Rankin Inlet
Small town · Nunavut · Population 2,975
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: 25.4 years (estimated) · 2016: 26.6 years
- Average household size
- 3.6
- Canada: 2.4, 2006: 3.6 · 2011: 3.6 · 2016: 3.5
- Moved home in the last 5 years
- 35%
- Canada: 39%, 2006: 43.1% · 2016: 43%
Age
- Ages 0 to 14Canada: 16.3%29.9%2016: 28.9%
- Ages 15 to 24Canada: 11.4%17%2016: 18%
- Ages 25 to 44Canada: 26.6%29.2%2016: 30.5%
- Ages 45 to 64Canada: 26.7%19.2%2016: 19.5%
- Ages 65 and overCanada: 19%4.5%2016: 3.3%
Households
- Couples with childrenCanada: 25.3%33.1%2011: 41.6%
- Couples without childrenCanada: 25.6%10.2%2011: 12%
- One-parent familiesCanada: 8.7%13.9%2011: 8%
- People living aloneCanada: 29.3%20.5%2016: 19.5%
- Other householdsCanada: 11%22.3%2011: 21.6%
Education and languages
Highest education, ages 25 to 64
- No certificate, diploma or degreeCanada: 9.9%36%2016: 31.5%
- High school diplomaCanada: 23%19.1%2016: 17.9%
- Apprenticeship or trades certificateCanada: 9.6%9.2%2016: 8.8%
- College, CEGEP or other certificateCanada: 24.6%22.3%2016: 25.6%
- University degree (bachelor's or higher)Canada: 32.9%12.7%2016: 15.8%
Knowledge of English and French
- Speak English onlyCanada: 69%97.3%2016: 96.1%
- Speak French onlyCanada: 11.2%0%2016: 0%
- Speak English and FrenchCanada: 18%1.9%2016: 3.2%
- Speak neither English nor FrenchCanada: 1.9%0.9%2016: 0.9%
Mother tongue
- Mother tongue EnglishCanada: 54.9%39.8%2016: 34.6%
- Mother tongue FrenchCanada: 19.6%0.5%2016: 0.7%
- Mother tongue another language, or more than oneCanada: 25.5%59.7%2016: 64.6%
Homes
- Condominiums
- 5.4%
- Canada: 15%, 2016: 6.3%
Owners and renters
- OwnersCanada: 66.5%28.3%2016: 31.4%
- RentersCanada: 33.1%71.7%2016: 68.6%
Types of homes
- Single-detached housesCanada: 52.6%45.5%2016: 47.2%
- Semi-detached housesCanada: 5%7.3%2016: 6.3%
- Row housesCanada: 6.5%27.3%2016: 32.7%
- Duplex apartmentsCanada: 5.5%1.2%2016: 0%
- Apartments under 5 storeysCanada: 18.3%17%2016: 14.5%
- Apartments of 5 storeys or moreCanada: 10.7%1.8%2016: 0%
When homes were built
- Built 1960 or beforeCanada: 20.2%2.4%
- Built 1961 to 1980Canada: 27.9%23.5%
- Built 1981 to 2000Canada: 25.3%45.2%
- Built 2001 to 2015Canada: 19.8%20.5%
- Built 2016 to 2021Canada: 6.9%6.6%
Getting to work
Main way to work
- Car, truck or vanCanada: 83.9%62.6%2016: 51.2%
- Public transitCanada: 7.7%2.1%2016: 0.8%
- WalkCanada: 5.2%26.8%2016: 40.5%
- BicycleCanada: 1.1%0.9%2016: 0%
- Other wayCanada: 2.2%8.1%2016: 7.9%
Statistics Canada, 2021