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NHS Profile, Iqaluit, CY, Nunavut, 2011

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NHS data, Iqaluit, CY, Nunavut. Table summary
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Characteristic Iqaluit, CY
Nunavut
(Census subdivision)
Total Male Female
Ethnic origin population
Total population in private households by ethnic originsNational Household Survey data footnote 35 6,595 3,310 3,285
North American Aboriginal origins 4,110 1,975 2,135
First Nations (North American Indian) 225 110 120
Inuit 3,895 1,865 2,025
Métis 85 40 40
Other North American origins 720 380 340
Acadian 25 10 15
American 65 35 25
Canadian 585 305 280
New Brunswicker 0 0 0
Newfoundlander 20 10 10
Nova Scotian 0 0 0
Ontarian 0 0 0
Québécois 25 10 10
Other North American origins, n.i.e.National Household Survey data footnote 36 10 0 0
European origins 3,255 1,705 1,545
British Isles origins 2,395 1,240 1,160
Channel Islander 0 0 0
Cornish 0 0 0
English 910 465 445
Irish 795 405 390
Manx 0 0 0
Scottish 1,060 545 515
Welsh 80 50 30
British Isles origins, n.i.e.National Household Survey data footnote 37 190 95 100
French origins 650 365 285
Alsatian 0 0 0
Breton 0 0 0
French 650 365 280
Western European origins (except French origins) 380 185 195
Austrian 10 10 0
Belgian 10 10 10
Dutch 50 30 25
Flemish 0 0 0
Frisian 0 0 0
German 315 150 165
Luxembourger 0 0 0
Swiss 10 0 0
Western European origins, n.i.e.National Household Survey data footnote 38 0 0 0
Northern European origins (except British Isles origins) 130 65 70
Danish 35 20 15
Finnish 10 0 10
Icelandic 10 10 0
Norwegian 45 20 25
Swedish 35 10 20
Northern European origins, n.i.e.National Household Survey data footnote 39 10 0 0
Eastern European origins 225 120 105
Bulgarian 0 0 0
Byelorussian 0 0 0
Czech 0 0 0
Czechoslovakian, n.o.s. 0 0 0
Estonian 0 0 0
Hungarian 40 20 15
Latvian 0 0 0
Lithuanian 0 0 0
Moldovan 0 0 0
Polish 50 30 25
Romanian 10 0 0
Russian 40 15 20
Slovak 0 0 0
Ukrainian 95 55 45
Eastern European origins, n.i.e.National Household Survey data footnote 40 0 0 0
Southern European origins 195 100 90
Albanian 0 0 0
Bosnian 0 0 0
Croatian 10 0 0
Cypriot 0 0 0
Greek 10 10 0
Italian 105 60 50
Kosovar 0 0 0
Macedonian 0 0 0
Maltese 0 0 0
Montenegrin 0 0 0
Portuguese 35 20 15
Serbian 0 0 0
Sicilian 0 0 0
Slovenian 0 0 0
Spanish 25 10 20
Yugoslavian, n.o.s. 10 0 0
Southern European origins, n.i.e.National Household Survey data footnote 41 0 0 0
Other European origins 75 45 30
Basque 0 0 0
Jewish 10 0 10
Roma (Gypsy) 0 0 0
Slavic, n.o.s. 0 0 0
Other European origins, n.i.e.National Household Survey data footnote 42 55 35 20
Caribbean origins 35 15 15
Antiguan 0 0 0
Bahamian 0 0 0
Barbadian 0 0 0
Bermudan 0 0 0
Carib 0 0 0
Cuban 0 0 0
Dominican 0 0 0
Grenadian 0 0 0
Haitian 0 0 0
Jamaican 10 0 0
Kittitian/Nevisian 0 0 0
Martinican 0 0 0
Montserratan 0 0 0
Puerto Rican 0 0 0
St. Lucian 0 0 0
Trinidadian/Tobagonian 0 0 0
Vincentian/Grenadinian 0 0 0
West Indian, n.o.s. 0 0 0
Caribbean origins, n.i.e.National Household Survey data footnote 43 0 0 0
Latin, Central and South American origins 20 15 10
Aboriginal from Central/South America (except Maya) 10 10 0
Argentinian 0 0 0
Belizean 0 0 0
Bolivian 0 0 0
Brazilian 0 0 0
Chilean 0 0 0
