Photo: Ansgar Walk · CC BY-SA 2.5Clyde River is younger than 99% of Canadian towns: a median age of 21.8
A household here has 4.6 people on average; across Canada’s towns, 2.4. More residents aged 15 to 24 than in 98% of Canadian towns: 18%. The latest estimate, for July 2025, is 1,319 residents; the 2021 Census found 260 households. 4.8% of residents lived at another address a year earlier.
What stands out about the people of Clyde River
First Nations, Métis and Inuit residents
98% of residents identify as First Nations, Métis or Inuit, more than in 99% of Canadian towns; 0% are Registered or Treaty Indians, and 95% have an Indigenous mother tongue. Identity & religion ↓
Younger than most towns
Half of Clyde River’s residents are under 21.8 and half over; the typical median across Canadian towns is 42. 37% are under 15 and 3.4% are 65 or over. Ages ↓
A town of renters
Renters are 87% of households, more than in 99% of Canadian towns, and 7.7% of households live in an apartment. Homes ↓
Common-law couples
Common-law unions take in 31% of adults, more than in 95% of Canadian towns, while 23% are married. Couples ↓
Written from the data on this page: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census.
Since 2016, Clyde River has grown +12%, faster than 88% of Canadian towns
All figures are the 2021 Census’s unless another date is shown. Residents at the 2016 and 2021 censuses and the latest estimate, with the 2016–2021 change beside other towns.
Change, 2016 to 2021
Across Canada’s towns the median change was +4%.
Residents aged 65 and over: 3.4%, a lower share than 99% of Canadian towns
Age bands of five years, the town’s bars against the typical town’s ticks.
Where 16% of residents are under 15 across Canada’s towns, Clyde River has 37%. As a reference point, 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.
Only 12% of households are one person living alone in Clyde River
Private households by type and size.
Against Canada’s towns
People per household
Canada’s towns.
Against a figure of 8.2% across Canada’s towns, the share of one-parent families in Clyde River comes in at 12%. The benchmark for one-person households across Canada’s towns: 27%.
Clyde River: 31% of residents 15 and over live common-law, above 95% of Canadian towns
Residents 15 and over by marital status; the census counts common-law couples separately.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
Singles who have never married make up 43% of adults, beside a typical 27%. At 23%, the share of married residents 15 and over is lower than in 98% of Canadian towns. The benchmark for common-law partners across Canada’s towns: 11%.
87% of households rent their home, more than in 99% 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
Set against 64% across Canada’s towns, 52% of households live in a single-detached house in Clyde River. As a reference point, a quarter of households rent their home across Canada’s towns. Households in buildings of five or more storeys are rarer here than in 74% of Canadian towns.
Half of households earn more than $100,000 a year
Incomes are 2020’s, the census’s reference year, and include pandemic benefits such as CERB. What households took in before tax, at the middle and across income groups.
Households by income · share of households
Household incomes run high in Clyde River: half had more than $100,000, 16% above the median across Canada’s towns ($86,000). COVID-19 benefits were paid to 37% of residents with an income, where the typical town had 28%.
0% 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
Residents without Canadian citizenship are rarer here than in 99% of Canadian towns.
In Clyde River, 98% of residents have an Indigenous identity, more than in 99% of Canadian towns
Visible minority, Indigenous identity and religion, as residents answered the census.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
The figure for residents with no religion is 33% in Clyde River and 35% across Canada’s towns. The benchmark for Indigenous residents across Canada’s towns: 2.8%.
Beyond English and French: 1.7% grew up with another language
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
Residents whose mother tongue is French are rarer here than in 99% of Canadian towns. Locally, 0.4% of residents speak English and French.
Clyde River sits below 99% of Canadian towns for degree holders aged 25 to 64 (3.1%)
From no certificate to a master’s: residents 25 to 64.
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
67% of those aged 25 to 64 have no formal credential, where the typical town has 9.5%.
34% of adults were employed in May 2021
May 2021 was still a pandemic month: the census’s work figures reflect that. The census’s labour rates, in brief. Jobs, industries and the commute are on Work & commute.
At 34%, fewer residents are in work than the typical 58% across Canada’s towns, and 3.4% are 65 or over.
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. For origins the charts stop at visible minority and Indigenous identity, and the Census Profile has nothing on unpaid care, cars or the internet, or on change by age since 2016.
- The census’s own words. Indigenous identity, immigrant status and religion are as residents answered them. “Visible minority” follows the Employment Equity Act, meaning people other than Indigenous peoples who are non-white in colour or race. We compare these figures across towns; none is a label for a town.
Questions about Clyde River’s residents
What religion are people in Clyde River?
Christian: 66%. No religion: 33%. Another religion: 0.8%.
Is Clyde River good for families?
Across Canada’s towns, a typical 16% of residents are under 15; here, 37%. 49% of households are couple families and 12% one-parent families. Schools near Clyde River are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Clyde River?
$100,000 before tax, in 2020: the middle household’s income in Clyde River (Canada’s towns: $86,000).
What is the population of Clyde River?
Statistics Canada estimates 1,319 residents for July 2025; the 2021 Census counted 1,181 in Clyde River, 12% more than 2016.
What is the average age in Clyde River?
21.8 is the median age. Under 15: 37%. 65 and over: 3.4%.
Is Clyde River bilingual?
English and French: 0.4% speak both (Canada’s towns: 7.5%). English only: 87%. French only: 0%. French mother tongue: 0%.
How diverse is Clyde River?
Immigrants make up 0% of residents, against 17% across Canada’s towns. 0% are members of a visible minority, and 98% are First Nations, Métis or Inuit.
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).