Photo: OhanaUnited Talk page · CC BY-SA 4.0A median age of 26.8: Kugluktuk is younger than 99% of Canadian towns
Across Canada’s towns, households average 2.4 people; in Kugluktuk, 3.5. With about 1,529 residents in July 2025, Kugluktuk counted 395 households at the 2021 Census. The share of residents aged 15 to 24 stands at 15%. Fewer immigrants than in 96% of Canadian towns: 1.4%.
What stands out about the people of Kugluktuk
First Nations, Métis and Inuit residents
90% of residents identify as First Nations, Métis or Inuit, more than in 99% of Canadian towns; 0% are Registered or Treaty Indians, and 18% have an Indigenous mother tongue. Identity & religion ↓
Younger than most towns
Half of Kugluktuk’s residents are under 26.8 and half over; the typical median across Canadian towns is 42. 32% are under 15 and 6.1% are 65 or over. Ages ↓
A town of renters
80% of households rent their home, more than in 99% of Canadian towns; 1.3% live in an apartment. Homes ↓
Fewer people than before
Kugluktuk went from 1,491 people in 2016 to 1,382 in 2021, −7%: slower growth than in 99% of Canadian towns. Population change ↓
Written from the data on this page: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census.
Slower than most: −7% since 2016, behind 99% of Canadian towns
Figures are from the 2021 Census unless dated otherwise. Two census counts, five years apart, and Statistics Canada’s newest estimate.
Change, 2016 to 2021
For comparison, Canada’s towns changed by a median +4%. By July 2025, the estimate had risen a further 11%.
Below 98% of Canadian towns: 6.1% of residents are 65 or over
Residents by five-year age band, each beside the typical town (the tick).
32% of residents are under 15; across Canada’s towns the figure is 16%. The usual figure: 19% of residents are 65 or over across Canada’s towns.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About 105 men for every 100 women.
Above 99% of Canadian towns: 23% of households are one-parent families
Households by family type and by the number of people in them.
Against Canada’s towns
People per household
Canada’s towns.
With one-person households at 18%, Kugluktuk is behind 84% of Canadian towns on that count. Across Canada’s towns, nearly one in ten households are one-parent families.
20% of residents 15 and over are married, below 99% of Canadian towns
Married, common-law, single: residents 15 and over.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
Singles who have never married make up 46% of adults, beside a typical 27%. Across Kugluktuk, 25% of residents 15 and over live common-law.
More renter households than 99% of Canadian towns: 80%
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
The share of households in single-detached houses trails 73% of Canadian towns: 46%. The comparison figure for renter households is 25% across Canada’s towns. 30% of homes were built in 2001 or later, more than the 6.3% built before 1961. Households in buildings of five or more storeys are rarer here than in nearly three quarters of Canadian towns.
Household income, middle of the range: $83,000 a year
The income year is 2020: a year of pandemic benefits such as CERB, which the figures count. What households took in before tax, at the middle and across income groups.
Households by income · share of households
Kugluktuk’s median household took in $83,000 before tax, about the median across Canada’s towns ($86,000). In 2020, 50% of income recipients drew a COVID-19 emergency or recovery benefit; the typical town had 28%.
1.4% of residents are immigrants
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
Residents without Canadian citizenship are rarer here than in 99% of Canadian towns. On the census count, 11% of residents lived at another address a year earlier.
Above 99% of Canadian towns: 90% of residents have an Indigenous identity
Identity and faith, in the census’s categories.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
Across Canada’s towns, 35% of residents said they have no religion; in Kugluktuk, 30%. Locally, 1.1% of residents belong to a visible minority. Set beside that, 2.8% of residents have an Indigenous identity across Canada’s towns.
English is the mother tongue of 71%, and 1.4% speak French as well
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
7.5% of residents speak English and French across Canada’s towns, against 1.4% in Kugluktuk. Across Kugluktuk, 0.4% of residents have French as their mother tongue.
Fewer degree holders aged 25 to 64 than 99% of Canadian towns: 6.3%
Education of residents 25 to 64, by highest credential.
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
With no certificate, diploma or degree: 55%, beside a typical 9.5%. Against that, 27% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher across Canada’s towns.
Employment: 40% of residents 15 and over had a job
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.
At 40%, fewer residents are in work than the typical 58% across Canada’s towns, and 6.1% are 65 or over.
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- The census’s own words. In the census, “visible minority” is the Employment Equity Act’s term for people who are non-white in colour or race and not Indigenous. Like immigrant status, Indigenous identity and religion, which residents reported themselves, it is compared with other towns, never turned into a label.
- 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. Some things the page can’t show: the Census Profile asks nothing about unpaid care, cars or internet access, and gives no change by age since 2016. Ethnic origins beyond visible minority and Indigenous identity aren’t charted.
Questions about Kugluktuk’s residents
What is the population of Kugluktuk?
Kugluktuk had about 1,529 residents in July 2025, Statistics Canada estimates; the 2021 Census counted 1,382, 7% fewer than 2016.
What is the average age in Kugluktuk?
A median age of 26.8. Children under 15 make up 32%, and people 65 and over 6.1%.
Is Kugluktuk bilingual?
Across Canada’s towns a typical 7.5% are bilingual; here 1.4% are. Another 0% speak only French and 98% only English, and French is the first language of 0.4%.
How diverse is Kugluktuk?
1.4% of residents are immigrants (Canada’s towns: 17%); 1.1% belong to a visible minority and 90% have an Indigenous identity.
What religion are people in Kugluktuk?
67% are Christian and 30% have no religion; 2.2% follow another religion.
Is Kugluktuk good for families?
Under 15: 32% (Canada’s towns: 16%). Couple families: 41% of households. One-parent families: 23%. Schools near Kugluktuk are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Kugluktuk?
The median household in Kugluktuk took in $83,000 in 2020, against $86,000 across Canada’s towns.
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).