TaloyoakNunavut
With 1,046 residents, it is a town in Nunavut. The population fell 9% between 2016 and 2021.
Is Taloyoak a good place to live?
Where it does best is hazard risk (A). Work and incomes are strong (B+). Health outcomes fall short of most towns (D−). Crime is the sore point (D−).
Canadian towns get an overall grade from 2,500 residents, so Taloyoak has subject grades only.
This town's rent is the 2021 census rent scaled to 2025 by its province's ratio of surveyed to census rents: no rental survey covers it, so its Cost Grade is less sure. No Cost Grade: fewer than 30% of households own their home here, so neither the home value nor the rent is a market price. Safety is the police detachment's figure, shared with the towns and countryside around it. No School Grade: this province doesn't publish comparable results school by school. Health is graded on the health region's survey figures and life expectancy, with the distance to hospital giving the town its own spread.
How Taloyoak grades
Each subject compares Taloyoak with Canadian towns of 2,500 or more, ordered by how far it is from the middle. Towns in other countries are graded separately.
Canadian towns get an overall grade from 2,500 residents, so Taloyoak has subject grades only.
How TownRatings grades Canadian towns →
What makes Taloyoak stand out
The 3 things Taloyoak does most differently from other towns.
The data
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Taloyoak.
Health in Taloyoak trails almost every Canadian town
The health survey and life expectancy numbers here cover the Nunavut health region
Smoking takes in 63% of adults, age-standardised, higher than Canadian towns (12%). People in the region live to 70.9 on average: 72.4 for women and 69.4 for men in 2022/2024. Self-rated health is ordinary for Nunavut: 39% of the region’s adults say very good or excellent, the province 39%. Closer to home, a hospital is 454 km from the average resident of Taloyoak, and 100% live more than 30 km away.
Very good or excellent health · adults, age-standardised
| Health | Taloyoak | Nunavut | Canada |
|---|---|---|---|
| Very good or excellent health | 39% | – | 52% |
| Smokers | 63% | – | 12% |
| Life expectancy at birth | 70.9 | – | 81.5 |
| Chronic conditions (average share) | 20% | – | 17% |
Statistics Canada, Canadian Community Health Survey 2023/2024 and life expectancy 2022/2024; Open Database of Healthcare Facilities
Violent crime weighs more where Taloyoak is policed than in Canadian towns: a violent severity index of 459
Area-wide: Crime Severity Index, Violent Crime Severity Index, violent crime and property crime per 1,000, counted over the Taloyoak detachment area
Where it is policed, thefts, break-ins and damage came to 352.8 per 1,000 a year, above Canadian towns (31.2). Violent crime in the area its police cover: 97.2 per 1,000 people a year.
Year by year · Crime Severity Index for each year
| 2023–2025 | Taloyoak | Nunavut | Canada |
|---|---|---|---|
| Crime Severity Index | 359 | – | 67 |
| Violent Crime Severity Index | 459 | – | 86 |
| Violent crime | 97.2 | – | 12 |
| Property crime per 1,000 | 352.8 | – | 31.2 |
Statistics Canada, Uniform Crime Reporting Survey, 2023–2025 average
More of Taloyoak’s residents have an Indigenous identity than in Canadian towns: 97%
1.1% of residents belong to a visible minority, lower than Canadian towns (15%).
Ages · Share of residents in each age group, Census 2021
Schooling · Highest qualification, residents 15 and over
Women and men · all residents
Women make up 50.5% of Taloyoak
460 men and 470 women lived here in 2021, against a share of women of 50.9% for Canada.
| Taloyoak | Nunavut | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 39% | – | 16% |
| 15 to 64 | 56% | – | 64% |
| 65+ | 4.8% | – | 19% |
| No certificate, diploma or degree | 72% | – | 16% |
| Postsecondary qualification | 14% | – | 56% |
Statistics Canada, Census 2021; Nunavut and Canada: medians of towns of 2,500+
No high school in or near Taloyoak: the closest is 1,028 km off
| School | Level | Students | System |
|---|---|---|---|
| Netsilik SchoolIn TaloyoakElementary | Elementary | – | English public |
| Schools within 3 km | Taloyoak | Nunavut | Canada |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nearest secondary school | 1,028 km | – | 1.2 km |
| Nearest elementary school | 1,028 km | – | 0.5 km |
Statistics Canada’s Open Database of Educational Facilities · Towns in Nunavut aren’t in the schools rankings: the province publishes no results school by school.
Taloyoak has cooler summers than Canadian towns: July highs of 13.0°C
The coldest nights come in January, when Taloyoak averages a low of −36.6°C. Frosty days number 286 in a normal year, higher than Canadian towns (159). A normal October brings 28 cm of snow, the most of any month. For the wettest month, look to August: 32 mm on average.
