IgnaceOntario

Home to 1,210 people, this town lies in Ontario. Its census division is Kenora.

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Population

1,210

people, 2025 estimate

Median age

53.6

years · Ontario’s towns: 46.8

Postsecondary

40%

of residents 15 and over hold a postsecondary certificate, diploma or degree · Canadian towns: 56%

Walk, cycle, transit

12%

walk, cycle or take transit to work · Canadian towns: 8%

Is Ignace a good place to live?

Ignace’s best grade is for cost of living (B+). Safety is its weak spot (D). The rest of its grades are middling: B for schools and B for hazard risk. Jobs and pay trail most towns (C−).

Ignace is graded subject by subject, but Canadian towns need 2,500 residents for an overall grade.

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. Health is graded on the health region's survey figures and life expectancy, with the distance to hospital giving the town its own spread.

WeakestDSafety C⁻Jobs & income

How Ignace grades

Each subject compares Ignace with Canadian towns of 2,500 or more, ordered by how far it is from the middle. Towns in other countries are graded separately.

How grading works

Ignace is graded subject by subject, but Canadian towns need 2,500 residents for an overall grade.

SafetyCrime runs among the highest comparedDOpen →Jobs & incomeBelow the middle of the towns comparedC⁻Open →Cost of livingBased on what homes cost against what households earnB⁺Open →WalkabilityEasier than most to get around on footB⁺Open →HealthBehind most towns comparedCOpen →SchoolsGraded on exam and test resultsBOpen →Hazard riskLess exposed to natural hazards than mostBOpen →

How TownRatings grades Canadian towns →

What makes Ignace stand out

The 3 things Ignace does most differently from other towns.

Picked automatically from the data

Home value ÷ household income

Housing

1.9 times household income

The middle of Canadian towns: 4.7 times

Median owner’s estimate $134,000, Census 2021; income for 2020.

Residents 65 and over

Who lives here

29% are 65 or over

Midway across Canadian towns: 19%

Statistics Canada, Census 2021

Postsecondary certificate, diploma or degree

Education

40% have a postsecondary qualification

Where the typical figure for Canadian towns is 56%

Statistics Canada, Census 2021

The data

Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Ignace.

SafetySafety D

Violent crime weighs more on Ignace than on Ontario’s towns or Canadian towns: a violent severity index of 231

129Crime Severity Index

Each year, 49.8 violent crimes are recorded per 1,000 residents. Thefts, break-ins and damage came to 32.2 per 1,000 residents a year, about level with Canadian towns (31.2) and above Ontario’s towns (30.5).

Year by year · Crime Severity Index for each year

2023140

2024146

2025101

2023–2025	Ignace	Ontario	Canada
Violent crime	49.8	10.5	12
Violent Crime Severity Index	231	76	86

non-violent Crime Severity Index

65%

of incidents cleared, 2023–25

Full pageIgnace’s safety reportOpen the full Safety report

Safety129 Crime Severity Index · The index weighs each crime Ignace’s police recorded by how serious it is.Questions“Is Ignace safe?”

Statistics Canada, Uniform Crime Reporting Survey, 2023–2025 average

Work & commuteJobs & income C⁻

Trips to work from Ignace are shorter than from Ontario’s towns or Canadian towns: 21 min on average

12%walk, cycle or take transit

At the census, 78% of commuters went by car.

How working residents got to work · census 2021

Car or van78%

Walk12%

Census 2021	Ignace	Ontario	Canada
Average trip	21 min	29 min	26 min
Car or van	78%	88%	89%

$69,000

median household income, 2020

13%

worked from home, May 2021

88%

of commuters work inside the municipality

Full pageIgnace’s work & commute pageOpen the full Work & commute page

Unemployment13% unemployed · Of the labour force · Canadian towns: 9.9%Getting to work12% walk, cycle or take transit Where people commute to10 commuters · The biggest flow out: to Kenora, Unorganized

Statistics Canada, Census 2021 (labour and commuting) · Counted in May 2021, under pandemic rules: fewer commutes and more people between jobs than in a normal year.

