Coral HarbourNunavut
Its population rose 16% from 2016 to 2021. It is a town of 1,200 residents in Nunavut.
Is Coral Harbour a good place to live?
Coral Harbour’s best grade is for hazard risk (A+). Walking, cycling and public transport work well here (A+). Where it falls short is health (D−). It lags on safety as well (D−). The typical owner put their home at $236,000 in 2021: 2.2 years of the median household’s income.
Figures: home values and income: Statistics Canada, Census 2021. An overall grade comes at 2,500 residents for Canadian towns; Coral Harbour has its subject grades alone.
This town's rent is the 2021 census rent scaled to 2025 by its province's ratio of surveyed to census rents: no rental survey covers it, so its Cost Grade is less sure. No Cost Grade: fewer than 30% of households own their home here, so neither the home value nor the rent is a market price. Safety is the police detachment's figure, shared with the towns and countryside around it. No School Grade: this province doesn't publish comparable results school by school. Health is graded on the health region's survey figures and life expectancy, with the distance to hospital giving the town its own spread.
What makes Coral Harbour stand out
The 3 things Coral Harbour does most differently from other towns.
How Coral Harbour grades
Each subject compares Coral Harbour with Canadian towns of 2,500 or more, ordered by how far it is from the middle. Towns in other countries are graded separately.
An overall grade comes at 2,500 residents for Canadian towns; Coral Harbour has its subject grades alone.
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The data
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Coral Harbour.
For health, Coral Harbour sits behind almost every Canadian town
Age-standardised, nearly two fifths of the region’s adults put their health at very good or excellent, lower than Canadian towns (52%). For 2022/2024, the region’s figure is 70.9 years at birth, 72.4 for women and 69.4 for men. Closer to home, a hospital is 467 km from the average resident of Coral Harbour, and 100% live more than 30 km away. For health survey and life expectancy, the only official count covers all of the Nunavut health region, Coral Harbour included.
Very good or excellent health · adults, age-standardised
| Health | Coral Harbour | Nunavut | Canada |
|---|---|---|---|
| Very good or excellent health | 39% | – | 52% |
| Smokers | 63% | – | 12% |
| Life expectancy at birth | 70.9 | – | 81.5 |
| Chronic conditions (average share) | 20% | – | 17% |
Statistics Canada, Canadian Community Health Survey 2023/2024 and life expectancy 2022/2024; Open Database of Healthcare Facilities
Coral Harbour faces fewer hazards than almost every Canadian town
Shaking is less of a worry than in most places, at $0.012 a year per $1,000 of building value ($0.030 typical). Flood mapping: none on the national inventory for Coral Harbour.
Radon tests above the guideline · share of tested homes, 200 Bq/m³
| Hazards | Coral Harbour | Nunavut | Canada |
|---|---|---|---|
| Radon tests above the guideline | 0% | – | 6.6% |
| Earthquake loss per $1,000 of buildings a year | $0.012 | – | $0.030 |
NRCan seismic risk model and burned areas, Health Canada radon survey, the Flood Hazard Map Inventory
Rent takes less of local pay in Coral Harbour than in Canadian towns: 2% of household income
Owners make up 18% of households. 4% of households spent 30% or more of their income on shelter, lower than Canadian towns (18%).
What homes were worth · The median owner’s estimate at the 2021 census
| Census 2021 | Coral Harbour | Nunavut | Canada |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rent as a share of income | 2% | – | 20% |
| Households owning their home | 18% | – | 74% |
| Households spending 30%+ on shelter | 4% | – | 18% |
| Median home value, 2021 | $236,000 | – | $406,000 |
Statistics Canada, Census 2021; CMHC Rental Market Survey via Statistics Canada · These are 2021 census values, as owners judged them, set against household income in 2020.
Crime runs heavier where Coral Harbour is policed than in Canadian towns, at an index of 318
Violent incidents in its police area came to 107.8 per 1,000 residents a year, above Canadian towns (12). Thefts, break-ins and damage add up to 199.1 per 1,000 residents a year where it is policed.
Year by year · Crime Severity Index for each year
| 2023–2025 | Coral Harbour | Nunavut | Canada |
|---|---|---|---|
| Crime Severity Index | 318 | – | 67 |
| Violent Crime Severity Index | 479 | – | 86 |
| Violent crime | 107.8 | – | 12 |
| Property crime per 1,000 | 199.1 | – | 31.2 |
Statistics Canada, Uniform Crime Reporting Survey, 2023–2025 average · Crime Severity Index, Violent Crime Severity Index, violent crime and property crime per 1,000 published for the Coral Harbour detachment area, not by town
More of Coral Harbour’s residents have an Indigenous identity than in Canadian towns: 94%
1.4% of residents belong to a visible minority, below Canadian towns (15%).
Ages · Share of residents in each age group, Census 2021
Schooling · Highest qualification, residents 15 and over
Women and men · all residents
48.8% of Coral Harbour’s residents are women
Census 2021 put women at 505 and men at 530; women are 50.9% of Canada.
| Coral Harbour | Nunavut | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 38% | – | 16% |
| 15 to 64 | 59% | – | 64% |
| 65+ | 4.3% | – | 19% |
| No certificate, diploma or degree | 57% | – | 16% |
| Postsecondary qualification | 22% | – | 56% |
Statistics Canada, Census 2021; Nunavut and Canada: medians of towns of 2,500+
No high school in or near Coral Harbour: the closest is 316 km off
| School | Level | Students | System |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sakku SchoolIn Coral HarbourElementary | Elementary | – | English public |
| Schools within 3 km | Coral Harbour | Nunavut | Canada |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nearest secondary school | 316 km | – | 1.2 km |
| Nearest elementary school | 316 km | – | 0.5 km |
Statistics Canada’s Open Database of Educational Facilities · Why no schools grade in Nunavut? The province publishes no results school by school.
