Inuvik
Small town · Northwest Territories · Population 3,137
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
- 34.8 years
- Canada: 41.6 years, 2011: 31.4 years (estimated) · 2016: 32.6 years
- Average household size
- 2.5
- Canada: 2.4, 2006: 2.7 (estimated) · 2011: 2.7 · 2016: 2.6
- Moved home in the last 5 years
- 51%
- Canada: 39%, 2006: 64% (estimated) · 2016: 49.3%
Age
- Ages 0 to 14Canada: 16.3%23%2016: 23.9%
- Ages 15 to 24Canada: 11.4%11.3%2016: 13.6%
- Ages 25 to 44Canada: 26.6%33%2016: 31.9%
- Ages 45 to 64Canada: 26.7%23.1%2016: 23.9%
- Ages 65 and overCanada: 19%9.6%2016: 6.9%
Households
- Couples with childrenCanada: 25.3%27.5%2011: 29.2%
- Couples without childrenCanada: 25.6%15.6%2011: 17.1%
- One-parent familiesCanada: 8.7%11.5%2011: 13.2%
- People living aloneCanada: 29.3%33.2%2016: 28.4%
- Other householdsCanada: 11%12.3%2011: 13.6%
Education and languages
Highest education, ages 25 to 64
- No certificate, diploma or degreeCanada: 9.9%18.7%2016: 21.6%
- High school diplomaCanada: 23%19.9%2016: 17.9%
- Apprenticeship or trades certificateCanada: 9.6%8.4%2016: 8.4%
- College, CEGEP or other certificateCanada: 24.6%28%2016: 28%
- University degree (bachelor's or higher)Canada: 32.9%25.1%2016: 23.9%
Knowledge of English and French
- Speak English onlyCanada: 69%93.6%2016: 92.7%
- Speak French onlyCanada: 11.2%0%2016: 0%
- Speak English and FrenchCanada: 18%6.2%2016: 7.2%
- Speak neither English nor FrenchCanada: 1.9%0.2%2016: 0%
Mother tongue
- Mother tongue EnglishCanada: 54.9%86.6%2016: 86.9%
- Mother tongue FrenchCanada: 19.6%1%2016: 1.4%
- Mother tongue another language, or more than oneCanada: 25.5%12.4%2016: 11.6%
Homes
- Condominiums
- 4.9%
- Canada: 15%, 2016: 3.4%
Owners and renters
- OwnersCanada: 66.5%34.4%2016: 32.6%
- RentersCanada: 33.1%66%2016: 67.8%
Types of homes
- Single-detached housesCanada: 52.6%41.2%2016: 43.6%
- Semi-detached housesCanada: 5%7.3%2016: 6.8%
- Row housesCanada: 6.5%20.4%2016: 19.9%
- Duplex apartmentsCanada: 5.5%0.4%2016: 2.5%
- Apartments under 5 storeysCanada: 18.3%28.6%2016: 27.1%
- Apartments of 5 storeys or moreCanada: 10.7%0%2016: 0%
- Other dwellings (incl. mobile homes)Canada: 1.5%2%2006: 9.2% (estimated)
When homes were built
- Built 1960 or beforeCanada: 20.2%9%
- Built 1961 to 1980Canada: 27.9%41.4%
- Built 1981 to 2000Canada: 25.3%28.7%
- Built 2001 to 2015Canada: 19.8%17.6%
- Built 2016 to 2021Canada: 6.9%3.3%
Getting to work
Main way to work
- Car, truck or vanCanada: 83.9%70.3%2016: 66.2%
- Public transitCanada: 7.7%0%2016: 0%
- WalkCanada: 5.2%26.3%2016: 31.5%
- BicycleCanada: 1.1%1%2016: 0%
- Other wayCanada: 2.2%3%2016: 1.9%
Statistics Canada, 2021