KuujjuaqQuebec
With 2,766 residents, it is a town in Quebec. It is part of Nord-du-Québec, a census division.
Is Kuujjuaq a good place to live?
Jobs and pay hold up well (A+). It is easy to get around without a car (A+). At $500,000, the median home value in 2021 came to 4.5 times local household income. Crime runs high (D−).
Figures: home values and income: Statistics Canada, Census 2021. Kuujjuaq has no overall grade because cost of living and health aren’t graded here.
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 regional police service's figure, shared with its other towns. 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.
What makes Kuujjuaq stand out
The 3 things Kuujjuaq does most differently from other towns.
How Kuujjuaq grades
Each subject compares Kuujjuaq with Canadian towns of 2,500 or more, ordered by how far it is from the middle. Towns in other countries are graded separately.
Kuujjuaq has no overall grade because cost of living and health aren’t graded here.
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The data
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Kuujjuaq.
The police who cover Kuujjuaq record more serious crime than Quebec’s towns or Canadian towns: a Crime Severity Index of 806
For every 1,000 residents of its police area, 87.1 property crimes are reported each year. Its police area recorded 447.5 violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, above Quebec’s towns (12.4) and Canadian towns (12) alike.
Year by year · Crime Severity Index for each year
| 2023–2025 | Kuujjuaq | Quebec | Canada |
|---|---|---|---|
| Crime Severity Index | 806 | 56 | 67 |
| Violent Crime Severity Index | 2,056 | 88 | 86 |
| Violent crime | 447.5 | 12.4 | 12 |
| Property crime per 1,000 | 87.1 | 16.6 | 31.2 |
Statistics Canada, Uniform Crime Reporting Survey, 2023–2025 average · Data for Crime Severity Index, Violent Crime Severity Index, violent crime and property crime per 1,000 covers the Nunavik Region service area
Commuters in Kuujjuaq have a short way to work, 10 min on average, less than in both Quebec’s towns and Canadian towns
The car took 74% of commuters, below Quebec’s towns (90%) and Canadian towns (89%) alike.
How working residents got to work · census 2021
| Census 2021 | Kuujjuaq | Quebec | Canada |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip | 10 min | 27 min | 26 min |
| Car or van | 74% | 90% | 89% |
Statistics Canada, Census 2021 (labour and commuting) · The 2021 census was taken in May 2021, during COVID-19 restrictions: more people than usual worked from home or were off work.
Kuujjuaq has colder winters than Quebec’s towns or Canadian towns: January lows of −27.7°C
For the wettest month, look to September: 88 mm on average. Frosty days number 239 in a normal year, above both Quebec’s towns (161) and Canadian towns (159). Gardeners get 88 frost-free days, from 15 June to 12 September. Also worth knowing: july afternoons in Kuujjuaq average 18.1°C.
Average high by season · ECCC normals, 1991–2020
| Normals, 1991–2020 | Kuujjuaq | Quebec | Canada |
|---|---|---|---|
| July afternoon high | 18.1°C | 26.5°C | 25.5°C |
| January night low | −27.7°C | −14.7°C | −13.5°C |
| Days with frost a year | 239 | 161 | 159 |
| Precipitation a year | 578 mm | 1,041 mm | 883 mm |
Environment and Climate Change Canada, Canadian Climate Normals 1991–2020 (Kuujjuaq)
Kuujjuaq’s hazards at a glance: a low wildfire record and 13% of area homes over the radon guideline
Measured across the Nunavik health region: radon tests
Wildfire is rare near Kuujjuaq: 0.5% of the land within 25 km has burned since 1986, a burn rate of 0.01% a year. The national flood inventory has no study of the town.
Radon tests above the guideline · share of tested homes, 200 Bq/m³
| Hazards | Kuujjuaq | Quebec | Canada |
|---|---|---|---|
| Radon tests above the guideline | 13% | 8.2% | 6.6% |
| Earthquake loss per $1,000 of buildings a year | $0.004 | $0.14 | $0.030 |
NRCan seismic risk model and burned areas, Health Canada radon survey, the Flood Hazard Map Inventory
More of Kuujjuaq’s residents have an Indigenous identity than in Quebec’s towns or Canadian towns: 76%
36% speak both English and French, lower than Quebec’s towns (44%) yet higher than Canadian towns (7.5%). Immigrants make up 3.4% of residents, above Quebec’s towns (2.6%) but below Canadian towns (6.4%).
Ages · Share of residents in each age group, Census 2021
Schooling · Highest qualification, residents 15 and over
Women and men · all residents
51.6% of Kuujjuaq’s residents are women
The 2021 census counted 1,375 women and 1,290 men here, where women make up 50.9% of Canada.
| Kuujjuaq | Quebec | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 29% | 17% | 16% |
| 15 to 64 | 65% | 62% | 64% |
| 65+ | 5.2% | 20% | 19% |
| No certificate, diploma or degree | 42% | 19% | 16% |
| Postsecondary qualification | 38% | 59% | 56% |
Statistics Canada, Census 2021; Quebec and Canada: medians of towns of 2,500+
Kuujjuaq’s region trails the typical Canadian town by 16.3 years: life expectancy 65.2
For Kuujjuaq itself the measure is access, and it scores well: 0.7 km to the nearest hospital, where 3.7 km is typical.