Coral Harbour has cooler summers than Canadian towns: July highs of 14.8°C
A normal January night drops to −33.2°C, lower than Canadian towns (−13.5°C). For the wettest month, look to August: 50 mm on average.
Average high by season · ECCC normals, 1991–2020
| Normals, 1991–2020 | Coral Harbour | Nunavut | Canada |
|---|---|---|---|
| July afternoon high | 14.8°C | – | 25.5°C |
| January night low | −33.2°C | – | −13.5°C |
| Precipitation a year | 329 mm | – | 883 mm |
Environment and Climate Change Canada, Canadian Climate Normals 1991–2020 (Coral Harbour)
Fewer commuters in Coral Harbour drive than in Canadian towns: 49%
The commute to work averages 11 min.
How working residents got to work · census 2021
| Census 2021 | Coral Harbour | Nunavut | Canada |
|---|---|---|---|
| Car or van | 49% | – | 89% |
| Average trip | 11 min | – | 26 min |
Statistics Canada, Census 2021 (labour and commuting) · These are May 2021 figures, gathered while COVID-19 kept many people home or out of work.
In Coral Harbour, November normally means −11°C afternoons and −20°C nights
November normally sees 28 mm of precipitation. Then December: −19°C by day, −28°C at night. Also worth knowing: across the year, normals run from −34°C nights in February to 15°C afternoons in July. For today and the week ahead, the Weather page carries ECCC’s Coral Harbour forecast.
Normal highs, the months ahead · ECCC normals, 1991–2020
| Season | High | Low | Rain and snow |
|---|---|---|---|
| Winter | −23°C | −32°C | 61 mm |
| Spring | −11°C | −20°C | 67 mm |
| Summer | 11°C | 3°C | 105 mm |
| Autumn | −3°C | −10°C | 95 mm |
ECCC normals, 1991–2020 (Coral Harbour); the forecast is on the Weather page
Fewer of Nunavut voted in 2021 than in most ridings: 34%, behind 99%
Coral Harbour’s riding for the Legislative Assembly of Nunavut isn’t shown: no open file of the province’s riding boundaries could be found.
Wikidata, MAMH, MMAH, Statistics Canada
No public library is mapped in or near Coral Harbour
Visits and loans aren’t published as open data in Nunavut, so this page has none for Coral Harbour.
Provincial library statistics, OpenStreetMap, the CRA and Statistics Canada
No protected area lies within 10 km of Coral Harbour
No national park lies within 100 km. Within 5 km lie 15 beaches, unnamed on the map.
Protected land · of the land within 10 km
| Outdoors | Coral Harbour | Nunavut | Canada |
|---|---|---|---|
| Protected land within 10 km | 0% | – | 2.3% |
| Public protected areas within 10 km | 0 | – | 4 |
Canadian Protected and Conserved Areas Database (CPCAD), OpenStreetMap routes and beaches
Since 1961: 96% of the homes in Coral Harbour
| Heritage | Coral Harbour | Nunavut | Canada |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homes built before 1961 | 4.4% | – | 18% |
Canadian Register of Historic Places, Directory of Federal Heritage Designations, Québec’s Répertoire du patrimoine culturel, Wikidata; Census 2021 homes by period
Everything we know about Coral Harbour
Famous people from Coral Harbour
4 notable people were born in Coral Harbour.
Questions about Coral Harbour
Has Coral Harbour grown?
Between the 2016 and 2021 censuses it went from 891 to 1,035 residents (up 16.2%; Canadian towns’ median: 4.1%), and Statistics Canada now estimates 1,200.
How old are the people of Coral Harbour?
The typical resident is 21 (Canadian towns: 45.2), with seniors at 4% of the population and under-15s at 38%.
What kind of homes are in Coral Harbour?
Mostly 56% single-detached houses (the median of Canadian towns: 64%), with 0% of homes in buildings of five or more storeys. Households hold 4.6 people on average, and 13% have just one.
About Coral Harbour
Town in Nunavut
Statistics Canada treats Coral Harbour as a single census subdivision in Nunavut, and TownRatings keeps to that line.
Statistics Canada: population estimates 2025 (17-10-0155), Census of Population 2021, 2021 census boundaries.
- Population
- 1,200 (people, 2025 estimate)
- Province or territory
- Nunavut
- Census division
- Kivalliq
- Metro area
- Territories (outside CAs, Nvt.) / Territoires (à l'extérieur des AR, Nt)
- Census subdivision
- 6205014
Sources: Statistics Canada, Census of Population 2021 · population estimates 2025 (17-10-0155) and 2021 census boundaries · Uniform Crime Reporting Survey 2023–25 (35-10-0026, 35-10-0183 to 35-10-0190) · CMHC rents as published by Statistics Canada (34-10-0133) · grades by TownRatings. 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).