Average high by season · ECCC normals, 1991–2020
| Normals, 1991–2020 | Taloyoak | Nunavut | Canada |
|---|---|---|---|
| July afternoon high | 13.0°C | – | 25.5°C |
| January night low | −36.6°C | – | −13.5°C |
| Days with frost a year | 286 | – | 159 |
| Precipitation a year | 197 mm | – | 883 mm |
Environment and Climate Change Canada, Canadian Climate Normals 1991–2020 (Taloyoak)
Taloyoak faces fewer hazards than 87% of Canadian towns
Earthquake risk in Taloyoak is ordinary: NRCan’s model puts building losses at $0.038 a year per $1,000 of value, close to the typical town’s $0.030. No one has filed a flood map for Taloyoak on the national inventory.
Radon tests above the guideline · share of tested homes, 200 Bq/m³
| Hazards | Taloyoak | Nunavut | Canada |
|---|---|---|---|
| Radon tests above the guideline | 0% | – | 6.6% |
| Earthquake loss per $1,000 of buildings a year | $0.038 | – | $0.030 |
NRCan seismic risk model and burned areas, Health Canada radon survey, the Flood Hazard Map Inventory
The car carries only 28% of commuters in Taloyoak, fewer than in Canadian towns
The average trip to work took 8 min, below Canadian towns (26 min).
How working residents got to work · census 2021
| Census 2021 | Taloyoak | Nunavut | Canada |
|---|---|---|---|
| Car or van | 28% | – | 89% |
| Average trip | 8 min | – | 26 min |
Statistics Canada, Census 2021 (labour and commuting) · Census day was in May 2021, mid-pandemic, so commuting and work figures carry the lockdowns’ mark.
Expect November days around −18°C in Taloyoak, nights around −25°C
By December, a normal day reaches −25°C and a night falls to −32°C. About 15 cm of snow falls in a normal November. Also worth knowing: for today and the week ahead, the Weather page carries ECCC’s Taloyoak forecast.
Normal highs, the months ahead · ECCC normals, 1991–2020
| Season | High | Low | Rain and snow |
|---|---|---|---|
| Winter | −28°C | −35°C | 27 mm |
| Spring | −15°C | −24°C | 33 mm |
| Summer | 10°C | 2°C | 72 mm |
| Autumn | −7°C | −13°C | 65 mm |
ECCC normals, 1991–2020 (Taloyoak); the forecast is on the Weather page
Only 34% of electors voted in Nunavut in 2021, fewer than in 99% of Canada’s ridings
Statistics Canada lists Taloyoak as a hamlet.
Wikidata, MAMH, MMAH, Statistics Canada
No public library is mapped in or near Taloyoak
Visits and loans aren’t published as open data in Nunavut, so this page has none for Taloyoak.
Provincial library statistics, OpenStreetMap, the CRA and Statistics Canada
No protected area lies within 10 km of Taloyoak
Within 100 km there is no national park. One unnamed beach is mapped within 5 km.
Protected land · of the land within 10 km
| Outdoors | Taloyoak | Nunavut | Canada |
|---|---|---|---|
| Protected land within 10 km | 0% | – | 2.3% |
| Public protected areas within 10 km | 0 | – | 4 |
Canadian Protected and Conserved Areas Database (CPCAD), OpenStreetMap routes and beaches
Taloyoak’s housing: 95% built from 1961 on
| Heritage | Taloyoak | Nunavut | Canada |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homes built before 1961 | 5% | – | 18% |
Canadian Register of Historic Places, Directory of Federal Heritage Designations, Québec’s Répertoire du patrimoine culturel, Wikidata; Census 2021 homes by period
Everything we know about Taloyoak
About Taloyoak
Town in Nunavut
For Taloyoak, TownRatings uses Statistics Canada’s census-subdivision boundary in Nunavut, and every figure on its pages covers that whole area.
Statistics Canada: population estimates 2025 (17-10-0155), Census of Population 2021, 2021 census boundaries.
- Population
- 1,046 (people, 2025 estimate)
- Province or territory
- Nunavut
- Census division
- Kitikmeot
- Metro area
- Territories (outside CAs, Nvt.) / Territoires (à l'extérieur des AR, Nt)
- Census subdivision
- 6208087
Questions about Taloyoak
Has Taloyoak grown?
It went from 1,029 people in 2016 to 934 in 2021, down 9.2%, while the median of Canadian towns grew 4.1%. StatCan’s 2025 estimate is 1,046.
Is Taloyoak a young town or an old one?
Half its people are older than 22.4 (the middle of Canadian towns: 45.2); children under 15 make up 39%, people 65 and over 5%.
What kind of homes are in Taloyoak?
51% of homes are single-detached houses, against 64% for the median of Canadian towns, and 0% are in apartment buildings of five storeys or more. A household averages 4.6 people; 12% are one person living alone.
Sources: Statistics Canada, Census of Population 2021 · population estimates 2025 (17-10-0155) and 2021 census boundaries · Uniform Crime Reporting Survey 2023–25 (35-10-0026, 35-10-0183 to 35-10-0190) · CMHC rents as published by Statistics Canada (34-10-0133) · grades by TownRatings. 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).