A younger housing stock: 100% of Sanikiluaq’s homes are from 1961 on

Sanikiluaq’s share is 0 times the typical 18%. From 2016 to 2021 the town added 11% of its homes, against 4.1% in the typical town.

Homes by age

Sanikiluaq’s building boom came from 1981 to 2000: 42% of its homes

31% of Sanikiluaq’s homes were built from 2001 to 2015, more than the typical town’s 15%. Homes built from 1961 to 1980 make up just 18% of Sanikiluaq’s, against 27% in the typical town. More than half of Sanikiluaq’s housing predates 2001.

Before 1961

18%

1961–80

42%

1981–2000

31%

2001–15

11%

2016–21

SanikiluaqTypical 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

Sanikiluaq in brief

Its oldest homes, those from before 1961, are 0% of the total, 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).