Photo: CambridgeBayWeather · Public domainCambridge Bay is younger than 99% of Canadian towns: a median age of 30.4
The share of residents aged 15 to 24 is 16%, against 11% across Canada’s towns. The census found that 17% of households are one-parent families in Cambridge Bay. The town has fewer households in single-detached houses than 75% of Canadian towns, at 43%. Some 1,931 people live here, by the estimate for July 2025.
What stands out about the people of Cambridge Bay
First Nations, Métis and Inuit residents
83% of residents identify as First Nations, Métis or Inuit, more than in 99% of Canadian towns; 0.6% are Registered or Treaty Indians, and 12% have an Indigenous mother tongue. Identity & religion ↓
Younger than most towns
Line Cambridge Bay’s residents up by age and the one in the middle is 30.4; the typical median across Canadian towns is 42. 24% are under 15 and 6.5% are 65 or over. Ages ↓
A town of renters
77% of households rent their home, more than in 98% of Canadian towns; 14% live in an apartment. Homes ↓
Common-law couples
28% of residents 15 and over live common-law, more than in 91% of Canadian towns; 21% are married. Couples ↓
Written from the data on this page: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census.
Since 2016, Cambridge Bay has changed by ±0%, slower than 79% of Canadian towns
The 2021 Census is the source of every figure here unless a date says otherwise. The census counts of 2016 and 2021, the estimate after them, and the change set beside other towns.
Change, 2016 to 2021
The July 2025 estimate adds another 10%. For comparison, Canada’s towns changed by a median +4%.
Fewer residents aged 65 and over than 98% of Canadian towns: 6.5%
Age bands of five years, the town’s bars against the typical town’s ticks.
The figure for children under 15 is 24% in Cambridge Bay and 16% across Canada’s towns. Set beside that, 19% of residents are 65 or over across Canada’s towns.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split.
3.1 people per household, more than in 92% of Canadian towns
Household types, then household sizes.
Against Canada’s towns
People per household
Canada’s towns.
The share of one-person households is 21%, against 27% across Canada’s towns.
Cambridge Bay ranks above 91% of Canadian towns on common-law partners: 28%
Residents 15 and over by marital status; the census counts common-law couples separately.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
42% of adults have never married and don’t live common-law (typical: 27%). Few places have so few married residents 15 and over: 21% here, fewer than in 98% of Canadian towns. Across Canada’s towns, common-law partners come to 11%.
Renter households make up 77% in Cambridge Bay, more than in 98% of Canadian towns
Occupied homes by type, by owners and renters, and by when they were built. Prices, rents and shelter costs are on Cost of living.
Type of home
Owners and renters · share of households
When homes were built · share of homes
Households in buildings of five or more storeys are rarer here than in nearly three quarters of Canadian towns. By way of comparison, a quarter of households rent their home across Canada’s towns. Newer homes outnumber old: 32% date from 2001 or later, 2.6% from before 1961. 21% of homes need major repairs, against a typical 5.8%.
The middle household earns $128,000 a year
Incomes here are for 2020, the year before the census, CERB and other pandemic benefits included. Household income before tax: the median, and households by income group.
Households by income · share of households
Half of Cambridge Bay’s households had a total income above $128,000, 49% more than the median across Canada’s towns ($86,000). Emergency and recovery benefits reached 33% of those with an income, beside a typical 28%.
4.3% of residents are immigrants
Immigrants, newcomers and movers.
Immigrants, by continent of birth · share of all residents; the bar runs to 20%
When immigrants arrived · share of immigrants
Citizenship and moving · share of residents
Across Canada’s towns, 17% of residents are immigrants; in Cambridge Bay, 4.3%. Fewer residents without Canadian citizenship than in 88% of Canadian towns: 1.1%. Most immigrants were born in Asia (38%) or in Africa (31%).
Cambridge Bay: 83% of residents have an Indigenous identity, above 99% of Canadian towns
Visible minority and Indigenous identity, then religion.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
15% of residents belong to a visible minority across Canada’s towns, against 4.6% in Cambridge Bay. Across Cambridge Bay, 47% of residents said they have no religion. Indigenous residents make up 2.8% across Canada’s towns.
English is the mother tongue of 80%, and 2.3% speak French as well
Knowledge of the two official languages, first languages, and the language of home.
Can hold a conversation in · share of all residents
Mother tongue · share of all residents
7.5% of residents speak English and French across Canada’s towns, against 2.3% in Cambridge Bay. Lower than in 77% of Canadian towns: 0.9% of residents have French as their mother tongue. An Indigenous language is the mother tongue of 12%.
A smaller share of degree holders aged 25 to 64 than 87% of Canadian towns: 14%
Highest certificate, diploma or degree of residents aged 25 to 64.
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
No certificate, diploma or degree is held by 38%; in the typical town the share is 9.5%. Across Canada’s towns, 27% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher.
In work on census day: 56% of adults
Counted in May 2021, during COVID-19, these rates catch the job market before it had recovered. The census’s labour rates, in brief. Jobs, industries and the commute are on Work & commute.
Across Canada’s towns the typical rate is 58%, much like this 56%.
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Against Canada’s towns. Nunavut has too few towns of 2,500 or more for a median of its own, so each figure is set beside the median of all Canadian towns of that size (whole cities and First Nations reserves left out).
- What these tables don’t give. Not in the Census Profile: unpaid care, cars, internet access, and how each age group has changed since 2016. We also chart no ethnic origins besides visible minority and Indigenous identity.
- The census’s own words. The census takes “visible minority” from the Employment Equity Act: anyone other than Indigenous peoples who is non-white in colour or race. Indigenous identity, immigrant status and religion are what residents reported, compared here with other towns and never used as a label.
Questions about Cambridge Bay’s residents
Is Cambridge Bay bilingual?
Both official languages are spoken by 2.3% of residents, against a typical 7.5% across Canada’s towns. 97% speak only English and 0.3% only French; 0.9% grew up with French.
How diverse is Cambridge Bay?
Immigrants: 4.3% (Canada’s towns: 17%). Visible minority: 4.6%. Indigenous identity: 83%.
What religion are people in Cambridge Bay?
47% said they have no religion and 51% that they are Christian; 2.3% named another faith.
Is Cambridge Bay good for families?
24% of residents are under 15 (Canada’s towns: 16%); couple families are 40% of households and one-parent families 17%. Schools near Cambridge Bay are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Cambridge Bay?
Half of Cambridge Bay’s households had more than $128,000 in 2020, before tax; across Canada’s towns the median was $86,000.
What is the population of Cambridge Bay?
About 1,931, by Statistics Canada’s estimate for July 2025. The 2021 Census found 1,760 people in Cambridge Bay, about the same as 2016.
What is the average age in Cambridge Bay?
The median age is 30.4. 24% are under 15 and 6.5% 65 or older.
Sources: Statistics Canada, Census Profile, 2021 Census of Population · Statistics Canada, population estimates for 1 July 2025 (table 17-10-0155). 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).