Northwest Territories
Province or territory · Population 41,070
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
- 35.6 years
- Canada: 41.6 years, 2016: 34 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
- 41.7%
- Canada: 39%, 2006: 49.8% · 2016: 43.8%
Age
- Ages 0 to 14Canada: 16.3%20.6%2016: 21.2%
- Ages 15 to 24Canada: 11.4%12.4%2016: 13.8%
- Ages 25 to 44Canada: 26.6%31.1%2016: 30.9%
- Ages 45 to 64Canada: 26.7%25.9%2016: 26.4%
- Ages 65 and overCanada: 19%10%2016: 7.7%
Households
- Couples with childrenCanada: 25.3%28.3%2011: 30.9%
- Couples without childrenCanada: 25.6%19.2%2011: 18.9%
- One-parent familiesCanada: 8.7%11.6%2011: 11.1%
- People living aloneCanada: 29.3%26.2%2016: 24.3%
- Other householdsCanada: 11%14.7%2011: 15.4%
Education and languages
Highest education, ages 25 to 64
- No certificate, diploma or degreeCanada: 9.9%20.4%2016: 20.5%
- High school diplomaCanada: 23%22.1%2016: 19.4%
- Apprenticeship or trades certificateCanada: 9.6%9.1%2016: 11.1%
- College, CEGEP or other certificateCanada: 24.6%22.1%2016: 24.5%
- University degree (bachelor's or higher)Canada: 32.9%26.4%2016: 24.5%
Knowledge of English and French
- Speak English onlyCanada: 69%88.6%2016: 89%
- Speak French onlyCanada: 11.2%0.2%2016: 0.2%
- Speak English and FrenchCanada: 18%10.6%2016: 10.3%
- Speak neither English nor FrenchCanada: 1.9%0.5%2016: 0.5%
Mother tongue
- Mother tongue EnglishCanada: 54.9%76%2016: 76.8%
- Mother tongue FrenchCanada: 19.6%2.8%2016: 2.8%
- Mother tongue another language, or more than oneCanada: 25.5%21.3%2016: 20.4%
Homes
- Condominiums
- 10.2%
- Canada: 15%, 2016: 8.8%
Owners and renters
- OwnersCanada: 66.5%53.5%2016: 53.7%
- RentersCanada: 33.1%46.2%2016: 46.2%
Types of homes
- Single-detached housesCanada: 52.6%56.5%2016: 57.5%
- Semi-detached housesCanada: 5%7%2016: 6.5%
- Row housesCanada: 6.5%10.7%2016: 10.7%
- Duplex apartmentsCanada: 5.5%2.4%2016: 2.6%
- Apartments under 5 storeysCanada: 18.3%16.5%2016: 15.9%
- Apartments of 5 storeys or moreCanada: 10.7%2%2016: 3%
- Other dwellings (incl. mobile homes)Canada: 1.5%4.8%2016: 3.8%
When homes were built
- Built 1960 or beforeCanada: 20.2%4.1%
- Built 1961 to 1980Canada: 27.9%29.5%
- Built 1981 to 2000Canada: 25.3%42.2%
- Built 2001 to 2015Canada: 19.8%19.1%
- Built 2016 to 2021Canada: 6.9%5.1%
Getting to work
Main way to work
- Car, truck or vanCanada: 83.9%72.4%2016: 67%
- Public transitCanada: 7.7%0.8%2016: 1.2%
- WalkCanada: 5.2%19.4%2016: 23.8%
- BicycleCanada: 1.1%1.5%2016: 1.6%
- Other wayCanada: 2.2%5.9%2016: 6.3%
Statistics Canada, 2021