Life expectancy at birth · years, at birth
| Health | Kuujjuaq | Quebec | Canada |
|---|---|---|---|
| Life expectancy at birth | 65.2 | 82.5 | 81.5 |
Statistics Canada, Canadian Community Health Survey 2023/2024 and life expectancy 2022/2024; Open Database of Healthcare Facilities · Not measured by town: health survey and life expectancy (the Région du Nunavik)
Protected land is absent from the 10 km around Kuujjuaq
OpenStreetMap shows one beach within 5 km, without a name. National parks are all over 100 km off. Baie-aux-Feuilles National Park Reserve (Québec) is the closest provincial park, at 63 km.
Protected land · of the land within 10 km
| Outdoors | Kuujjuaq | Quebec | Canada |
|---|---|---|---|
| Protected land within 10 km | 0% | 4.9% | 2.3% |
| Public protected areas within 10 km | 0 | 10 | 4 |
Canadian Protected and Conserved Areas Database (CPCAD), OpenStreetMap routes and beaches
3 schools serve Kuujjuaq, 1 elementary school and 2 schools for every grade
| School | Level | Students | System |
|---|---|---|---|
| École PitakallakIn KuujjuaqElementary | Elementary | – | Other |
| École Jaanimmarik (Bâtiment support)In KuujjuaqAll grades | All grades | – | Other |
Provincial school lists and results, 2025-26 · Ungraded on schools in Quebec, because the ministry publishes its success rates by school service centre, not school by school.
Kuujjuaq in November: highs near −4°C, lows near −11°C
December follows at −12°C by day and −20°C by night. November normally sees 44 mm of precipitation. Snowfall in a normal November: 39 cm. ECCC’s forecast for Kuujjuaq is on the Weather page, hour by hour.
Normal highs, the months ahead · ECCC normals, 1991–2020
| Season | High | Low | Rain and snow |
|---|---|---|---|
| Winter | −16°C | −25°C | 97 mm |
| Spring | −3°C | −13°C | 91 mm |
| Summer | 16°C | 5°C | 202 mm |
| Autumn | 4°C | −3°C | 189 mm |
ECCC normals, 1991–2020 (Kuujjuaq); the forecast is on the Weather page
The council of Kuujjuaq is led by its mayor, Sammy Koneak
The riding (a federal electoral district, which elects one MP) covering Kuujjuaq is Abitibi—Baie-James—Nunavik—Eeyou, and Mandy Gull-Masty (Liberal Party of Canada) represents it in the House of Commons.
Wikidata, MAMH, MMAH, Statistics Canada
No public library is mapped in or near Kuujjuaq
Kuujjuaq has no library board of its own in the provincial statistics, so no visit or loan figures appear here.
Provincial library statistics, OpenStreetMap, the CRA and Statistics Canada
Rent takes less of local pay in Kuujjuaq than in Quebec’s towns or Canadian towns: 9% of household income
Shelter took 30% or more of income for 3% of households, below Quebec’s towns (13%) and Canadian towns (18%) alike.
What homes were worth · The median owner’s estimate at the 2021 census
| Census 2021 | Kuujjuaq | Quebec | Canada |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rent as a share of income | 9% | 18% | 20% |
| Households spending 30%+ on shelter | 3% | 13% | 18% |
| Median home value, 2021 | $500,000 | $300,000 | $406,000 |
Statistics Canada, Census 2021; CMHC Rental Market Survey via Statistics Canada · The 2021 census asked owners what their home was worth; those values, and 2020 incomes, are what this compares.
Everything we know about Kuujjuaq
Famous people from Kuujjuaq
3 notable people were born in Kuujjuaq.
Photo credits
Sheila Watt-Cloutier: TheSilentPhotographer, CC BY 3.0
Questions about Kuujjuaq
Do people in Kuujjuaq speak French?
French comes first: 2.1% speak it alone, while 36% manage both languages (Canadian towns: 8%).
What kind of homes are in Kuujjuaq?
29% 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 2.7 people; 32% are one person living alone.
How old are the people of Kuujjuaq?
The median resident is 28.8 years old, against 45.2 for the median of Canadian towns. 29% are under 15 and 5% are 65 or over.
Has Kuujjuaq grown?
It lost people: 2,754 in 2016, 2,668 in 2021, 3.1% fewer, while the middle of Canadian towns grew 4.1%. Statistics Canada’s 2025 estimate is 2,766.
About Kuujjuaq
Town in Quebec
TownRatings follows Statistics Canada’s map: Kuujjuaq is one municipality in Quebec, figures and all.
Statistics Canada: population estimates 2025 (17-10-0155), Census of Population 2021, 2021 census boundaries.
- Population
- 2,766 (people, 2025 estimate)
- Province or territory
- Quebec
- Census division
- Nord-du-Québec
- The community’s own name
- ᑰᑦᔪᐊᖅ
- Census subdivision
- 2499095
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).