Colombian 0 0 0
Costa Rican 0 0 0
Ecuadorian 0 0 0
Guatemalan 0 0 0
Guyanese 0 0 0
Hispanic 0 0 0
Honduran 0 0 0
Maya 0 0 0
Mexican 0 0 0
Nicaraguan 0 0 0
Panamanian 0 0 0
Paraguayan 0 0 0
Peruvian 0 0 0
Salvadorean 0 0 0
Uruguayan 0 0 0
Venezuelan 0 0 0
Latin, Central and South American origins, n.i.e.National Household Survey data footnote 44 0 0 0
African origins 90 55 35
Central and West African origins 0 0 0
Akan 0 0 0
Angolan 0 0 0
Ashanti 0 0 0
Beninese 0 0 0
Burkinabe 0 0 0
Cameroonian 0 0 0
Chadian 0 0 0
Congolese 0 0 0
Gabonese 0 0 0
Gambian 0 0 0
Ghanaian 0 0 0
Guinean 0 0 0
Ibo 0 0 0
Ivorian 0 0 0
Liberian 0 0 0
Malian 0 0 0
Nigerian 0 0 0
Peulh 0 0 0
Senegalese 0 0 0
Sierra Leonean 0 0 0
Togolese 0 0 0
Yoruba 0 0 0
Central and West African origins, n.i.e.National Household Survey data footnote 45 0 0 0
North African origins 10 0 0
Algerian 0 0 0
Berber 0 0 0
Coptic 0 0 0
Dinka 0 0 0
Egyptian 0 0 0
Libyan 0 0 0
Maure 0 0 0
Moroccan 0 0 0
Sudanese 0 0 0
Tunisian 0 0 0
North African origins, n.i.e.National Household Survey data footnote 46 0 0 0
Southern and East African origins 10 0 0
Afrikaner 0 0 0
Amhara 0 0 0
Bantu, n.o.s. 0 0 0
Burundian 0 0 0
Eritrean 0 0 0
Ethiopian 0 0 0
Harari 0 0 0
Kenyan 0 0 0
Malagasy 0 0 0
Mauritian 0 0 0
Oromo 0 0 0
Rwandan 0 0 0
Seychellois 0 0 0
Somali 0 0 0
South African 0 0 0
Tanzanian 0 0 0
Tigrian 0 0 0
Ugandan 0 0 0
Zambian 0 0 0
Zimbabwean 0 0 0
Zulu 0 0 0
Southern and East African origins, n.i.e.National Household Survey data footnote 47 0 0 0
Other African origins 70 40 30
Black, n.o.s.National Household Survey data footnote 48 20 10 10
Other African origins, n.i.e.National Household Survey data footnote 49 55 35 15
Asian origins 250 110 135
West Central Asian and Middle Eastern origins 40 25 10
Afghan 0 0 0
Arab, n.o.s. 0 0 0
Armenian 0 0 0
Assyrian 0 0 0
Azerbaijani 0 0 0
Georgian 0 0 0
Iranian 0 0 0
Iraqi 0 0 0
Israeli 0 0 0
Jordanian 0 0 0
Kazakh 0 0 0
Kurd 0 0 0
Kuwaiti 0 0 0
Lebanese 30 25 10
Palestinian 0 0 0
Pashtun 0 0 0
Saudi Arabian 0 0 0
Syrian 0 0 0
Tajik 0 0 0
Tatar 0 0 0
Turk 0 0 0
Uighur 0 0 0
Uzbek 0 0 0
Yemeni 0 0 0
West Central Asian and Middle Eastern origins, n.i.e.National Household Survey data footnote 50 0 0 0
South Asian origins 70 30 40
Bangladeshi 0 0 0
Bengali 0 0 0
East IndianNational Household Survey data footnote 48 40 15 25
Goan 0 0 0
Gujarati 0 0 0
Kashmiri 0 0 0
Nepali 0 0 0
Pakistani 0 0 0
Punjabi 0 0 0
Sinhalese 0 0 0
Sri Lankan 0 0 0
Tamil 0 0 0
South Asian origins, n.i.e.National Household Survey data footnote 51 10 0 0
East and Southeast Asian origins 150 60 90
Burmese 0 0 0
Cambodian (Khmer) 0 0 0
Chinese 65 35 35
Filipino 65 20 50
Hmong 0 0 0
Indonesian 0 0 0
Japanese 0 0 0
Korean 0 0 0
Laotian 0 0 0
Malaysian 0 0 10
Mongolian 0 0 0
Singaporean 0 0 0
Taiwanese 0 0 0
Thai 0 0 0
Tibetan 0 0 0
Vietnamese 0 0 0
East and Southeast Asian origins, n.i.e.National Household Survey data footnote 52 0 0 0
Other Asian origins 0 0 0
Other Asian origins, n.i.e.National Household Survey data footnote 53 0 0 0
Oceania origins 0 0 0
Australian 0 0 0
New Zealander 0 0 0
Pacific Islands origins 0 0 0
Fijian 0 0 0
Hawaiian 0 0 0
Maori 0 0 0
Polynesian, n.o.s. 0 0 0
Samoan 0 0 0
Pacific Islands origins, n.i.e.National Household Survey data footnote 54 0 0 0

