunavut · Population 1,760
People and homes
Who lives here and what homes are like, from the 2021 Census. Shown for context: these figures are never part of a score.
Who lives here
- Median age
- 30.4 years
- Canada: 41.6 years, 2011: 27.5 years (estimated) · 2016: 28.4 years
- Average household size
- 3.1
- Canada: 2.4, 2006: 3.3 · 2011: 3.2 · 2016: 3.2
- Moved home in the last 5 years
- 39.9%
- Canada: 39%, 2006: 56.4% · 2016: 44%
Age
- Ages 0 to 14Canada: 16.3%24.1%2016: 27.2%
- Ages 15 to 24Canada: 11.4%16.2%2016: 17.3%
- Ages 25 to 44Canada: 26.6%28.7%2016: 27.2%
- Ages 45 to 64Canada: 26.7%24.7%2016: 24.4%
- Ages 65 and overCanada: 19%6.5%2016: 4.8%
Households
- Couples with childrenCanada: 25.3%26.1%2011: 33%
- Couples without childrenCanada: 25.6%13.9%2011: 13%
- One-parent familiesCanada: 8.7%17.4%2011: 15%
- People living aloneCanada: 29.3%21.7%2016: 19.4%
- Other householdsCanada: 11%20.9%2011: 17%
Education and languages
Highest education, ages 25 to 64
- No certificate, diploma or degreeCanada: 9.9%38.4%2016: 36.4%
- High school diplomaCanada: 23%15.1%2016: 14.8%
- Apprenticeship or trades certificateCanada: 9.6%7.6%2016: 11.4%
- College, CEGEP or other certificateCanada: 24.6%24.9%2016: 24.4%
- University degree (bachelor's or higher)Canada: 32.9%13.5%2016: 13.1%
Knowledge of English and French
- Speak English onlyCanada: 69%97.2%2016: 96.6%
- Speak French onlyCanada: 11.2%0.3%2016: 0%
- Speak English and FrenchCanada: 18%2.3%2016: 2.8%
- Speak neither English nor FrenchCanada: 1.9%0.3%2016: 0.6%
Mother tongue
- Mother tongue EnglishCanada: 54.9%79.8%2016: 76.2%
- Mother tongue FrenchCanada: 19.6%0.9%2016: 1.4%
- Mother tongue another language, or more than oneCanada: 25.5%19.4%2016: 22.4%
Homes
- Condominiums
- 6.1%
- Canada: 15%, 2016: 3.7%
Owners and renters
- OwnersCanada: 66.5%23.7%2016: 25%
- RentersCanada: 33.1%77.2%2016: 75.9%
Types of homes
- Single-detached housesCanada: 52.6%43%2016: 48.1%
- Semi-detached housesCanada: 5%8.8%2016: 10.2%
- Row housesCanada: 6.5%35.1%2016: 37%
- Duplex apartmentsCanada: 5.5%0.9%2016: 0.9%
- Apartments under 5 storeysCanada: 18.3%13.2%2016: 4.6%
- Apartments of 5 storeys or moreCanada: 10.7%0%2016: 0%
When homes were built
- Built 1960 or beforeCanada: 20.2%2.6%
- Built 1961 to 1980Canada: 27.9%25.4%
- Built 1981 to 2000Canada: 25.3%40.4%
- Built 2001 to 2015Canada: 19.8%18.4%
- Built 2016 to 2021Canada: 6.9%14%
Getting to work
Main way to work
- Car, truck or vanCanada: 83.9%47.2%2016: 43.4%
- Public transitCanada: 7.7%0%2016: 0%
- WalkCanada: 5.2%46.5%2016: 52.6%
- BicycleCanada: 1.1%1.4%2016: 0%
- Other wayCanada: 2.2%5.6%2016: 3.3%
Statistics Canada, 2021