Photo: Marie-Hélène Lareault · Public domainHalf of Whapmagoostui is under 26, younger than 99% of Canadian towns
Residents aged 15 to 24 make up 16%, against 11% across Canada’s towns. One-person households account for 4.3%. Lower than in just over four fifths of Canadian towns: 22% of residents said they have no religion. Whapmagoostui had about 1,061 residents in July 2025, by Statistics Canada’s estimate, and 230 households at the 2021 Census.
What stands out about the people of Whapmagoostui
First Nations, Métis and Inuit residents
99% of residents identify as First Nations, Métis or Inuit, more than in 99% of Canadian towns; 93% are Registered or Treaty Indians, and 92% have an Indigenous mother tongue. Identity & religion ↓
Younger than most towns
The middle resident of Whapmagoostui is 26; the typical median across Canadian towns is 42. 33% are under 15 and 4.4% are 65 or over. Ages ↓
Written from the data on this page: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census.
0.5% have a mother tongue other than English or French
Unless a figure says otherwise, it is from the 2021 Census. 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
The share of residents whose mother tongue is English is 6.8%, against 66% across Canada’s towns. Census figures put bilingual residents at 3.4% in Whapmagoostui.
Whapmagoostui changed by +1% from 2016 to 2021, slower than 73% of Canadian towns
Residents at the 2016 and 2021 censuses and the latest estimate, with the 2016–2021 change beside other towns.
Change, 2016 to 2021
The July 2025 estimate adds another 4%.
In Whapmagoostui, 4.4% of residents are 65 or over, fewer than in 99% of Canadian towns
Residents by five-year age band, each beside the typical town (the tick).
Compared with 16% across Canada’s towns, 33% of residents are under 15 here. Across Canada’s towns, 19% of residents are 65 or over. No age band is larger than 25–29: just over one in ten residents, 2 times the share across Canada’s towns.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About an even split.
Larger households than 99% of Canadian towns: 4.5 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.
The figure for one-parent families is 6.5% in Whapmagoostui and 8.2% across Canada’s towns.
A larger share of common-law partners than 87% of Canadian towns: 24%
Married, common-law, single: residents 15 and over.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
Set against 46% across Canada’s towns, 36% of residents 15 and over are married in Whapmagoostui. The benchmark for common-law partners across Canada’s towns: 11%.
Renter households: 22%, a lower share than 57% 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
Households in buildings of five or more storeys are rarer here than in nearly three quarters of Canadian towns. The share of renter households across Canada’s towns is 25%. The census found that 64% of households live in a single-detached house in Whapmagoostui. 49% of homes need major repairs, against a typical 5.8%.
Household income at the median: $116,000 a year
The census asked about income in 2020: a pandemic year, with CERB and other emergency benefits counted in. Income per household, before tax, with the groups it falls into.
Households by income · share of households
At $116,000, the middle household in Whapmagoostui out-earned the median across Canada’s towns ($86,000) by 35%. The provincial yardstick is $74,000, the median across Quebec’s towns. Pandemic payments such as CERB reached 28% of income recipients here, against 28% in the typical town.
Whapmagoostui ranks above 99% of Canadian towns on Indigenous residents: 99%
Identity and faith, in the census’s categories.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
9.4% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher, fewer than in 97% of Canadian towns
Education of residents 25 to 64, by highest credential.
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
38% have no certificate, diploma or degree (typical: 9.5%). As a yardstick, 27% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher across Canada’s towns.
Employment: 62% of residents 15 and over had a job
These rates date from May 2021, during the pandemic, and run lower than a normal year’s. Work, briefly: employment, unemployment, participation and working from home. Jobs, industries and the commute are on Work & commute.
More people work here than in the typical town: 62%, against 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. The Census Profile has no unpaid care, cars or internet access, and no change by age since 2016; ethnic origins beyond visible minority and Indigenous identity aren’t charted here.
- 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. Each comparison is its own median: over Quebec’s towns and neighbourhoods of 2,500 or more, and over all Canadian towns of that size (whole cities and First Nations reserves left out). Percentiles are within Canada only.
Questions about Whapmagoostui’s residents
Is Whapmagoostui good for families?
33% of residents are under 15 (Canada’s towns: 16%); couple families are 61% of households and one-parent families 6.5%. Schools near Whapmagoostui are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Whapmagoostui?
Half of Whapmagoostui’s households had more than $116,000 in 2020, before tax; across Canada’s towns the median was $86,000.
What is the population of Whapmagoostui?
About 1,061, by Statistics Canada’s estimate for July 2025. The 2021 Census found 1,022 people in Whapmagoostui, about the same as 2016.
What is the average age in Whapmagoostui?
The median age is 26. 33% are under 15 and 4.4% 65 or older.
Is Whapmagoostui bilingual?
English and French: 3.4% speak both (Canada’s towns: 7.5%). English only: 92%. French only: 0%. French mother tongue: 0%.
How diverse is Whapmagoostui?
Indigenous identity: 99%. Visible minority: 0%. Statistics Canada publishes no immigration figures for Whapmagoostui.
What religion are people in Whapmagoostui?
22% said they have no religion and 62% that they are Christian; 16% named another faith.
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).