Photo: https://www.flickr.com/people/naturallight/ Leslie Philipp · CC BY 2.0Younger than 99% of Canadian towns: half of Naujaat is under 18.4
Across Canada’s towns, 11% of residents are aged 15 to 24; in Naujaat, 19%. This Nunavut town is home to some 1,385 people (July 2025 estimate), in 220 households at the 2021 Census. Here, 14% of households are one person living alone. Fewer immigrants than in 98% of Canadian towns: 0.8%.
What stands out about the people of Naujaat
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 64% have an Indigenous mother tongue. Identity & religion ↓
Younger than most towns
The middle resident of Naujaat is 18.4; the typical median across Canadian towns is 42. 42% are under 15 and 2.9% are 65 or over. Ages ↓
A town of renters
93% of households rent their home, more than in 99% of Canadian towns; 6.7% live in an apartment. Homes ↓
Growing faster than most
Naujaat went from 1,082 people in 2016 to 1,225 in 2021, +13%: faster growth than in 89% of Canadian towns. Population change ↓
Written from the data on this page: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census.
+13% since 2016, a pace 89% of Canadian towns didn’t match
Figures are from the 2021 Census unless dated otherwise. How the population moved between the last two censuses, and since.
Change, 2016 to 2021
Across Canada’s towns the median change was +4%.
In Naujaat, 2.9% of residents are 65 or over, fewer than in 99% of Canadian towns
Every five-year age group as a share of residents; ticks mark the typical town.
The largest age band is 0–4: 16% of residents, 3.2 times the share across Canada’s towns. Against that, 19% of residents are 65 or over across Canada’s towns. 42% of residents are under 15.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
48% women, 52% men
About 107 men for every 100 women.
Naujaat households average 5.5 people, larger than in 99% of Canadian towns
Private households by type and size.
Against Canada’s towns
People per household
Canada’s towns.
The share of one-parent families is 11%, against 8.2% across Canada’s towns.
16% of residents 15 and over live common-law, more than in 78% of Canadian towns
How adults live as couples, or don’t, with common-law unions shown on their own.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
Two in five residents 15 and over are married; across Canada’s towns the figure is 46%. The benchmark for common-law partners across Canada’s towns: 11%.
A higher share of renter households than 99% of Canadian towns, at 93%
The kinds of homes people live in, who owns and who rents, and how old the homes are. 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. Across Canada’s towns, renter households come to 25%. The census found that just over half of households live in a single-detached house in Naujaat. 36% of homes need major repairs, against a typical 5.8%.
Median household income: $101,000 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
Half of Naujaat’s households had a total income above $101,000, 17% more than the median across Canada’s towns ($86,000). COVID-19 benefits were paid to 31% of residents with an income, where the typical town had 28%.
Below 99% of Canadian towns: 5.1% of residents lived at another address a year earlier
Birthplaces and arrival years of immigrants, citizenship and recent moves.
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
Above 99% of Canadian towns: 98% of residents have an Indigenous identity
Visible minority, Indigenous identity and religion, as residents answered the census.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
Here 0.8% of residents belong to a visible minority, where the figure across Canada’s towns is 15%. Compared with other places, residents with no religion are scarce here: 2.9%, fewer than in 99% of Canadian towns. Across the comparison, 2.8% of residents have an Indigenous identity across Canada’s towns.
Beyond English and French: 31% grew up with another language
Who can speak English and French, mother tongue, and the language spoken most at home.
Can hold a conversation in · share of all residents
Mother tongue · share of all residents
72% most often speak a language other than English or French at home, and 5.3% speak neither official language. Bilingual residents are rarer here than in 99% of Canadian towns.
Degree holders aged 25 to 64 make up 3.4% in Naujaat, less than in 99% of Canadian towns
From no certificate to a master’s: residents 25 to 64.
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
Some 68% have no certificate, diploma or degree, against a typical 9.5%. Across Canada’s towns, 27% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher.
36% of adults were employed in May 2021
These rates date from May 2021, during the pandemic, and run lower than a normal year’s. Four labour figures from the census. Jobs, industries and the commute are on Work & commute.
36% of residents 15 and over have a job, against a typical 58% across Canada’s towns; 2.9% are 65 or more.
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 Naujaat’s residents
What is the population of Naujaat?
About 1,385, by Statistics Canada’s estimate for July 2025. The 2021 Census found 1,225 people in Naujaat, 13% more than 2016.
What is the average age in Naujaat?
The median age is 18.4. 42% are under 15 and 2.9% 65 or older.
Is Naujaat bilingual?
0.4% of residents can speak both English and French (typical across Canada’s towns: 7.5%); 0% speak French only and 94% English only. French is the mother tongue of 0%.
How diverse is Naujaat?
Immigrants: 0.8% (Canada’s towns: 17%). Visible minority: 0.8%. Indigenous identity: 98%.
What religion are people in Naujaat?
2.9% said they have no religion and 97% that they are Christian; 0% named another faith.
Is Naujaat good for families?
42% of residents are under 15 (Canada’s towns: 16%); couple families are 38% of households and one-parent families 11%. Schools near Naujaat are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Naujaat?
Half of Naujaat’s households had more than $101,000 in 2020, before tax; across Canada’s towns the median was $86,000.
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).