Gjoa Haven
Small town · Nunavut · Population 1,349
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
- 23 years
- Canada: 41.6 years, 2011: 21 years (estimated) · 2016: 22.7 years
- Average household size
- 4.6
- Canada: 2.4, 2006: 4.5 · 2011: 4.7 · 2016: 4.6
- Moved home in the last 5 years
- 34.8%
- Canada: 39%, 2006: 37.1% · 2016: 23.9%
Age
- Ages 0 to 14Canada: 16.3%37.4%2016: 36.2%
- Ages 15 to 24Canada: 11.4%16.3%2016: 18.5%
- Ages 25 to 44Canada: 26.6%25.9%2016: 25.7%
- Ages 45 to 64Canada: 26.7%15.6%2016: 14.7%
- Ages 65 and overCanada: 19%5.2%2016: 3.8%
Households
- Couples with childrenCanada: 25.3%32.8%2011: 45.5%
- Couples without childrenCanada: 25.6%5.2%2011: 1.8%
- One-parent familiesCanada: 8.7%12.1%2011: 9.1%
- People living aloneCanada: 29.3%12.1%2016: 8.8%
- Other householdsCanada: 11%37.9%2011: 32.7%
Education and languages
Highest education, ages 25 to 64
- No certificate, diploma or degreeCanada: 9.9%63.1%2016: 53.2%
- High school diplomaCanada: 23%12.6%2016: 10.1%
- Apprenticeship or trades certificateCanada: 9.6%6.3%2016: 12.8%
- College, CEGEP or other certificateCanada: 24.6%14.4%2016: 18.3%
- University degree (bachelor's or higher)Canada: 32.9%4.5%2016: 6.4%
Knowledge of English and French
- Speak English onlyCanada: 69%97.4%2016: 97.3%
- Speak French onlyCanada: 11.2%0%2016: 0%
- Speak English and FrenchCanada: 18%1.1%2016: 0.8%
- Speak neither English nor FrenchCanada: 1.9%1.9%2016: 1.5%
Mother tongue
- Mother tongue EnglishCanada: 54.9%63.8%2016: 58.2%
- Mother tongue FrenchCanada: 19.6%0.4%2016: 0.4%
- Mother tongue another language, or more than oneCanada: 25.5%35.8%2016: 41.4%
Homes
- Condominiums
- 0%
- Canada: 15%, 2016: 0%
Owners and renters
- OwnersCanada: 66.5%13.6%2016: 12.3%
- RentersCanada: 33.1%84.7%2016: 87.7%
- Band or local government housing1.7%
Types of homes
- Single-detached housesCanada: 52.6%48.3%2016: 50.9%
- Semi-detached housesCanada: 5%12.1%2016: 14%
- Row housesCanada: 6.5%41.4%2016: 35.1%
- Duplex apartmentsCanada: 5.5%0%2016: 0%
- Apartments under 5 storeysCanada: 18.3%0%2016: 0%
- Apartments of 5 storeys or moreCanada: 10.7%0%2016: 0%
When homes were built
- Built 1960 or beforeCanada: 20.2%3.4%
- Built 1961 to 1980Canada: 27.9%20.3%
- Built 1981 to 2000Canada: 25.3%42.4%
- Built 2001 to 2015Canada: 19.8%22%
- Built 2016 to 2021Canada: 6.9%13.6%
Getting to work
Main way to work
- Car, truck or vanCanada: 83.9%29.2%2016: 26.2%
- Public transitCanada: 7.7%0%2016: 0%
- WalkCanada: 5.2%55.6%2016: 66.2%
- BicycleCanada: 1.1%0%2016: 0%
- Other wayCanada: 2.2%18.1%2016: 7.7%
Statistics Canada, 2021