Rankin Inlet’s housing: 98% built from 1961 on

The typical town has 18%: Rankin Inlet has 0.1 times the share. From 2016 to 2021 the town added 6.6% of its homes, against 4.1% in the typical town.

Homes by age

Most of Rankin Inlet’s homes went up from 1981 to 2000: 45%

21% of Rankin Inlet’s homes were built from 2001 to 2015, more than the typical town’s 15%. Over half of the homes in Rankin Inlet were already standing by 2001. Building from 1961 to 1980 gave Rankin Inlet 24% of its homes, near the usual 27%.

2.4%

Before 1961

24%

1961–80

45%

1981–2000

21%

2001–15

6.6%

2016–21

Rankin InletTypical 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

Rankin Inlet in brief

Counted by age, only 2.4% of its homes come from before 1961, against 18% in the typical town.

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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).