Kugluktuk
Small town · Nunavut · Population 1,382
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
- 26.8 years
- Canada: 41.6 years, 2011: 24.3 years (estimated) · 2016: 26.6 years
- Average household size
- 3.5
- Canada: 2.4, 2006: 3.6 · 2011: 3.6 · 2016: 3.5
- Moved home in the last 5 years
- 29.8%
- Canada: 39%, 2006: 44.6% · 2016: 48.1%
Age
- Ages 0 to 14Canada: 16.3%32.1%2016: 31.2%
- Ages 15 to 24Canada: 11.4%15.2%2016: 16.4%
- Ages 25 to 44Canada: 26.6%27.4%2016: 26.8%
- Ages 45 to 64Canada: 26.7%18.1%2016: 20.5%
- Ages 65 and overCanada: 19%6.1%2016: 5.4%
Households
- Couples with childrenCanada: 25.3%33.8%2011: 35.8%
- Couples without childrenCanada: 25.6%7.5%2011: 9.9%
- One-parent familiesCanada: 8.7%22.5%2011: 16%
- People living aloneCanada: 29.3%17.5%2016: 14%
- Other householdsCanada: 11%18.8%2011: 19.8%
Education and languages
Highest education, ages 25 to 64
- No certificate, diploma or degreeCanada: 9.9%54.7%2016: 45.4%
- High school diplomaCanada: 23%17.2%2016: 12.1%
- Apprenticeship or trades certificateCanada: 9.6%8.6%2016: 13.5%
- College, CEGEP or other certificateCanada: 24.6%13.3%2016: 19.1%
- University degree (bachelor's or higher)Canada: 32.9%6.2%2016: 10.6%
Knowledge of English and French
- Speak English onlyCanada: 69%98.2%2016: 98.3%
- Speak French onlyCanada: 11.2%0%2016: 0%
- Speak English and FrenchCanada: 18%1.4%2016: 1.7%
- Speak neither English nor FrenchCanada: 1.9%0.4%2016: 0%
Mother tongue
- Mother tongue EnglishCanada: 54.9%70.7%2016: 74.1%
- Mother tongue FrenchCanada: 19.6%0.4%2016: 0.3%
- Mother tongue another language, or more than oneCanada: 25.5%29%2016: 25.6%
Homes
- Condominiums
- 3.8%
- Canada: 15%, 2016: 2.3%
Owners and renters
- OwnersCanada: 66.5%20%2016: 18.6%
- RentersCanada: 33.1%80%2016: 81.4%
Types of homes
- Single-detached housesCanada: 52.6%45.6%2016: 51.2%
- Semi-detached housesCanada: 5%2.5%2016: 8.1%
- Row housesCanada: 6.5%51.9%2016: 39.5%
- Duplex apartmentsCanada: 5.5%0%2016: 0%
- Apartments under 5 storeysCanada: 18.3%1.3%2016: 1.2%
- Apartments of 5 storeys or moreCanada: 10.7%0%2016: 0%
When homes were built
- Built 1960 or beforeCanada: 20.2%6.2%
- Built 1961 to 1980Canada: 27.9%23.8%
- Built 1981 to 2000Canada: 25.3%37.5%
- Built 2001 to 2015Canada: 19.8%27.5%
- Built 2016 to 2021Canada: 6.9%2.5%
Getting to work
Main way to work
- Car, truck or vanCanada: 83.9%41.7%2016: 18.7%
- Public transitCanada: 7.7%2.8%2016: 2.2%
- WalkCanada: 5.2%45.8%2016: 70.3%
- BicycleCanada: 1.1%0%2016: 0%
- Other wayCanada: 2.2%11.1%2016: 11%
Statistics Canada, 2021