Climate

Winter nights bite in Ignace: January lows of −21.6°C, colder than Ontario’s towns or Canadian towns

24.7°CJuly afternoons

July afternoons in Ignace average 24.7°C. There are 201 days of frost in a typical year, higher than both Ontario’s towns (139) and Canadian towns (159). The most precipitation falls in July: 117 mm in a normal year. Snow peaks in November: 41 cm in a normal year.

Average high by season · ECCC normals, 1991–2020

Winter−7.6°C

Spring9.1°C

Summer23.5°C

Autumn9.4°C

Normals, 1991–2020	Ignace	Ontario	Canada
January night low	−21.6°C	−9.1°C	−13.5°C
Days with frost a year	201	139	159
Snowfall a year	213 cm	146 cm	141 cm
July afternoon high	24.7°C	26.7°C	25.5°C

213 cm

of snow a year

201

days with frost a year

110

days with precipitation a year

Full pageIgnace’s climate pageOpen the full Climate page

The yearJuly highs 24.7°C, January lows −21.6°C Rain and snow790 mm a year · Canadian towns: 883 mm Snow213 cm of snow a year Weather station69 km to the station · Atikokan

Environment and Climate Change Canada, Canadian Climate Normals 1991–2020 (Atikokan)

HousingCost of living B⁺

Rent takes less of local pay in Ignace than in Ontario’s towns or Canadian towns: 18% of household income

$134,000median home value, 2021B⁺Cost of living Grade

Shelter took 30% or more of income for 14% of households, below both Ontario’s towns (22%) and Canadian towns (18%). The owner-occupied share of households is 79%.

What homes were worth · The median owner’s estimate at the 2021 census

Ignace$134,000

Ontario$695,000

Canadian towns$406,000

Census 2021	Ignace	Ontario	Canada
Households spending 30%+ on shelter	14%	22%	18%
Rent as a share of income	18%	22%	20%
Households owning their home	79%	76%	74%

$775

monthly rent for a two-bedroom

$596

median monthly shelter cost for owners, 2021

Full pageIgnace’s cost of living pageOpen the full Cost of living page

Renting$775 a month · The median rent at the 2021 census Cost of living1.9 times household income · The median owner’s estimate, $134,000, against the median household income Owners and renters79% own their home

Statistics Canada, Census 2021; CMHC Rental Market Survey via Statistics Canada · Values come from owners at the 2021 census and incomes from 2020, so they predate the later rise in rates.

HealthHealth C

Life expectancy around Ignace is 73.7 years, 7.8 less than for the typical Canadian town

44%very good or excellent healthCHealth Grade

Area-wide: health survey and life expectancy, counted over the Northwestern Health Unit

Smoking is commoner than in the province: 16% of adults, against 11% for Ontario. Adults who call their own health very good or excellent: 44%, below both Ontario’s towns (51%) and Canadian towns (52%). For Ignace itself the measure is access, and it scores well: 1.8 km to the nearest hospital, where 3.7 km is typical.

Very good or excellent health · adults, age-standardised

Ignace44%

Ontario’s towns51%

Canadian towns52%

Health	Ignace	Ontario	Canada
Life expectancy at birth	73.7	82.8	81.5
Very good or excellent health	44%	51%	52%
Smokers	16%	10%	12%
Chronic conditions (average share)	16%	17%	17%

73.7

years of life expectancy, 2022/2024

1.8 km

from homes to a hospital, on average

16%

of adults smoke, age-standardised

73 km

from homes to a pharmacy, on average

Full pageIgnace’s health pageOpen the full Health page

Health survey44% very good or excellent health · adults, age-standardised Getting care1.8 km to a hospital · A pharmacy 73 km away on average The wider areaLife expectancy: women 75.2, men 72.3 Conditions and habits16% with chronic conditions · adults, age-standardised

Statistics Canada, Canadian Community Health Survey 2023/2024 and life expectancy 2022/2024; Open Database of Healthcare Facilities

SchoolsSchools B

One of the 3 schools around Ignace teaches in French

3schools within 3 kmBSchools Grade

In or within 3 km of Ignace: 2 elementary schools and 1 secondary school.

