Tuktoyaktuk, known as Port Brabant until 1950

The typical town keeps 18% of its homes from before 1961; here it is 3.5%. Homes from 2016 to 2021 make up 3.5% of the stock; the typical town has 4.1%.

Homes by age

Most of Tuktoyaktuk’s homes went up from 1981 to 2000: 40%

Over half of the homes in Tuktoyaktuk were already standing by 2001. Tuktoyaktuk built little from 2001 to 2015: 11% of its homes, where most towns have 15%. 37% of Tuktoyaktuk’s homes date from 1961 to 1980, well above the typical 27%.

3.5%

Before 1961

37%

1961–80

40%

1981–2000

11%

2001–15

3.5%

2016–21

TuktoyaktukTypical town

2021 Census, private dwellings by period of construction (Statistics Canada); the typical town is the middle Canadian town of 2,500 or more.

In brief

Tuktoyaktuk in brief

The census dates only 3.5% of its homes before 1961, against 18% in the typical town.

Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Canada (Parks Canada).

Sources: Parks Canada, Directory of Federal Heritage Designations · Canadian Register of Historic Places (federal extract) · Wikidata (CC0) for map points, other names and articles · Statistics Canada, 2021 Census (homes by period of construction). Under the Statistics Canada Open Licence.

Adapted from Statistics Canada (Census of Population 2021, population estimates 2025, 2021 census boundaries) under the Statistics Canada Open Licence; this does not constitute an endorsement by Statistics Canada. Neighbourhood names in some cities © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL).