Iqaluit
Small town · Nunavut · Population 7,429
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
- 32.8 years
- Canada: 41.6 years, 2011: 30.1 years (estimated) · 2016: 31.1 years
- Average household size
- 2.7
- Canada: 2.4, 2006: 2.9 · 2011: 2.8 · 2016: 2.8
- Moved home in the last 5 years
- 51.9%
- Canada: 39%, 2006: 61.7% · 2016: 60.7%
Age
- Ages 0 to 14Canada: 16.3%23.6%2016: 24.9%
- Ages 15 to 24Canada: 11.4%12.3%2016: 13.6%
- Ages 25 to 44Canada: 26.6%35.7%2016: 36.1%
- Ages 45 to 64Canada: 26.7%24.6%2016: 22.5%
- Ages 65 and overCanada: 19%3.7%2016: 3%
Households
- Couples with childrenCanada: 25.3%27.2%2011: 28.8%
- Couples without childrenCanada: 25.6%16.5%2011: 16.5%
- One-parent familiesCanada: 8.7%12.6%2011: 10.4%
- People living aloneCanada: 29.3%26.6%2016: 26%
- Other householdsCanada: 11%17.2%2011: 18.2%
Education and languages
Highest education, ages 25 to 64
- No certificate, diploma or degreeCanada: 9.9%17.2%2016: 20.9%
- High school diplomaCanada: 23%20.2%2016: 17.4%
- Apprenticeship or trades certificateCanada: 9.6%5.8%2016: 7.5%
- College, CEGEP or other certificateCanada: 24.6%23.8%2016: 25.3%
- University degree (bachelor's or higher)Canada: 32.9%33%2016: 28.7%
Knowledge of English and French
- Speak English onlyCanada: 69%84%2016: 84.3%
- Speak French onlyCanada: 11.2%0.8%2016: 0.7%
- Speak English and FrenchCanada: 18%14.4%2016: 14%
- Speak neither English nor FrenchCanada: 1.9%0.8%2016: 1.2%
Mother tongue
- Mother tongue EnglishCanada: 54.9%49.1%2016: 45.6%
- Mother tongue FrenchCanada: 19.6%5.9%2016: 6.1%
- Mother tongue another language, or more than oneCanada: 25.5%45%2016: 48.4%
Homes
- Condominiums
- 14.9%
- Canada: 15%, 2016: 5.3%
Owners and renters
- OwnersCanada: 66.5%25.8%2016: 23.3%
- RentersCanada: 33.1%74%2016: 76.5%
Types of homes
- Single-detached housesCanada: 52.6%25.5%2016: 25.3%
- Semi-detached housesCanada: 5%7.7%2016: 6.5%
- Row housesCanada: 6.5%24.2%2016: 24.7%
- Duplex apartmentsCanada: 5.5%0.6%2016: 1.1%
- Apartments under 5 storeysCanada: 18.3%38.2%2016: 37.8%
- Apartments of 5 storeys or moreCanada: 10.7%3.7%2016: 4%
When homes were built
- Built 1960 or beforeCanada: 20.2%2%
- Built 1961 to 1980Canada: 27.9%15.3%
- Built 1981 to 2000Canada: 25.3%36.2%
- Built 2001 to 2015Canada: 19.8%35.8%
- Built 2016 to 2021Canada: 6.9%10.5%
Getting to work
Main way to work
- Car, truck or vanCanada: 83.9%74.6%2016: 69.1%
- Public transitCanada: 7.7%0%2016: 0.2%
- WalkCanada: 5.2%20.5%2016: 26.1%
- BicycleCanada: 1.1%0.3%2016: 0.2%
- Other wayCanada: 2.2%4.6%2016: 4.2%
Statistics Canada, 2021