School	Level	Students	System
Ignace Elementary SchoolLargest elementary schoolElementary · Grades JK–8	Elementary · Grades JK–8	110	English public
Ignace Secondary School Fourth fifth in OntarioIn IgnaceSecondary · Grades 9–12	Secondary · Grades 9–12	–	English public
École Immaculée-Conception FrenchTeaches in FrenchElementary · Grades JK–8	Elementary · Grades JK–8	–	French Catholic

Schools by system · Schools within 3 km

English public2

French Catholic1

Schools within 3 km	Ignace	Ontario	Canada
School boards	2	4	3

0.8 km

to the nearest secondary school

Full pageIgnace’s schools pageOpen the full Schools page

Language1 of 3 teach in French · 10% of schools in Ontario Every school3 schools within 3 km · 2 elementary schools and 1 secondary school Results0 of 1 in the top two fifths · of the schools with results, placed against every school in Ontario The boards2 school boards · Keewatin-Patricia DSB Questions“What schools are there in Ignace?”

Provincial school lists and results, 2024-25

Natural hazardsHazard risk B

Ignace is graded a B for hazard risk

Lowwildfire bandBHazard risk Grade

Shaking is less of a worry than in most places, at $0.007 a year per $1,000 of building value ($0.030 typical). 14% of radon tests in the survey area came in above the guideline, higher than both Ontario’s towns (4%) and Canadian towns (6.6%). Little of the land around Ignace has burned: 1.3% within 25 km since 1986, or 0.03% a year.

Radon tests above the guideline · share of tested homes, 200 Bq/m³

Ignace14%

Ontario’s towns4%

Canadian towns6.6%

Hazards	Ignace	Ontario	Canada
Radon tests above the guideline	14%	4%	6.6%
Earthquake loss per $1,000 of buildings a year	$0.007	$0.043	$0.030

$0.007

expected earthquake loss a year per $1,000 of buildings

Low

wildfire band

4.2 km

to the nearest land burned since 1986

Full pageIgnace’s flood & hazards pageOpen the full Flood & hazards page

WildfireLow wildfire band · 1.3% of the land within 25 km burned since 1986 FloodNo flood study on record Earthquakes$0.007 a year per $1,000 · Canadian towns: $0.030 Radon14% of tests above the guideline Be readyAlerts, FireSmart and radon tests

NRCan seismic risk model and burned areas, Health Canada radon survey, the Flood Hazard Map Inventory

Who lives here

More of Ignace’s residents have an Indigenous identity than in Ontario’s towns or Canadian towns: 18%

53.6median age

Visible minorities make up 4.2% of the population, below Ontario’s towns (26%) and Canadian towns (15%) alike. 7.1% of residents came to Canada as immigrants, lower than Ontario’s towns (7.6%) yet higher than Canadian towns (6.4%).

IgnaceOntarioCanada

OntarioCanada

Ages · Share of residents in each age group, Census 2021

29%

Schooling · Highest qualification, residents 15 and over

No certificate, diploma or degree23%

Postsecondary qualification40%

Women and men · all residents

49.0% of Ignace’s residents are women

590 women and 615 men at the 2021 census; across Canada, women are 50.9%.

Who lives in Ignace
	Ignace	Ontario	Canada
Under 15	14%	15%	16%
15 to 64	57%	65%	64%
65+	29%	19%	19%
No certificate, diploma or degree	23%	15%	16%
Postsecondary qualification	40%	56%	56%

Full pageIgnace’s Who lives here pageOpen the full Who lives here page

Immigrants7% are immigrants · 4% belong to a visible minority Ages53.6 median age · 29% are 65 or over Households550 households · 2.2 people per household English and French12% speak both · 0.4% speak French but not English

Statistics Canada, Census 2021; Ontario and Canada: medians of towns of 2,500+

Weather

What November brings in Ignace: −8°C at night, 1°C by day

1°Ca normal November afternoon

Over the year, July is warmest at 25°C by day and January coldest at −22°C by night. Precipitation in November averages 40 mm. Then December: −7°C by day, −16°C at night. For today and the week ahead, the Weather page carries ECCC’s Ignace forecast.

