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2015-09-06 01 Flat terrain coming into Gjoa Haven Airport (YHK)Photo: Gordon Leggett · CC BY-SA 4.0
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History of Gjoa Haven · Canada’s heritage registers

97% of Gjoa Haven’s homes date from 1961 or later

Gjoa Haven’s share is 0.2 times the typical 18%. The newest homes, 2016 to 2021, are 14% of the total, the typical town 4.1%.

Homes by age

Most of Gjoa Haven’s homes went up from 1981 to 2000: 42%

Over half of the homes in Gjoa Haven were already standing by 2001. 22% of Gjoa Haven’s homes date from 2001 to 2015, well above the typical 15%. Gjoa Haven built little from 1961 to 1980: 20% of its homes, where most towns have 27%.

3.4%
Before 1961
20%
1961–80
42%
1981–2000
22%
2001–15
14%
2016–21
Gjoa HavenTypical 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

Gjoa Haven in brief

Before 1961: just 3.4% of its homes, 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).