Photo: Raphaël Joanisse-Clément · CC BY-SA 3.0Salluit is younger than 99% of Canadian towns: a median age of 21.2
6.5% of residents lived at another address a year earlier, against 11% across Canada’s towns. Here, 18% of residents are aged 15 to 24. Lower than in 84% of Canadian towns: 30% of households live in a single-detached house. Statistics Canada puts Salluit’s population at 1,634 for July 2025.
What stands out about the people of Salluit
First Nations, Métis and Inuit residents
96% of residents identify as First Nations, Métis or Inuit, more than in 99% of Canadian towns; 0% are Registered or Treaty Indians, and 94% have an Indigenous mother tongue. Identity & religion ↓
Younger than most towns
Line Salluit’s residents up by age and the one in the middle is 21.2; the typical median across Canadian towns is 42. 37% are under 15 and 3.5% are 65 or over. Ages ↓
A town of renters
97% of households rent their home, more than in 99% of Canadian towns; 20% live in an apartment. Homes ↓
Written from the data on this page: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census.
Bilingual residents make up 25% in Salluit, more than in 78% of Canadian towns
The 2021 Census is the source of every figure here unless a date says otherwise. Who can speak English and French, mother tongue, and the language spoken most at home.
Can hold a conversation in · share of all residents
Mother tongue · share of all residents
0.9% of residents have English as their mother tongue (Canada’s towns: 66%). On average, 7.5% of residents speak English and French across Canada’s towns. At home: French 1.6%, English 3.2%.
Growth of +7% since 2016 puts Salluit ahead of 65% of Canadian towns
Two census counts, five years apart, and Statistics Canada’s newest estimate.
Change, 2016 to 2021
By July 2025, the estimate had risen a further 3%. Across Canada’s towns, the typical town changed +4%; across Quebec’s towns, +4%.
Salluit ranks below 99% of Canadian towns on residents aged 65 and over: 3.5%
Every five-year age group as a share of residents; ticks mark the typical town.
The biggest five-year age group is 0–4, with 16% of residents, 3.2 times the share across Canada’s towns. Here, 37% of residents are under 15. Across the comparison, 19% of residents are 65 or over across Canada’s towns.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split.
Above 99% of Canadian towns: 24% of households are one-parent families
Who shares a home: household types and sizes.
Against Quebec’s towns and Canada’s towns
People per household
Canada’s towns.
Set against 27% across Canada’s towns, 20% of households are one person living alone in Salluit. Across Canada’s towns, the share of one-parent families is 8.2%.
21% of residents 15 and over are married, fewer than in 99% of Canadian towns
How adults live as couples, or don’t, with common-law unions shown on their own.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
Against a figure of 11% across Canada’s towns, the share of common-law partners in Salluit comes in at 22%. Measured more widely, 46% of residents 15 and over are married across Canada’s towns.
More renter households than 99% of Canadian towns: 97%
The kinds of homes people live in, who owns and who rents, and how old the homes are. 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
24% of homes need major repairs, against a typical 5.8%. Households in buildings of five or more storeys are rarer here than in 74% of Canadian towns. Across the comparison, a quarter of households rent their home across Canada’s towns.
Household income at the median: $86,000 a year
Incomes here are for 2020, the year before the census, CERB and other pandemic benefits included. Household income before tax: the median, and households by income group.
Households by income · share of households
Salluit’s median household took in $86,000 before tax, about the median across Canada’s towns ($86,000). The provincial yardstick is $74,000, the median across Quebec’s towns. Pandemic benefits reached 53% of residents with an income, against a typical 28%.
0.6% of residents are immigrants
Birthplaces and arrival years of immigrants, citizenship and recent moves.
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
Residents without Canadian citizenship are rarer here than in 99% of Canadian towns. Against a figure of 17% across Canada’s towns, the share of immigrants in Salluit comes in at 0.6%.
More Indigenous residents than 99% of Canadian towns: 96%
Residents’ own answers on visible minority, Indigenous identity and religion.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
23% of residents said they have no religion (Canada’s towns: 35%). As a yardstick, 2.8% of residents have an Indigenous identity across Canada’s towns.
Fewer degree holders aged 25 to 64 than 99% of Canadian towns: 2.3%
The highest diploma or degree of adults of working age (25 to 64).
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
No diploma or degree: 67% here, 9.5% in the typical town. To put it in context, 27% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher across Canada’s towns.
An employment rate of 47%
Counted in May 2021, during COVID-19, these rates catch the job market before it had recovered. Four labour figures from the census. Jobs, industries and the commute are on Work & commute.
With 3.5% of residents 65 or over, the employment rate of 47% sits under the typical 58% across Canada’s towns.
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- What these tables don’t give. Unpaid care, car ownership and internet access aren’t in the Census Profile, nor is the change by age since 2016. Ethnic origins other than visible minority and Indigenous identity are left out of the charts.
- The census’s own words. “Visible minority” is the census’s term from the Employment Equity Act: people, other than Indigenous peoples, who are non-white in colour or race. Indigenous identity, immigrant status and religion are as residents answered. The page compares them with other towns and never labels a town by them.
- 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 Salluit’s residents
What religion are people in Salluit?
76% are Christian and 23% have no religion; 0.9% follow another religion.
Is Salluit good for families?
Under 15: 37% (Canada’s towns: 16%). Couple families: 40% of households. One-parent families: 24%. Schools near Salluit are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Salluit?
The median household in Salluit took in $86,000 in 2020, against $86,000 across Canada’s towns.
What is the population of Salluit?
Salluit had about 1,634 residents in July 2025, Statistics Canada estimates; the 2021 Census counted 1,580, 7% more than 2016.
What is the average age in Salluit?
A median age of 21.2. Children under 15 make up 37%, and people 65 and over 3.5%.
Is Salluit bilingual?
Across Canada’s towns a typical 7.5% are bilingual; here 25% are. Another 1.9% speak only French and 54% only English, and French is the first language of 1.9%.
How diverse is Salluit?
0.6% of residents are immigrants (Canada’s towns: 17%); 0% belong to a visible minority and 96% have an Indigenous identity.
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).