Photo: Unknown author Unknown author · CC BY 2.0Younger than 99% of Canadian towns: half of Maliotenam is under 27.8
Maliotenam is a First Nations reserve, home to Innu Takuaikan Uashat Mak Mani-Utenam. Across Canada’s towns, the share of one-parent families is 8.2%; Maliotenam has 31%. The latest estimate, for July 2025, is 1,683 residents; the 2021 Census found 525 households. The share of residents aged 15 to 24 stands at 15%. Fewer renter households than in 98% of Canadian towns: 5.7%.
What stands out about the people of Maliotenam
First Nations, Métis and Inuit residents
98% of residents identify as First Nations, Métis or Inuit, more than in 99% of Canadian towns; 96% are Registered or Treaty Indians, and 71% have an Indigenous mother tongue. Identity & religion ↓
Younger than most towns
Maliotenam’s median age is 27.8; the typical median across Canadian towns is 42. 32% are under 15 and 9% are 65 or over. Ages ↓
Written from the data on this page: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census.
Maliotenam: 16% of residents speak English and French, above 71% of Canadian towns
Unless a figure says otherwise, it is from the 2021 Census. Knowledge of the two official languages, first languages, and the language of home.
Can hold a conversation in · share of all residents
Mother tongue · share of all residents
In Maliotenam, 0.3% of residents have English as their mother tongue, beside 66% across Canada’s towns. Across the comparison, 7.5% of residents speak English and French across Canada’s towns. At home, 50% mostly speak another language; 2.2% speak neither English nor French.
Since 2016, Maliotenam has grown +4%, faster than 52% of Canadian towns
The census counts of 2016 and 2021, the estimate after them, and the change set beside other towns.
Change, 2016 to 2021
By July 2025, the estimate had risen a further 5%.
Above 99% of Canadian towns: 32% of residents are under 15
Age bands of five years, the town’s bars against the typical town’s ticks.
No age band is larger than 5–9: just over one in ten residents, 2 times the share across Canada’s towns. On average, 16% of residents are under 15 across Canada’s towns.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 94 men for every 100 women.
Larger households than 90% of Canadian towns: 3 people on average
Households by family type and by the number of people in them.
Against Quebec’s towns and Canada’s towns
People per household
Canada’s towns.
Where 27% of households are one person living alone across Canada’s towns, Maliotenam has 20%.
In Maliotenam, 17% of residents 15 and over are married, fewer than in 99% of Canadian towns
Residents 15 and over by marital status; the census counts common-law couples separately.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
Nearly a fifth of residents 15 and over live common-law (Canada’s towns: 11%). Singles who have never married make up 54% of adults, beside a typical 27%.
Above 90% of Canadian towns: 91% of households live in a single-detached house
Occupied homes by type, by owners and renters, and by when they were built. 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
Households in buildings of five or more storeys are rarer here than in nearly three quarters of Canadian towns. The usual figure: 64% of households live in a single-detached house across Canada’s towns. Newer homes outnumber old: 39% date from 2001 or later, 2.9% from before 1961. 25% of homes need major repairs, against a typical 5.8%.
$71,000 a year: the median household income
Census incomes cover 2020, when emergency benefits like CERB lifted many households’ totals. Total household income: the median household, and the spread from low to high.
Households by income · share of households
At $71,000, the middle household in Maliotenam earned 17% less than the median across Canada’s towns ($86,000). The middle household across Quebec’s towns has $74,000 before tax. Pandemic payments such as CERB reached 47% of income recipients here, against 28% in the typical town.
Maliotenam sits above 99% of Canadian towns for Indigenous residents (98%)
Identity and faith, in the census’s categories.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
35% of residents said they have no religion across Canada’s towns, against 20% in Maliotenam. Across Canada’s towns, Indigenous residents come to 2.8%.
A smaller share of degree holders aged 25 to 64 than 99% of Canadian towns: 6.3%
Education of residents 25 to 64, by highest credential.
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
No certificate, diploma or degree is held by 48%; in the typical town the share is 9.5%. Across the comparison, 27% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher across Canada’s towns.
In work on census day: 45% of adults
Counted in May 2021, during COVID-19, these rates catch the job market before it had recovered. The census’s labour rates, in brief. Jobs, industries and the commute are on Work & commute.
With 9% of residents 65 or over, the employment rate of 45% sits under the typical 58% across Canada’s towns.
Every neighbour of Maliotenam has an older population
Neighbouring places and their median ages; each name opens its page.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Maliotenam | 1,683 | — | 27.8 | 9% | 0% |
| Sept-Îles | 24,483 | 12.9 km | 44.4 | 21% | 2% |
| Uashat 27 | 1,694 | 14.5 km | 29.6 | 8.7% | 0% |
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- The census’s own words. The census takes “visible minority” from the Employment Equity Act: anyone other than Indigenous peoples who is non-white in colour or race. Indigenous identity, immigrant status and religion are what residents reported, compared here with other towns and never used as a label.
- Against Quebec’s towns and Canada’s towns. Two medians frame each figure: one for Quebec’s towns and neighbourhoods of 2,500 or more, one for all Canadian towns of that size, with whole cities and First Nations reserves left out. Percentiles rank the town within Canada.
- A First Nations reserve. Reserves are compared with Canada’s towns but aren’t counted among them: they have no overall grade and no place in ranked lists. Census figures for small reserves are rounded, and some are suppressed.
- What these tables don’t give. Not in the Census Profile: unpaid care, cars, internet access, and how each age group has changed since 2016. We also chart no ethnic origins besides visible minority and Indigenous identity.
Questions about Maliotenam’s residents
What is the median income in Maliotenam?
Half of Maliotenam’s households had more than $71,000 in 2020, before tax; across Canada’s towns the median was $86,000.
What is the population of Maliotenam?
About 1,683, by Statistics Canada’s estimate for July 2025. The 2021 Census found 1,610 people in Maliotenam, 4% more than 2016.
What is the average age in Maliotenam?
The median age is 27.8. 32% are under 15 and 9% 65 or older.
Is Maliotenam bilingual?
Both official languages are spoken by 16% of residents, against a typical 7.5% across Canada’s towns. 0.6% speak only English and 81% only French; 19% grew up with French.
How diverse is Maliotenam?
0% of residents belong to a visible minority and 98% have an Indigenous identity; Statistics Canada suppresses the immigration figures for Maliotenam.
What religion are people in Maliotenam?
20% said they have no religion and 70% that they are Christian; 10% named another faith.
Is Maliotenam good for families?
32% of residents are under 15 (Canada’s towns: 16%); couple families are 30% of households and one-parent families 31%. Schools near Maliotenam are on its Schools page.
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).