Naujaat
Small town · Nunavut · Population 1,225
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
- 18.4 years
- Canada: 41.6 years, 2011: 18.2 years (estimated) · 2016: 18.2 years
- Average household size
- 5.6
- Canada: 2.4, 2006: 5.5 · 2011: 5.4 · 2016: 5.2
- Moved home in the last 5 years
- 32%
- Canada: 39%, 2006: 32.5% · 2016: 38.9%
Age
- Ages 0 to 14Canada: 16.3%42.4%2016: 43.1%
- Ages 15 to 24Canada: 11.4%19.2%2016: 17.6%
- Ages 25 to 44Canada: 26.6%22.9%2016: 24.5%
- Ages 45 to 64Canada: 26.7%13.1%2016: 11.6%
- Ages 65 and overCanada: 19%2.9%2016: 2.3%
Households
- Couples with childrenCanada: 25.3%35.6%2011: 50%
- Couples without childrenCanada: 25.6%4.4%2011: 5.6%
- One-parent familiesCanada: 8.7%11.1%2011: 2.8%
- People living aloneCanada: 29.3%13.3%2016: 10%
- Other householdsCanada: 11%35.6%2011: 36.1%
Education and languages
Highest education, ages 25 to 64
- No certificate, diploma or degreeCanada: 9.9%67.8%2016: 65.8%
- High school diplomaCanada: 23%13.8%2016: 8.9%
- Apprenticeship or trades certificateCanada: 9.6%4.6%2016: 10.1%
- College, CEGEP or other certificateCanada: 24.6%9.2%2016: 11.4%
- University degree (bachelor's or higher)Canada: 32.9%3.4%2016: 6.3%
Knowledge of English and French
- Speak English onlyCanada: 69%93.9%2016: 96.3%
- Speak French onlyCanada: 11.2%0%2016: 0.9%
- Speak English and FrenchCanada: 18%0.4%2016: 0.9%
- Speak neither English nor FrenchCanada: 1.9%5.3%2016: 1.9%
Mother tongue
- Mother tongue EnglishCanada: 54.9%5.7%2016: 6.5%
- Mother tongue FrenchCanada: 19.6%0%2016: 0.9%
- Mother tongue another language, or more than oneCanada: 25.5%94.3%2016: 92.6%
Homes
- Condominiums
- 0%
- Canada: 15%, 2016: 0%
Owners and renters
- OwnersCanada: 66.5%9.1%2016: 10%
- RentersCanada: 33.1%93.2%2016: 92.5%
Types of homes
- Single-detached housesCanada: 52.6%51.1%2016: 55%
- Semi-detached housesCanada: 5%6.7%2016: 10%
- Row housesCanada: 6.5%35.6%2016: 37.5%
- Duplex apartmentsCanada: 5.5%6.7%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%0%
- Built 1961 to 1980Canada: 27.9%27.3%
- Built 1981 to 2000Canada: 25.3%27.3%
- Built 2001 to 2015Canada: 19.8%38.6%
- Built 2016 to 2021Canada: 6.9%6.8%
Getting to work
Main way to work
- Car, truck or vanCanada: 83.9%22.9%2016: 31%
- Public transitCanada: 7.7%0%2016: 0%
- WalkCanada: 5.2%52.1%2016: 57.1%
- BicycleCanada: 1.1%0%2016: 0%
- Other wayCanada: 2.2%25%2016: 11.9%
Statistics Canada, 2021