Photo: Ian Schofield · CC BY 2.0Younger than 99% of Canadian towns: half of Inukjuak is under 22.2
Across Canada’s towns, the share of one-parent families is 8.2%; Inukjuak has 21%. This Quebec town is home to some 1,947 people (July 2025 estimate), in 480 households at the 2021 Census. On the census count, 6.6% of residents lived at another address a year earlier. Lower than in 94% of Canadian towns: 15% of residents said they have no religion.
What stands out about the people of Inukjuak
First Nations, Métis and Inuit residents
An Indigenous identity is reported by 99% of residents, more than in 99% of Canadian towns. 0% are Registered or Treaty Indians and 96% grew up speaking an Indigenous language. Identity & religion ↓
Younger than most towns
Line Inukjuak’s residents up by age and the one in the middle is 22.2; the typical median across Canadian towns is 42. 37% are under 15 and 3.3% are 65 or over. Ages ↓
A town of renters
100% of households rent their home, more than in 99% of Canadian towns; 17% live in an apartment. Homes ↓
Common-law couples
31% of residents 15 and over live common-law, more than in 95% of Canadian towns; 10% are married. Couples ↓
Written from the data on this page: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census.
Above 74% of Canadian towns: 19% of residents speak English and French
The figures are the 2021 Census’s, except where another date is given. The official languages residents can speak, and the ones they learned first.
Can hold a conversation in · share of all residents
Mother tongue · share of all residents
95% most often speak a language other than English or French at home, and 14% speak neither official language. Across Canada’s towns, bilingual residents come to 7.5%. At 1.4%, the share of residents whose mother tongue is English is lower than in 93% of Canadian towns.
Since 2016, Inukjuak has changed by +4%, slower than 53% of Canadian towns
Two census counts, five years apart, and Statistics Canada’s newest estimate.
Change, 2016 to 2021
The July 2025 estimate adds another 7%.
Residents aged 65 and over make up 3.3% in Inukjuak, less than in 99% of Canadian towns
Residents by five-year age band, each beside the typical town (the tick).
The share of residents aged 15 to 24 is 17%, against 11% across Canada’s towns. Across Canada’s towns, 19% of residents are 65 or over.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
48% women, 52% men
About 109 men for every 100 women.
Inukjuak households average 3.8 people, larger than in 99% of Canadian towns
Private households by type and size.
Against Quebec’s towns and Canada’s towns
People per household
Canada’s towns.
Set against 27% across Canada’s towns, 17% of households are one person living alone in Inukjuak.
A larger share of common-law partners than 95% of Canadian towns: 31%
Married, common-law, single: residents 15 and over.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
In Inukjuak, one in ten residents 15 and over are married, beside 46% across Canada’s towns. The benchmark for common-law partners across Canada’s towns: 11%.
100% of households rent their home, more than in 99% of Canadian towns
Dwelling types, tenure and age of the housing. 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
Just over a fifth of homes need major repairs, against a typical 5.8%. The wider picture: a quarter of households rent their home across Canada’s towns. Locally, 31% of households live in a single-detached house. Households in buildings of five or more storeys are rarer here than in 74% of Canadian towns.
Half above, half below $88,000 a year in household income
Census incomes are for 2020, the year before the census, when CERB and other pandemic benefits topped up many households. Household income before tax: the median, and households by income group.
Households by income · share of households
Household incomes sit at the middle in Inukjuak: half had more than $88,000, near the median across Canada’s towns ($86,000). Quebec’s towns have a median of $74,000. In 2020, 33% of income recipients drew a COVID-19 emergency or recovery benefit; the typical town had 28%.
0.6% of residents are immigrants
Where immigrants were born and when they came, and how recently residents moved in.
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
Set against 17% across Canada’s towns, 0.6% of residents are immigrants in Inukjuak. On top of that, residents without Canadian citizenship are rarer here than in 99% of Canadian towns.
Inukjuak ranks above 99% of Canadian towns on Indigenous residents: 99%
Visible minority, Indigenous identity and religion, as residents answered the census.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
In Inukjuak, 1.9% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher, fewer than in 99% of Canadian towns
From no certificate to a master’s: residents 25 to 64.
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
With no certificate, diploma or degree: 58%, beside a typical 9.5%. The wider picture: 27% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher across Canada’s towns.
An employment rate of 49%
Counted in May 2021, during COVID-19, these rates catch the job market before it had recovered. Work, briefly: employment, unemployment, participation and working from home. Jobs, industries and the commute are on Work & commute.
Fewer work here than in the typical town: 49%, against 58% across Canada’s towns. 3.3% of residents are 65 or over.
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- What these tables don’t give. Missing from the census as published: unpaid care, cars and internet access, and the shift in each age band since 2016. Ethnic origins past visible minority and Indigenous identity aren’t charted here.
- The census’s own words. Indigenous identity, immigrant status and religion are as residents answered them. “Visible minority” follows the Employment Equity Act, meaning people other than Indigenous peoples who are non-white in colour or race. We compare these figures across towns; none is a label for a town.
- Against Quebec’s towns and Canada’s towns. For each measure we take the median of Quebec’s towns and neighbourhoods of 2,500 or more, then the median of all Canadian towns. Neither counts whole cities or reserves, and every percentile is a Canadian one.
Questions about Inukjuak’s residents
What religion are people in Inukjuak?
15% said they have no religion and 85% that they are Christian; 0.3% named another faith.
Is Inukjuak good for families?
37% of residents are under 15 (Canada’s towns: 16%); couple families are 37% of households and one-parent families 21%. Schools near Inukjuak are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Inukjuak?
Half of Inukjuak’s households had more than $88,000 in 2020, before tax; across Canada’s towns the median was $86,000.
What is the population of Inukjuak?
About 1,947, by Statistics Canada’s estimate for July 2025. The 2021 Census found 1,821 people in Inukjuak, 4% more than 2016.
What is the average age in Inukjuak?
The median age is 22.2. 37% are under 15 and 3.3% 65 or older.
Is Inukjuak bilingual?
Across Canada’s towns a typical 7.5% are bilingual; here 19% are. Another 0.3% speak only French and 66% only English, and French is the first language of 0.6%.
How diverse is Inukjuak?
Immigrants: 0.6% (Canada’s towns: 17%). Visible minority: 0%. Indigenous identity: 99%.
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).