Sanikiluaq
Small town · Nunavut · Population 1,010
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
- 21.8 years
- Canada: 41.6 years, 2011: 21.3 years (estimated) · 2016: 22.3 years
- Average household size
- 4.4
- Canada: 2.4, 2006: 4.7 · 2011: 4.1 · 2016: 4
- Moved home in the last 5 years
- 23.1%
- Canada: 39%, 2006: 32.8% · 2016: 38.3%
Age
- Ages 0 to 14Canada: 16.3%38.1%2016: 35.8%
- Ages 15 to 24Canada: 11.4%17.3%2016: 18.8%
- Ages 25 to 44Canada: 26.6%25.2%2016: 26.1%
- Ages 45 to 64Canada: 26.7%13.9%2016: 15.3%
- Ages 65 and overCanada: 19%4%2016: 4%
Households
- Couples with childrenCanada: 25.3%30.4%2011: 38.5%
- Couples without childrenCanada: 25.6%8.7%2011: 5.1%
- One-parent familiesCanada: 8.7%13%2011: 15.4%
- People living aloneCanada: 29.3%10.9%2016: 15.9%
- Other householdsCanada: 11%37%2011: 28.2%
Education and languages
Highest education, ages 25 to 64
- No certificate, diploma or degreeCanada: 9.9%63%2016: 55.6%
- High school diplomaCanada: 23%18.5%2016: 19.4%
- Apprenticeship or trades certificateCanada: 9.6%4.9%2016: 8.3%
- College, CEGEP or other certificateCanada: 24.6%7.4%2016: 8.3%
- University degree (bachelor's or higher)Canada: 32.9%6.2%2016: 6.9%
Knowledge of English and French
- Speak English onlyCanada: 69%95%2016: 94.9%
- Speak French onlyCanada: 11.2%0%2016: 0%
- Speak English and FrenchCanada: 18%1%2016: 1.1%
- Speak neither English nor FrenchCanada: 1.9%4%2016: 4.5%
Mother tongue
- Mother tongue EnglishCanada: 54.9%6.9%2016: 8%
- Mother tongue FrenchCanada: 19.6%0.5%2016: 0%
- Mother tongue another language, or more than oneCanada: 25.5%92.6%2016: 92%
Homes
- Condominiums
- 0%
- Canada: 15%, 2016: 0%
Owners and renters
- OwnersCanada: 66.5%13.3%2016: 13.6%
- RentersCanada: 33.1%88.9%2016: 84.1%
Types of homes
- Single-detached housesCanada: 52.6%48.9%2016: 67.4%
- Semi-detached housesCanada: 5%13.3%2016: 11.6%
- Row housesCanada: 6.5%40%2016: 20.9%
- Duplex apartmentsCanada: 5.5%0%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%17.8%
- Built 1981 to 2000Canada: 25.3%42.2%
- Built 2001 to 2015Canada: 19.8%31.1%
- Built 2016 to 2021Canada: 6.9%11.1%
Getting to work
Main way to work
- Car, truck or vanCanada: 83.9%50%2016: 24.4%
- Public transitCanada: 7.7%0%2016: 7.3%
- WalkCanada: 5.2%36.4%2016: 41.5%
- BicycleCanada: 1.1%0%2016: 0%
- Other wayCanada: 2.2%11.4%2016: 26.8%
Statistics Canada, 2021