Igloolik
Small town · Nunavut · Population 2,049
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
- 20.2 years
- Canada: 41.6 years, 2011: 21.2 years (estimated) · 2016: 20.5 years
- Average household size
- 5.2
- Canada: 2.4, 2006: 4.7 · 2011: 4.3 · 2016: 4.5
- Moved home in the last 5 years
- 23.4%
- Canada: 39%, 2006: 40.8% · 2016: 33.9%
Age
- Ages 0 to 14Canada: 16.3%38.4%2016: 39.2%
- Ages 15 to 24Canada: 11.4%19.6%2016: 17.5%
- Ages 25 to 44Canada: 26.6%25.9%2016: 27.6%
- Ages 45 to 64Canada: 26.7%13%2016: 13.1%
- Ages 65 and overCanada: 19%3.2%2016: 3.3%
Households
- Couples with childrenCanada: 25.3%30.4%2011: 43.1%
- Couples without childrenCanada: 25.6%5.1%2011: 10.8%
- One-parent familiesCanada: 8.7%11.4%2011: 9.2%
- People living aloneCanada: 29.3%11.4%2016: 14.9%
- Other householdsCanada: 11%41.8%2011: 26.2%
Education and languages
Highest education, ages 25 to 64
- No certificate, diploma or degreeCanada: 9.9%51.6%2016: 44%
- High school diplomaCanada: 23%20.1%2016: 11.9%
- Apprenticeship or trades certificateCanada: 9.6%5.7%2016: 15.7%
- College, CEGEP or other certificateCanada: 24.6%14.5%2016: 18.7%
- University degree (bachelor's or higher)Canada: 32.9%6.9%2016: 9.7%
Knowledge of English and French
- Speak English onlyCanada: 69%88%2016: 82.9%
- Speak French onlyCanada: 11.2%0%2016: 0%
- Speak English and FrenchCanada: 18%1%2016: 1.5%
- Speak neither English nor FrenchCanada: 1.9%10.8%2016: 15.9%
Mother tongue
- Mother tongue EnglishCanada: 54.9%6.4%2016: 7.2%
- Mother tongue FrenchCanada: 19.6%0%2016: 0.3%
- Mother tongue another language, or more than oneCanada: 25.5%93.6%2016: 92.5%
Homes
- Condominiums
- 2.5%
- Canada: 15%, 2016: 0%
Owners and renters
- OwnersCanada: 66.5%8.9%2016: 14.9%
- RentersCanada: 33.1%89.9%2016: 85.1%
- Band or local government housing1.3%
Types of homes
- Single-detached housesCanada: 52.6%51.9%2016: 47.3%
- Semi-detached housesCanada: 5%11.4%2016: 0%
- Row housesCanada: 6.5%36.7%2016: 51.4%
- Duplex apartmentsCanada: 5.5%0%2016: 1.4%
- 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%0%
- Built 1961 to 1980Canada: 27.9%29.1%
- Built 1981 to 2000Canada: 25.3%35.4%
- Built 2001 to 2015Canada: 19.8%25.3%
- Built 2016 to 2021Canada: 6.9%7.6%
Getting to work
Main way to work
- Car, truck or vanCanada: 83.9%19.6%2016: 23.9%
- Public transitCanada: 7.7%0%2016: 2.3%
- WalkCanada: 5.2%66.3%2016: 61.4%
- BicycleCanada: 1.1%0%2016: 0%
- Other wayCanada: 2.2%12%2016: 12.5%
Statistics Canada, 2021