Clyde River
Small town · Nunavut · Population 1,181
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
- 21.8 years
- Canada: 41.6 years, 2011: 20.8 years (estimated) · 2016: 22 years
- Average household size
- 4.5
- Canada: 2.4, 2006: 4.7 · 2011: 4.8 · 2016: 4.2
- Moved home in the last 5 years
- 19.9%
- Canada: 39%, 2006: 39.2% · 2016: 33%
Age
- Ages 0 to 14Canada: 16.3%36.9%2016: 35.2%
- Ages 15 to 24Canada: 11.4%17.8%2016: 20.5%
- Ages 25 to 44Canada: 26.6%25%2016: 27.1%
- Ages 45 to 64Canada: 26.7%16.1%2016: 12.9%
- Ages 65 and overCanada: 19%3.4%2016: 2.9%
Households
- Couples with childrenCanada: 25.3%43.1%2011: 43.6%
- Couples without childrenCanada: 25.6%5.9%2011: 5.1%
- One-parent familiesCanada: 8.7%11.8%2011: 7.7%
- People living aloneCanada: 29.3%11.8%2016: 10%
- Other householdsCanada: 11%27.5%2011: 30.8%
Education and languages
Highest education, ages 25 to 64
- No certificate, diploma or degreeCanada: 9.9%67%2016: 55.2%
- High school diplomaCanada: 23%16.5%2016: 14.9%
- Apprenticeship or trades certificateCanada: 9.6%2.1%2016: 4.6%
- College, CEGEP or other certificateCanada: 24.6%11.3%2016: 23%
- University degree (bachelor's or higher)Canada: 32.9%3.1%2016: 3.4%
Knowledge of English and French
- Speak English onlyCanada: 69%86.9%2016: 82.9%
- Speak French onlyCanada: 11.2%0%2016: 0%
- Speak English and FrenchCanada: 18%0.4%2016: 0.5%
- Speak neither English nor FrenchCanada: 1.9%12.7%2016: 17.6%
Mother tongue
- Mother tongue EnglishCanada: 54.9%3.4%2016: 3.3%
- Mother tongue FrenchCanada: 19.6%0%2016: 0%
- Mother tongue another language, or more than oneCanada: 25.5%96.6%2016: 96.7%
Homes
- Condominiums
- 3.8%
- Canada: 15%, 2016: 0%
Owners and renters
- OwnersCanada: 66.5%11.5%2016: 16%
- RentersCanada: 33.1%86.5%2016: 84%
- Band or local government housing1.9%
Types of homes
- Single-detached housesCanada: 52.6%51.9%2016: 54%
- Semi-detached housesCanada: 5%9.6%2016: 6%
- Row housesCanada: 6.5%28.8%2016: 30%
- Duplex apartmentsCanada: 5.5%0%2016: 8%
- Apartments under 5 storeysCanada: 18.3%7.7%2016: 0%
- Apartments of 5 storeys or moreCanada: 10.7%0%2016: 0%
- Other dwellings (incl. mobile homes)Canada: 1.5%1.9%2016: 2%
When homes were built
- Built 1960 or beforeCanada: 20.2%0%
- Built 1961 to 1980Canada: 27.9%21.2%
- Built 1981 to 2000Canada: 25.3%34.6%
- Built 2001 to 2015Canada: 19.8%34.6%
- Built 2016 to 2021Canada: 6.9%5.8%
Getting to work
Main way to work
- Car, truck or vanCanada: 83.9%38%2016: 27.7%
- Public transitCanada: 7.7%0%2016: 0%
- WalkCanada: 5.2%40%2016: 53.2%
- BicycleCanada: 1.1%0%2016: 0%
- Other wayCanada: 2.2%22%2016: 17%
Statistics Canada, 2021