Photo: BaShildy . · CC BY 3.0Younger than 99% of Canadian towns: half of Igloolik is under 20.2
Recent arrivals are 100% of immigrants (2011 to 2021), beside 27% across Canada’s towns. Lower than in 96% of Canadian towns: 12% of households are one person living alone. With about 2,444 residents in July 2025, Igloolik counted 390 households at the 2021 Census. On the census count, a fifth of residents are aged 15 to 24.
What stands out about the people of Igloolik
First Nations, Métis and Inuit residents
95% of residents identify as First Nations, Métis or Inuit, more than in 99% of Canadian towns; 0% are Registered or Treaty Indians, and 89% have an Indigenous mother tongue. Identity & religion ↓
Younger than most towns
Half of Igloolik’s residents are under 20.2 and half over; the typical median across Canadian towns is 42. 38% are under 15 and 3.2% are 65 or over. Ages ↓
A town of renters
90% of households rent their home, more than in 99% of Canadian towns; 0% live in an apartment. Homes ↓
Growing faster than most
Igloolik went from 1,744 people in 2016 to 2,049 in 2021, +18%: faster growth than in 94% of Canadian towns. Population change ↓
Written from the data on this page: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census.
Igloolik grew +18% from 2016 to 2021, faster than 94% of Canadian towns
The figures are the 2021 Census’s, except where another date is given. Two census counts, five years apart, and Statistics Canada’s newest estimate.
Change, 2016 to 2021
The median across Canada’s towns was +4%. By July 2025, the estimate had risen a further 19%.
Only 3.2% of residents are 65 or over in Igloolik
Residents by five-year age band, each beside the typical town (the tick).
By its share of children under 15 (38%), Igloolik is above 99% of Canadian towns. Across the comparison, 19% of residents are 65 or over across Canada’s towns.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
47% women, 53% men
About 114 men for every 100 women.
Igloolik households average 5.2 people, larger than in 99% of Canadian towns
Private households by type and size.
Against Canada’s towns
People per household
Canada’s towns.
Across Canada’s towns, couple families are 53% of households and one-parent families 8.2%; here, 35% and 11%.
Married residents 15 and over make up 19% in Igloolik, less than in 99% of Canadian towns
Married, common-law, single: residents 15 and over.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
Here nearly a quarter of residents 15 and over live common-law, where the figure across Canada’s towns is 11%. Just over half of adults have never married and don’t live common-law (typical: 27%).
A higher share of renter households than 99% of Canadian towns, at 90%
Dwelling types, tenure and age of the housing. 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 74% of Canadian towns. The comparison figure for renter households is 25% across Canada’s towns. On the census count, 52% of households live in a single-detached house. Nearly two in five homes need major repairs, against a typical 5.8%.
Half of households earn more than $89,000 a year
Incomes are 2020’s, the census’s reference year, and include pandemic benefits such as CERB. Income per household, before tax, with the groups it falls into.
Households by income · share of households
Igloolik’s median household took in $89,000 before tax, about the median across Canada’s towns ($86,000). In 2020, 22% of income recipients drew a COVID-19 emergency or recovery benefit; the typical town had 28%.
Below 99% of Canadian towns: 4.8% of residents lived at another address a year earlier
Where immigrants were born and when they came, and how recently residents moved in.
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
0.5% of residents are immigrants; across Canada’s towns the figure is 17%. Set beside that, just over one in ten residents lived at another address a year earlier across Canada’s towns. Residents without Canadian citizenship are rarer here than in 96% of Canadian towns.
Igloolik ranks above 99% of Canadian towns on Indigenous residents: 95%
Visible minority, Indigenous identity and religion, as residents answered the census.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
Visible minority residents: 0.7% here and 15% across Canada’s towns. Residents with no religion are rarer here than in 94% of Canadian towns. Indigenous residents: 2.8% across Canada’s towns, for comparison.
Beyond English and French: 4.6% grew up with another language
The official languages residents can speak, and the ones they learned first.
Can hold a conversation in · share of all residents
Mother tongue · share of all residents
At home: English 11%, French 0.2%. Fewer bilingual residents than in 99% of Canadian towns: 1%.
Fewer degree holders aged 25 to 64 than 99% of Canadian towns: 6.9%
From no certificate to a master’s: residents 25 to 64.
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
With no certificate, diploma or degree: 52%, beside a typical 9.5%. The usual figure: 27% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher across Canada’s towns.
38% of residents 15 and over were in work
Counted in May 2021, during COVID-19, these rates catch the job market before it had recovered. Work, briefly: employment, unemployment, participation and working from home. Jobs, industries and the commute are on Work & commute.
Across Canada’s towns the typical rate is 58%, above this 38%; 3.2% of residents are 65 or over.
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- The census’s own words. These are self-reported answers: Indigenous identity, immigrant status, religion. The census’s “visible minority” comes from the Employment Equity Act (non-white in colour or race, Indigenous peoples aside), and the page sets each beside other towns without labelling any.
- 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.
Questions about Igloolik’s residents
How diverse is Igloolik?
Immigrants: 0.5% (Canada’s towns: 17%). Visible minority: 0.7%. Indigenous identity: 95%.
What religion are people in Igloolik?
15% said they have no religion and 86% that they are Christian; 0% named another faith.
Is Igloolik good for families?
38% of residents are under 15 (Canada’s towns: 16%); couple families are 35% of households and one-parent families 11%. Schools near Igloolik are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Igloolik?
Half of Igloolik’s households had more than $89,000 in 2020, before tax; across Canada’s towns the median was $86,000.
What is the population of Igloolik?
About 2,444, by Statistics Canada’s estimate for July 2025. The 2021 Census found 2,049 people in Igloolik, 18% more than 2016.
What is the average age in Igloolik?
The median age is 20.2. 38% are under 15 and 3.2% 65 or older.
Is Igloolik bilingual?
Across Canada’s towns a typical 7.5% are bilingual; here 1% are. Another 0% speak only French and 88% only English, and French is the first language of 0%.
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).