National Household Survey data: Footnotes

Footnote 35

This is a total population estimate.  The sum of the ethnic groups in this table is greater than the total population estimate because a person may report more than one ethnic origin in the NHS.

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Footnote 36

Includes general responses indicating North American origins (e.g., 'North American') as well as more specific responses indicating North American origins that have not been included elsewhere (e.g., 'Maritimer,' 'Manitoban').

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Footnote 37

Includes general responses indicating British Isles origins (e.g., 'British,' 'United Kingdom') as well as more specific responses indicating British Isles origins that have not been included elsewhere (e.g., 'Celtic').

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Footnote 38

Includes general responses indicating Western European origins (e.g., 'Western European') as well as more specific responses indicating Western European origins that have not been included elsewhere (e.g., 'Liechtensteiner').

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Footnote 39

Includes general responses indicating Northern European origins (e.g., 'Northern European') as well as more specific responses indicating Northern European origins that have not been included elsewhere (e.g., 'Faroese,' 'Scandinavian').

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Footnote 40

Includes general responses indicating Eastern European origins (e.g., 'Eastern European') as well as more specific responses indicating Eastern European origins that have not been included elsewhere (e.g., 'Baltic').

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Footnote 41

Includes general responses indicating Southern European origins (e.g., 'Southern European') as well as more specific responses indicating Southern European origins that have not been included elsewhere (e.g., 'Gibraltarian').

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Footnote 42

Includes general responses indicating Other European origins (e.g., 'European') as well as more specific responses indicating European origins that have not been included elsewhere (e.g., 'Central European').

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Footnote 43

Includes general responses indicating Caribbean origins (e.g., 'Caribbean') as well as more specific responses indicating Caribbean origins that have not been included elsewhere (e.g., 'Guadelupian,' 'Aruban').

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Footnote 44

Includes general responses indicating Latin, Central or South American origins (e.g., 'South American') as well as more specific responses indicating Latin, Central or South American origins that have not been included elsewhere (e.g., 'Surinamese').

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Footnote 45

Includes general responses indicating Central or West African origins (e.g., 'West African') as well as more specific responses indicating Central or West African origins that have not been included elsewhere (e.g., 'Ewe,' 'Wolof').

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Footnote 46

Includes general responses indicating North African origins (e.g., 'North African') as well as more specific responses indicating North African origins that have not been included elsewhere (e.g., 'Maghreb').

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Footnote 47

Includes general responses indicating Southern or East African origins (e.g., 'East African') as well as more specific responses indicating Southern or East African origins that have not been included elsewhere (e.g., 'Hutu,' 'Shona').

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Footnote 48

Some respondents may choose to provide very specific ethnic origins in the National Household Survey (NHS), while other respondents may choose to give more general responses. This means that two respondents with the same ethnic ancestry could have different response patterns and thus could be counted as having different ethnic origins. For example, one respondent may report 'East Indian' ethnic origin while another respondent, with a similar ancestral background, may report 'Punjabi' or 'South Asian' origins; one respondent may report 'Black' while another, similar respondent, may report 'Ghanaian' or 'African.' As a result, ethnic origin data are very fluid, and counts for certain origins, such as 'East Indian' and 'Black,' may seem lower than initially expected. Users who wish to obtain broader response counts may wish to combine data for one or more ethnic origins together or use counts for ethnic categories such as 'South Asian origins' or 'African origins.' (Please note, however, that 'African origins' should not be considered equivalent to the 'Black' population group or visible minority status, as there are persons reporting African origins who report a population group or visible minority status other than 'Black.' Conversely, many people report a population group or visible minority status of 'Black' and do not report having 'African' origins. For information on population group and visible minority population in the 2011 NHS, refer to the appropriate definitions in this publication.)

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Footnote 49

Includes general responses indicating Other African origins (e.g., 'African') as well as more specific responses indicating Other African origins that have not been included elsewhere (e.g., 'Saharan').

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Footnote 50

Includes general responses indicating West Asian, Central Asian and Middle Eastern origins (e.g., 'West Asian,' 'Middle Eastern') as well as more specific responses indicating West Asian, Central Asian and Middle Eastern origins that have not been included elsewhere (e.g., 'Baloch,' 'Circassian').

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Footnote 51

Includes general responses indicating South Asian origins (e.g., 'South Asian') as well as more specific responses indicating South Asian origins that have not been included elsewhere (e.g., 'Bhutanese').

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Footnote 52

Includes general responses indicating East and Southeast Asian origins (e.g., 'Southeast Asian') as well as more specific responses indicating East and Southeast Asian origins that have not been included elsewhere (e.g., 'Bruneian,' 'Karen').

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Footnote 53

Includes general responses indicating Other Asian origins (e.g., 'Asian') as well as more specific responses indicating Other Asian origins that have not been included elsewhere (e.g., 'Eurasian').

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Footnote 54

Includes general responses indicating Pacific Islands origins (e.g., 'Pacific Islander') as well as more specific responses indicating Pacific Islands origins that have not been included elsewhere (e.g., 'Tahitian').