Normal highs, the months ahead · ECCC normals, 1991–2020

November1°C

December−7°C

January−10°C

February−6°C

Season	High	Low	Rain and snow
Winter	−8°C	−19°C	96 mm
Spring	9°C	−4°C	166 mm
Summer	24°C	11°C	311 mm
Autumn	9°C	0°C	216 mm

−8°C

a normal November night

40 mm

of rain and snow in a normal November

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Next 24 hoursTemperature and chance of rain, hour by hour The week aheadECCC’s days ahead, beside the normals The yearWarmest July, coldest January

ECCC normals, 1991–2020 (Atikokan); the forecast is on the Weather page

Town hall

69% of Ignace voters cast a ballot in 2022, more than in 99% of Ontario municipalities

Northern Ontario’s provincial ridings differ from the federal ones, and no open file of them exists, so Ignace’s riding for the Legislative Assembly of Ontario isn’t shown.

Turnout	Ignace	Ontario	Canada
Municipal election, 2022	69%	31%	31%

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Member of ParliamentEric Melillo council seats5

Wikidata, MAMH, MMAH, Statistics Canada

Library & civic lifeCivic life grade B

Ignace’s public library is Ignace Public Library

Ignace Public Library serves 1,202 people from a single building.

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A year at the library3.9 visits per person served The libraries1 Libraries Places to belong5.8 charities per 1,000 residents

Provincial library statistics, OpenStreetMap, the CRA and Statistics Canada

Outdoors

More of the land around Ignace is protected than around 9 in 10 Canadian towns

16%of the land within 10 km protected

Within 100 km there is no national park. For a swim, Agimak Beach is the nearest of 2 beaches within 5 km.

Protected land · of the land within 10 km

Ignace16%

Ontario’s towns2.3%

Canadian towns2.3%

Outdoors	Ignace	Ontario	Canada
Protected land within 10 km	16%	2.3%	2.3%
Public protected areas within 10 km	3	4	4

At the edge

to Sandbar Lake Provincial Park

beaches within 5 km

Full pageIgnace’s outdoors pageOpen the full Outdoors page

Protected landof the land within 10 km Protected areas3 protected areas within 10 km · Turtle River-White Otter Lake Provincial Park National & provincial parksAt the edge to a provincial park · Sandbar Lake Provincial Park

Canadian Protected and Conserved Areas Database (CPCAD), OpenStreetMap routes and beaches

Keep exploring

Everything we know about Ignace

15pages on Ignace

The big questions

SafetyDCrime Severity Index 129 Housing & costB⁺Homes 1.9 × income Property pricesSchoolsB3 schools within 3 km HealthCLife expectancy 73.7 in its region Work & commuteC⁻45% of adults in work Natural hazardsBWildfire band: low

Out and about

Outdoors16% of the land within 10 km protected AttractionsClimateJuly afternoons around 25°C WeatherECCC’s forecast, beside the normals

The story

Who lives hereMedian age 53.6 HistoryTown hallFamous people

About Ignace

Town in Ontario

TownRatings follows Statistics Canada’s map: Ignace is one municipality in Ontario, figures and all.

Statistics Canada: population estimates 2025 (17-10-0155), Census of Population 2021, 2021 census boundaries.

Population: 1,210 (people, 2025 estimate)
Province or territory: Ontario
Census division: Kenora
Census subdivision: 3560001

Questions about Ignace

Who are the people of Ignace?

At the 2021 census, 7% were immigrants and 4% belonged to a visible minority (Canadian towns’ median: 15%). 18% identify as First Nations, Métis or Inuit.

What kind of homes are in Ignace?

Single-detached houses make up 93% of the homes here, where Canadian towns sit at 64%; 0% are in high-rise apartments. 29% of households are one person, and the average is 2.2.

Is Ignace a young town or an old one?

53.6 is the median age, 45.2 the median among Canadian towns; 29% of residents are 65 or over and 14% under 15.

Is Ignace growing?

Yes: the census counted 1,202 in 2016 and 1,206 in 2021, a rise of 0.3%, against 4.1% for the median of Canadian towns. The 2025 estimate is 1,210.

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).