Photo: Patricia · CC BY-SA 3.0A median age of 22.8: Pond Inlet is younger than 99% of Canadian towns
The average household has 4.3 people, against 2.4 across Canada’s towns. Pond Inlet has more residents aged 15 to 24 than 94% of Canadian towns, at 15%. Its population is down 4% on 2016. The share of residents with no religion stands at 19%.
What stands out about the people of Pond Inlet
First Nations, Métis and Inuit residents
An Indigenous identity is reported by 95% of residents, more than in 99% of Canadian towns. 0% are Registered or Treaty Indians and 85% grew up speaking an Indigenous language. Identity & religion ↓
Younger than most towns
Pond Inlet’s median age is 22.8; the typical median across Canadian towns is 42. 37% are under 15 and 3.9% are 65 or over. Ages ↓
A town of renters
92% of households rent their home, more than in 99% of Canadian towns; 2.7% live in an apartment. Homes ↓
Common-law couples
Common-law unions take in 35% of adults, more than in 98% of Canadian towns, while 16% are married. Couples ↓
Written from the data on this page: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census.
From 2016 to 2021, 94% of Canadian towns grew faster than Pond Inlet: −4%
Unless a figure says otherwise, it is from the 2021 Census. Two census counts, five years apart, and Statistics Canada’s newest estimate.
Change, 2016 to 2021
By July 2025, the estimate had risen a further 14%.
3.9% of residents are 65 or over, below 99% of Canadian towns
Share of residents in each five-year band; the tick is the typical town.
0–4 is the most common age band: 13% of residents, 2.8 times the share across Canada’s towns. Compared with other places, children under 15 are common here: 37%, more than in 99% of Canadian towns. As a yardstick, 19% of residents are 65 or over across Canada’s towns.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split.
More one-parent families than 95% of Canadian towns: 14%
Who shares a home: household types and sizes.
Against Canada’s towns
People per household
Canada’s towns.
16% of households are one person living alone; across Canada’s towns the figure is 27%. Measured more widely, 8.2% of households are one-parent families across Canada’s towns.
Common-law partners make up 35% in Pond Inlet, more than in 98% of Canadian towns
Marital status of residents 15 and over, with common-law couples counted apart.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
Singles who have never married make up 41% of adults, beside a typical 27%. 16% of residents 15 and over are married. Common-law partners make up 11% across Canada’s towns.
92% of households rent their home, a share 99% of Canadian towns don’t reach
Houses and apartments, owners and renters, older and newer homes. 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
Here 47% of households live in a single-detached house, where the figure across Canada’s towns is 64%. Newer homes outnumber old: 32% date from 2001 or later, 4.1% from before 1961. Households in buildings of five or more storeys are rarer here than in 74% of Canadian towns. Against that, 25% of households rent their home across Canada’s towns.
$99,000 a year: where the middle household sits
Census incomes cover 2020, when emergency benefits like CERB lifted many households’ totals. Income per household, before tax, with the groups it falls into.
Households by income · share of households
The median across Canada’s towns is $86,000; Pond Inlet’s, at $99,000, is 15% higher. In 2020, 33% of income recipients drew a COVID-19 emergency or recovery benefit; the typical town had 28%.
Pond Inlet sits below 79% of Canadian towns for residents who moved in within the year (8.3%)
Immigrants by continent of birth and when they arrived, citizenship, and who moved in recently.
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
The share of immigrants trails 99% of Canadian towns: 0.6%. Residents without Canadian citizenship are rarer here than in 95% of Canadian towns. Set beside that, just over one in ten residents lived at another address a year earlier across Canada’s towns.
95% of residents have an Indigenous identity, a share 99% of Canadian towns don’t reach
Residents’ own answers on visible minority, Indigenous identity and religion.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
Visible minority: 1.3% (Canada’s towns: 15%). For comparison, 2.8% of residents have an Indigenous identity across Canada’s towns.
7.1% have a mother tongue other than English or French
English, French and the other languages people grew up with or speak at home.
Can hold a conversation in · share of all residents
Mother tongue · share of all residents
Residents whose mother tongue is French make up 0.3%, against 1.5% across Canada’s towns. Locally, 1.3% of residents speak English and French.
In Pond Inlet, 8.8% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher, fewer than in 98% of Canadian towns
The highest diploma or degree of adults of working age (25 to 64).
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
No certificate at all: 49%, against 9.5%. By way of comparison, 27% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher across Canada’s towns.
Employment: 41% of residents 15 and over had a job
The census counted work in May 2021, mid-pandemic, so read these rates as a pandemic snapshot. The census’s work rates at a glance. Jobs, industries and the commute are on Work & commute.
Across Canada’s towns the typical rate is 58%, above this 41%; 3.9% 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. The Census Profile has no unpaid care, cars or internet access, and no change by age since 2016; ethnic origins beyond visible minority and Indigenous identity aren’t charted here.
Questions about Pond Inlet’s residents
What is the median income in Pond Inlet?
The median household in Pond Inlet took in $99,000 in 2020, against $86,000 across Canada’s towns.
What is the population of Pond Inlet?
Pond Inlet had about 1,765 residents in July 2025, Statistics Canada estimates; the 2021 Census counted 1,555, 4% fewer than 2016.
What is the average age in Pond Inlet?
A median age of 22.8. Children under 15 make up 37%, and people 65 and over 3.9%.
Is Pond Inlet bilingual?
Across Canada’s towns a typical 7.5% are bilingual; here 1.3% are. Another 0% speak only French and 90% only English, and French is the first language of 0.3%.
How diverse is Pond Inlet?
0.6% of residents are immigrants (Canada’s towns: 17%); 1.3% belong to a visible minority and 95% have an Indigenous identity.
What religion are people in Pond Inlet?
77% are Christian and 19% have no religion; 3.5% follow another religion.
Is Pond Inlet good for families?
Under 15: 37% (Canada’s towns: 16%). Couple families: 43% of households. One-parent families: 14%. Schools near Pond Inlet are on its Schools page.
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).