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How to cite

How to cite: Statistics Canada. 2013. Iqaluit, CY, Nunavut (Code 6204003) (table). National Household Survey (NHS) Profile. 2011 National Household Survey. Statistics Canada Catalogue no. 99-004-XWE. Ottawa. Released September 11, 2013.
http://www12.statcan.gc.ca/nhs-enm/2011/dp-pd/prof/index.cfm?Lang=E (accessed July 7, 2025).

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Census data, Iqaluit, CY, Nunavut. Table summary
The table shows total, male and female data grouped by geography (appearing as column headers) for selected characteristics (appearing as row headers).
Characteristic Iqaluit, CY
Nunavut
(Census subdivision)
Total Male Female
Population and dwelling counts
Population in 2011Census data footnote 1 6,699 ... ...
Population in 2006Census data footnote 1 6,184 ... ...
2006 to 2011 population change (%) 8.3 ... ...
Total private dwellingsCensus data footnote 2 2,930 ... ...
Private dwellings occupied by usual residentsCensus data footnote 3 2,367 ... ...
Population density per square kilometre 127.6 ... ...
Land area (square km) 52.50 ... ...
Age characteristics
Total population by age groupsCensus data footnote 4 6,700 3,400 3,295
0 to 4 years 615 315 300
5 to 9 years 535 260 270
10 to 14 years 450 230 225
15 to 19 years 515 280 235
15 years 105 60 45
16 years 115 55 60
17 years 105 50 50
18 years 100 60 40
19 years 100 50 50
20 to 24 years 560 280 280
25 to 29 years 665 320 335
30 to 34 years 670 320 355
35 to 39 years 495 260 230
40 to 44 years 495 245 255
45 to 49 years 480 230 250
50 to 54 years 475 265 210
55 to 59 years 355 170 185
60 to 64 years 235 130 100
65 to 69 years 80 55 25
70 to 74 years 40 25 15
75 to 79 years 25 10 10
80 to 84 years 15 5 15
85 years and over 5 5 0
Median age of the populationCensus data footnote 5 30.1 30.2 30.0
% of the population aged 15 and over 76.2 76.2 76.0
Marital status
Total population 15 years and over by marital statusCensus data footnote 6 5,100 2,590 2,510
Married or living with a common-law partner 2,720 1,360 1,360
Married (and not separated) 1,470 745 730
Living common law 1,250 620 625
Not married and not living with a common-law partner 2,380 1,230 1,150
Single (never legally married) 1,990 1,070 920
Separated 95 55 45
Divorced 205 85 115
Widowed 85 20 70
Family characteristics
Total number of census families in private householdsCensus data footnote 7 1,715 ... ...
Size of census family: 2 persons 705 ... ...
Size of census family: 3 persons 435 ... ...
Size of census family: 4 persons 335 ... ...
Size of census family: 5 or more persons 245 ... ...
Total number of census families in private householdsCensus data footnote 8 1,715 ... ...
Total couple families by family structure and number of children 1,315 ... ...
Married couples 695 ... ...
Without children at home 260 ... ...
With children at home 435 ... ...
1 child 160 ... ...
2 children 155 ... ...
3 or more children 110 ... ...
Common-law couples 620 ... ...
Without children at home 210 ... ...
With children at home 415 ... ...
1 child 145 ... ...
2 children 150 ... ...
3 or more children 115 ... ...
Total lone-parent families by sex of parent and number of children 405 ... ...
Female parent 300 ... ...
1 child 170 ... ...
2 children 100 ... ...
3 or more children 35 ... ...
Male parent 105 ... ...
1 child 65 ... ...
2 children 30 ... ...
3 or more children 5 ... ...
Total children in census families in private households 2,340 ... ...
Under six years of age 695 ... ...
6 to 14 years 855 ... ...
15 to 17 years 280 ... ...
18 to 24 years 350 ... ...
25 years and over 155 ... ...
Average number of children at home per census family 1.4 ... ...
Household and dwelling characteristics
Total number of persons in private households 6,595 3,320 3,270
Number of persons not in census families 1,225 645 585
Living with relativesCensus data footnote 9 275 150 125
Living with non-relatives only 330 175 155
Living alone 620 315 305
Number of census family persons 5,370 2,685 2,690
Average number of persons per census family 3.1 ... ...
Total number of persons aged 65 years and over in private households 155 95 60
Number of persons not in census families aged 65 years and over 50 25 25
