A municipality on record since 1916: Baker Lake

Before 1961: just 1.7% of the homes, where most towns have 18%. Building from 2016 to 2021 gave it 5.2% of its homes, where most towns have 4.1%.

Homes by age

Baker Lake built the most from 1981 to 2000, 44% of today’s homes

Baker Lake has an unusual share of homes built from 2001 to 2015: 26%, where most towns have 15%. Count back from today and half of Baker Lake’s homes are older than 2001. 24% of Baker Lake’s homes were built from 1961 to 1980, close to the typical town’s 27%.

1.7%

Before 1961

24%

1961–80

44%

1981–2000

26%

2001–15

5.2%

2016–21

Baker LakeTypical 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

Baker Lake in brief

Its housing is young: only 1.7% predates 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).