Living with relativesCensus data footnote 9 15 5 15
Living with non-relatives only 5 5 0
Living alone 30 20 5
Number of census family persons aged 65 years and over 105 70 35
Total number of private households by household typeCensus data footnote 10 2,365 ... ...
Census-family households 1,610 ... ...
One-family-only householdsCensus data footnote 11 1,325 ... ...
Couple-family householdsCensus data footnote 12 1,070 ... ...
Without children 385 ... ...
With children 685 ... ...
Lone-parent-family households 250 ... ...
Other family householdsCensus data footnote 13 280 ... ...
One-family households with persons not in a census family 180 ... ...
Couple-family householdsCensus data footnote 14 125 ... ...
Without children 30 ... ...
With children 95 ... ...
Lone-parent-family households 55 ... ...
Two-or-more-family households 100 ... ...
Non-census-family households 760 ... ...
One-person households 620 ... ...
Two-or-more-person households 135 ... ...
Total number of occupied private dwellings by structural type of dwellingCensus data footnote 15 2,365 ... ...
Single-detached house 675 ... ...
Apartment, building that has five or more storeys 155 ... ...
Movable dwellingCensus data footnote 16 0 ... ...
Other dwellingCensus data footnote 17 1,545 ... ...
Semi-detached house 195 ... ...
Row house 585 ... ...
Apartment, duplex 20 ... ...
Apartment, building that has fewer than five storeys 740 ... ...
Other single-attached house 5 ... ...
Total number of private households by household sizeCensus data footnote 18 2,365 ... ...
1 person 620 ... ...
2 persons 620 ... ...
3 persons 420 ... ...
4 persons 360 ... ...
5 persons 195 ... ...
6 or more persons 155 ... ...
Number of persons in private households 6,595 ... ...
Average number of persons in private households 2.8 ... ...
Detailed mother tongue
Detailed mother tongue - Total population excluding institutional residentsCensus data footnote 19 6,615 3,335 3,280
  Single responses  6,530 3,290 3,240
    English  2,915 1,535 1,380
    French  315 195 120
    Non-official languages  3,300 1,560 1,740
      Selected Aboriginal languagesCensus data footnote 20 3,010 1,420 1,595
        Atikamekw    0 0 0
        Cree, n.o.s.  0 0 0
        Dene  0 0 0
        Innu/Montagnais  0 0 0
        Inuktitut  3,005 1,415 1,595
        Mi'kmaq  0 0 0
        Ojibway  0 0 0
        Oji-Cree  0 0 0
        Stoney  0 0 0
Selected non-Aboriginal languagesCensus data footnote 21 270 135 135
        African languages, n.i.e.  0 0 0
        Afrikaans  5 5 0
        Akan (Twi)  0 5 0
        Albanian  0 0 0
        Amharic  5 5 0
        Arabic  15 15 0
        Armenian  0 0 0
        Bantu languages, n.i.e.  5 0 0
        Bengali  0 0 0
        Berber languages (Kabyle)  0 0 0
        Bisayan languages  10 5 5
        Bosnian  5 0 0
        Bulgarian  0 0 5
        Burmese  0 0 0
        Cantonese  10 5 0
        Chinese, n.o.s.  10 5 5
        Creoles  0 0 0
        Croatian  0 0 0
        Czech  5 0 0
        Danish  5 0 0
        Dutch  0 5 0
        Estonian  0 0 0
        Finnish  0 0 0
        Flemish  5 5 0
        Fukien  0 0 0
        German  15 10 10
        Greek  0 0 0
        Gujarati  0 0 0
        Hakka  0 0 0
        Hebrew  0 0 0
        Hindi  15 10 5
        Hungarian  5 5 0
        Ilocano  0 0 0
        Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e.  0 0 0
        Italian  5 5 5
        Japanese  0 0 0
        Khmer (Cambodian)  0 0 0
        Korean  5 5 5
        Kurdish  0 0 0
        Lao  0 0 0
        Latvian  0 0 0
        Lingala  0 0 0
        Lithuanian  0 0 0
        Macedonian  0 0 0
        Malay  5 0 0
        Malayalam  0 0 0
        Maltese  0 0 0
        Mandarin  10 5 5
        Marathi  0 0 0
        Nepali  0 0 0
        Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e.  10 5 5
        Norwegian  5 5 0
        Oromo  0 0 0
        Panjabi (Punjabi)  5 5 0
        Pashto  0 0 0
        Persian (Farsi)  0 0 0
        Polish  10 10 0
        Portuguese  5 5 0
        Romanian  10 5 5
        Rundi (Kirundi)  0 0 0
        Russian  5 0 5
        Rwanda (Kinyarwanda)  0 0 0
        Semitic languages, n.i.e.  0 0 0
        Serbian  5 0 0
        Serbo-Croatian  0 0 0
        Shanghainese  0 0 0
        Sign languages, n.i.e.  0 0 5
        Sindhi  0 0 0
        Sinhala (Sinhalese)  5 5 0
        Sino-Tibetan languages, n.i.e.  0 0 0
        Slavic languages, n.i.e.  0 0 0
        Slovak  0 0 0
        Slovenian  0 0 0
        Somali  0 0 0
        Spanish  15 5 10
        Swahili  0 0 0
        Swedish  0 0 0
        Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino)  50 10 35
        Taiwanese  0 0 0
        Tamil  5 0 0
        Telugu  0 0 0
        Thai  0 0 0
        Tibetan languages  0 0 0
        Tigrigna  0 0 0
        Turkish  0 0 0
        Ukrainian  0 0 0
        Urdu  5 5 5
        Vietnamese  5 0 0
        Yiddish  0 0 0
      Other languagesCensus data footnote 22 15 10 5
  Multiple responses          90 45 40
    English and French  5 0 0
    English and non-official language  85 45 40
    French and non-official language  0 0 0
    English, French and non-official language 0 0 0
Knowledge of official languages
Knowledge of official languages - Total population excluding institutional residentsCensus data footnote 19 6,615 3,335 3,280
  English only 5,625 2,805 2,815
  French only 15 10 10
  English and French 845 460 380
  Neither English nor French 135 60 75
First official language spoken
First official language spoken - Total population excluding institutional residentsCensus data footnote 19 6,620 3,335 3,285
  English 6,140 3,075 3,065
  French 320 195 125
  English and French 25 10 15
  Neither English nor French 135 60 75
Official language minority (number)Census data footnote 23 335 200 135
Official language minority (percentage)Census data footnote 23 5.1 6.0 4.1
Detailed language spoken most often at home
Detailed language spoken most often at home - Total population excluding institutional residentsCensus data footnote 19 6,620 3,335 3,285
  Single responses 6,565 3,315 3,250
    English 4,435 2,255 2,180
    French 195 115 80
    Non-official languages 1,940 940 995
      Selected Aboriginal languagesCensus data footnote 20 1,850 900 950
        Atikamekw   0 0 0
        Cree, n.o.s. 5 0 5
        Dene 0 0 0
        Innu/Montagnais 0 0 0
        Inuktitut 1,845 895 945
        Mi'kmaq 0 0 0
        Ojibway 0 0 0
        Oji-Cree 0 0 0
        Stoney 0 0 0
      Selected non-Aboriginal languagesCensus data footnote 21 95 45 45
        African languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0
        Afrikaans 5 0 0
        Akan (Twi) 0 0 0
        Albanian 0 0 0
        Amharic 0 0 0
        Arabic 0 5 5
        Armenian 0 0 0
        Bantu languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0
        Bengali 0 0 0
        Berber languages (Kabyle) 0 0 0
        Bisayan languages 5 5 0
        Bosnian 0 0 0
        Bulgarian 0 0 0
        Burmese 0 0 0
        Cantonese 5 0 5
        Chinese, n.o.s. 10 5 5
        Creoles 0 0 0
        Croatian 0 0 0
        Czech 0 0 0
        Danish 0 0 0
        Dutch 0 0 0
        Estonian 0 0 0
        Finnish 0 0 0
        Flemish 0 0 0
        Fukien 0 0 0
        German 5 0 0
        Greek 0 0 0
        Gujarati 0 0 0
        Hakka 0 0 0
        Hebrew 0 0 0
        Hindi 5 5 0
        Hungarian 0 0 0
        Ilocano 0 0 0
        Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0
        Italian 0 0 0
        Japanese 0 0 0
        Khmer (Cambodian) 0 0 0
        Korean 5 5 0
        Kurdish 0 0 0
        Lao 0 0 0
        Latvian 0 0 0
        Lingala 0 0 0
        Lithuanian 0 0 0
        Macedonian 0 0 0
        Malay 0 0 0
        Malayalam 0 0 0
        Maltese 0 0 0
        Mandarin 5 5 5
        Marathi 0 0 0
        Nepali 0 0 0
        Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0
        Norwegian 0 0 0
        Oromo 0 0 0
        Panjabi (Punjabi) 0 0 0
        Pashto 0 0 0
        Persian (Farsi) 0 0 0
        Polish 5 5 0
        Portuguese 0 0 0
        Romanian 5 0 5
        Rundi (Kirundi) 0 0 0
        Russian 0 0 0
        Rwanda (Kinyarwanda) 0 0 0
        Semitic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0
        Serbian 0 0 0
        Serbo-Croatian 0 0 0
        Shanghainese 0 0 0
        Sign languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0
        Sindhi 0 0 0
        Sinhala (Sinhalese) 0 0 0
        Sino-Tibetan languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0
        Slavic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0
        Slovak 0 0 0
        Slovenian 0 0 0
        Somali 0 0 0
        Spanish 15 5 5
        Swahili 0 0 0
        Swedish 0 0 0
        Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino) 20 5 10
        Taiwanese 0 0 0
        Tamil 5 0 5
        Telugu 0 0 0
        Thai 0 0 0
        Tibetan languages 0 0 0
        Tigrigna 0 0 0
        Turkish 5 0 0
        Ukrainian 0 0 0
        Urdu 0 5 0
        Vietnamese 0 0 0
        Yiddish 0 0 0
      Other languagesCensus data footnote 22 0 0 0
  Multiple responses         50 20 35
    English and French 5 5 0
    English and non-official language 50 15 30
    French and non-official language 0 0 0
    English, French and non-official language 0 0 0
Detailed other language spoken regularly at home
Detailed other language spoken regularly at home - Total population excluding institutional residentsCensus data footnote 19 6,620 3,335 3,280
  None 3,300 1,720 1,580
  Single responses  3,300 1,610 1,690
    English  1,595 790 805
    French  195 105 95
    Non-official languages  1,510 720 790
      Selected Aboriginal languagesCensus data footnote 20 1,380 650 725
        Atikamekw    0 0 0
        Cree, n.o.s.  0 0 0
        Dene  0 0 0
        Innu/Montagnais  0 0 0
        Inuktitut  1,375 655 725
        Mi'kmaq  0 0 0
        Ojibway  0 0 0
        Oji-Cree  0 0 0
        Stoney  0 0 0
      Selected non-Aboriginal languagesCensus data footnote 21 130 65 70
        African languages, n.i.e.  0 0 0
        Afrikaans  0 0 0
        Akan (Twi)  0 0 0
        Albanian  0 0 0
        Amharic  0 0 0
        Arabic  10 10 5
        Armenian  0 0 0
        Bantu languages, n.i.e.  5 0 5
        Bengali  0 0 0
        Berber languages (Kabyle)  0 0 0
        Bisayan languages  5 0 5
        Bosnian  0 0 0
        Bulgarian  0 0 0
        Burmese  0 0 0
        Cantonese  5 5 0
        Chinese, n.o.s.  5 5 0
        Creoles  0 0 0
        Croatian  5 0 0
        Czech  0 0 0
        Danish  0 0 0
        Dutch  0 0 0
        Estonian  0 0 0
        Finnish  0 0 0
        Flemish  0 0 0
        Fukien  0 0 0
        German  0 0 0
        Greek  0 5 5
        Gujarati  0 0 0
        Hakka  0 0 0
        Hebrew  0 0 0
        Hindi  15 5 5
        Hungarian  5 0 0
        Ilocano  0 0 0
        Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e.  0 0 0
        Italian  5 0 0
        Japanese  0 0 0
        Khmer (Cambodian)  0 0 0
        Korean  0 0 0
        Kurdish  0 0 0
        Lao  0 0 0
        Latvian  0 0 0
        Lingala  0 0 0
        Lithuanian  0 0 0
        Macedonian  0 0 0
        Malay  5 5 0
        Malayalam  0 0 0
        Maltese  0 0 0
        Mandarin  5 0 0
        Marathi  0 0 0
        Nepali  0 0 0
        Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e.  0 5 0
        Norwegian  10 5 5
        Oromo  0 0 0
        Panjabi (Punjabi)  5 0 0
        Pashto  0 0 0
        Persian (Farsi)  0 0 0
        Polish  5 0 5
        Portuguese  5 0 0
        Romanian  0 0 0
        Rundi (Kirundi)  0 0 0
        Russian  5 5 0
        Rwanda (Kinyarwanda)  0 0 0
        Semitic languages, n.i.e.  0 0 0
        Serbian  0 0 0
        Serbo-Croatian  0 0 0
        Shanghainese  0 0 0
        Sign languages, n.i.e.  0 0 0
        Sindhi  0 0 0
        Sinhala (Sinhalese)  5 0 0
        Sino-Tibetan languages, n.i.e.  0 0 0
        Slavic languages, n.i.e.  0 0 0
        Slovak  5 0 0
        Slovenian  0 0 0
        Somali  0 0 0
        Spanish  15 10 10
        Swahili  0 0 0
        Swedish  0 0 0
        Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino)  10 0 10
        Taiwanese  0 0 0
        Tamil  0 5 0
        Telugu  0 0 0
        Thai  0 0 0
        Tibetan languages  0 0 0
        Tigrigna  0 0 0
        Turkish  0 0 0
        Ukrainian  0 0 0
        Urdu  5 5 5
        Vietnamese  0 0 0
        Yiddish  0 0 0
      Other languagesCensus data footnote 22 5 0 5
  Multiple responses          15 5 5
    English and French  5 5 0
    English and non-official language  0 0 0
    French and non-official language  5 5 5
    English, French and non-official language  0 0 0

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Census data: Footnotes

Footnote 1

Statistics Canada is committed to protect the privacy of all Canadians and the confidentiality of the data they provide to us. As part of this commitment, some population counts of geographic areas are adjusted in order to ensure confidentiality.

Counts of the total population are rounded to a base of 5 for any dissemination block having a population of less than 15. Population counts for all standard geographic areas above the dissemination block level are derived by summing the adjusted dissemination block counts. The adjustment of dissemination block counts is controlled to ensure that the population counts for dissemination areas will always be within 5 of the actual values. The adjustment has no impact on the population counts of census divisions and large census subdivisions.

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Footnote 2

A separate set of living quarters designed for or converted for human habitation in which a person or group of persons reside or could reside. In addition, a private dwelling must have a source of heat or power and must be an enclosed space that provides shelter from the elements, as evidenced by complete and enclosed walls and roof, and by doors and windows that provide protection from wind, rain and snow.

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Footnote 3

A separate set of living quarters which has a private entrance either directly from outside or from a common hall, lobby, vestibule or stairway leading to the outside, and in which a person or a group of persons live permanently.

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Footnote 4

Refers to the age at last birthday before the reference date, that is, before May 10, 2011.

Refer to the Census Dictionary for more information.

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Footnote 5

The median age is an age 'x', such that exactly one half of the population is older than 'x' and the other half is younger than 'x'.

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Footnote 6

Refers to the marital status of the person, taking into account his/her common-law status. For more information, refer to the Census Dictionary: Marital status.

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Footnote 7

Census family - Refers to a married couple (with or without children), a common-law couple (with or without children) or a lone parent family. For more information, refer to the Census Dictionary: Census family.

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Footnote 8

Census family structure - Refers to the classification of census families into married couples (with or without children of either and/or both spouses), common-law couples (with or without children of either and/or both partners), and lone-parent families by sex of parent. A couple may be of opposite or same sex. A couple with children may be further classified as either an intact family or stepfamily, and stepfamilies may, in turn, be classified as simple or complex. Children in a census family include grandchildren living with their grandparent(s) but with no parents present.

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Footnote 9

Non-relatives may be present.

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Footnote 10

Refers to the basic division of private households into family and non-family households. Family household refers to a household that contains at least one census family, that is, a married couple with or without children, or a couple living common-law with or without children, or a lone parent living with one or more children (lone-parent family). One-family household refers to a single census family (with or without other persons) that occupies a private dwelling. Multiple-family household refers to a household in which two or more census families (with or without additional persons) occupy the same private dwelling. Family households may also be divided based on the presence of persons not in a census family.

Non-family household refers to either one person living alone in a private dwelling or to a group of two or more people who share a private dwelling, but who do not constitute a census family.

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Footnote 11

Refers to households that consist solely of one census family without additional persons.

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Footnote 12

Refers to households with opposite-sex or same-sex couples.

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Footnote 13

Refers to one-census family households with additional persons and to multiple-census family households, with or without additional persons.

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Footnote 14

Refers to households with opposite-sex or same-sex couples.

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Footnote 15

Structural type of dwelling - Characteristics that define a dwelling's structure, for example, the characteristics of a single-detached house, a semi-detached house, a row house, or an apartment or flat in a duplex. Refers to the structural characteristics and/or dwelling configuration, that is, whether the dwelling is a single-detached house, an apartment in a high-rise building, a row house, a mobile home, etc.

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Footnote 16

Includes mobile homes and other movable dwellings such as houseboats and railroad cars.

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Footnote 17

The category 'Other dwelling' is a subtotal of the following categories: semi-detached house, row house, apartment or flat in a duplex, apartment in a building that has fewer than five storeys and other single-attached house.

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Footnote 18

Household, private - Person or group of persons occupying the same dwelling. Refers to a person or a group of persons (other than foreign residents) who occupy a private dwelling and do not have a usual place of residence elsewhere in Canada.

Household size - Number of persons occupying a private dwelling. Refers to the number of usual residents in a private household.

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Footnote 19

The population excluding institutional residents includes Canadian citizens (by birth or by naturalization) and landed immigrants (permanent residents) excluding those who live in institutions (institutional collective dwellings). Canadian citizens and landed immigrants either: (1) have a usual place of residence in Canada; (2) are abroad either on a military base or attached to a diplomatic mission; or (3) are at sea or in port aboard merchant vessels under Canadian registry or Canadian government vessels. Since 1991, the target population also includes persons with a usual place of residence in Canada who are claiming refugee status, who hold study permits, or who hold work permits, as well as family members living with them; for census purposes, this group is referred to as non-permanent residents. The population universe does not include foreign residents.

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Footnote 20

The languages shown were selected based on the Aboriginal mother tongues most often reported as single responses in Canada in the 2011 Census of Population.

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Footnote 21

The languages shown were selected based on the non-Aboriginal mother tongues (other than English or French) most often reported as single responses in Canada in the 2011 Census of Population.

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Footnote 22

This is a subtotal of all languages collected by the census that are not displayed separately here. For a full list of languages collected in the census, please refer to Appendix D in the 2011 Census Dictionary.

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Footnote 23

English is the first official language spoken by Quebec's official language minority, which consists of all individuals with English as a first official language spoken and half of those with both English and French. French is the first official language spoken by the official language minority in the country overall and in every province and territory outside Quebec, which consists of all individuals with French as a first official language spoken and half of those with both English and French.

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How to cite

How to cite: Statistics Canada. 2013. Iqaluit, CY, Nunavut (Code 6204003) (table). National Household Survey (NHS) Profile. 2011 Census. Statistics Canada Catalogue no. 99-004-XWE. Ottawa. Released June 26, 2013.
http://www12.statcan.gc.ca/nhs-enm/2011/dp-pd/prof/index.cfm?Lang=E (accessed July 7, 2025).

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2011 Census of Population

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