Editing Iqaluit (section)

== Demographics ==
{{Historical populations
| title = Federal census population history of Iqaluit
| type = Canada
| align = right
|[[1971 Canadian census|1971]]|2050
|[[1976 Canadian census|1976]]|2320
|[[1981 Canadian census|1981]]|2333
|[[1986 Canadian census|1986]]|2947
|[[1991 Canadian census|1991]]|3552
|[[1996 Canadian census|1996]]|4220
|[[2001 Canadian census|2001]]|5236
|[[2006 Canadian census|2006]]|6184
|[[2011 Canadian census|2011]]|6699
|[[2016 Canadian census|2016]]|7740
|[[2021 Canadian census|2021]]|7429
| footnote =
| source = [[Statistics Canada]]<br/><ref name="2021census"/><ref name=1976census>{{cite web |url=https://publications.gc.ca/collections/collection_2017/statcan/CS92-805-1976.pdf |title=1976 Census of Canada: Population – Geographic Distributions |publisher=[[Statistics Canada]] |date=June 1977 |access-date=1 February 2022 |archive-date=14 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220114124133/https://publications.gc.ca/collections/collection_2017/statcan/CS92-805-1976.pdf |url-status=live}}</ref><ref name=1981census>{{cite web |url=https://publications.gc.ca/collections/collection_2017/statcan/CS94-905-1981.pdf |title=1981 Census of Canada: Census subdivisions in decreasing population order |publisher=[[Statistics Canada]] |date=May 1992 |access-date=1 February 2021 |archive-date=14 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220114124130/https://publications.gc.ca/collections/collection_2017/statcan/CS94-905-1981.pdf |url-status=live}}</ref><ref name=1986census>{{cite web |url=https://publications.gc.ca/collections/collection_2013/statcan/rh-hc/CS92-101-1987.pdf |title=1986 Census: Population – Census Divisions and Census Subdivisions |publisher=[[Statistics Canada]] |date=September 1987 |access-date=1 February 2022 |archive-date=8 May 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200508144835/http://publications.gc.ca/collections/collection_2013/statcan/rh-hc/CS92-101-1987.pdf |url-status=live}}</ref><ref name=1991census>{{cite web |url=https://publications.gc.ca/collections/collection_2013/statcan/rh-hc/CS93-304-1992.pdf |title=91 Census: Census Divisions and Census Subdivisions – Population and Dwelling Counts |publisher=[[Statistics Canada]] |date=April 1992 |access-date=1 February 2022 |archive-date=8 May 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200508192734/http://publications.gc.ca/collections/collection_2013/statcan/rh-hc/CS93-304-1992.pdf |url-status=live}}</ref><ref name=1996census>{{cite web |url=https://publications.gc.ca/collections/collection_2012/statcan/rh-hc/CS93-357-1997.pdf |title=1996 Census: A National Overview – Population and Dwelling Counts |publisher=[[Statistics Canada]] |date=April 1997 |access-date=1 February 2022 |archive-date=28 November 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211128102145/https://publications.gc.ca/collections/collection_2012/statcan/rh-hc/CS93-357-1997.pdf |url-status=live}}</ref><ref name=2001census>{{cite web |url=https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/english/census01/products/standard/popdwell/Table-CSD-P.cfm?T=1&SR=1&S=1&O=A&PR=62 |title=Population and Dwelling Counts, for Canada, Provinces and Territories, and Census Subdivisions (Municipalities), 2001 and 1996 Censuses – 100% Data (Nunavut) |publisher=[[Statistics Canada]] |date=15 August 2012 |access-date=1 February 2022 |archive-date=2 February 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220202201433/https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/english/census01/products/standard/popdwell/Table-CSD-P.cfm?T=1&SR=1&S=1&O=A&PR=62 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref name=2006census>{{cite web |url=https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2006/dp-pd/hlt/97-550/Index.cfm?TPL=P1C&Page=RETR&LANG=Eng&T=302&SR=1&S=1&O=A&RPP=9999&CMA=0&PR=62 |title=Population and dwelling counts, for Canada, provinces and territories, and census subdivisions (municipalities), 2006 and 2001 censuses – 100% data (Nunavut) |publisher=[[Statistics Canada]] |date=20 August 2021 |access-date=1 February 2022 |archive-date=2 February 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220202164127/https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2006/dp-pd/hlt/97-550/Index.cfm?TPL=P1C&Page=RETR&LANG=Eng&T=302&SR=1&S=1&O=A&RPP=9999&CMA=0&PR=62 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref name=2011census>{{cite web |url=https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2011/dp-pd/hlt-fst/pd-pl/Table-Tableau.cfm?LANG=Eng&T=302&SR=1&S=51&O=A&RPP=9999&CMA=0&PR=62 |title=Population and dwelling counts, for Canada, provinces and territories, and census subdivisions (municipalities), 2011 and 2006 censuses (Nunavut) |publisher=[[Statistics Canada]] |date=25 July 2021 |access-date=1 February 2022 |archive-date=3 February 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220203043006/https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2011/dp-pd/hlt-fst/pd-pl/Table-Tableau.cfm?LANG=Eng&T=302&SR=1&S=51&O=A&RPP=9999&CMA=0&PR=62 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref name=2016census>{{cite web |url=https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2016/dp-pd/hlt-fst/pd-pl/Table.cfm?Lang=Eng&T=302&SR=1&S=86&O=A&RPP=9999&PR=62 |title=Population and dwelling counts, for Canada, provinces and territories, and census subdivisions (municipalities), 2016 and 2011 censuses – 100% data (Nunavut) |publisher=[[Statistics Canada]] |date=8 February 2017 |access-date=1 February 2022 |archive-date=3 February 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220203053554/https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2016/dp-pd/hlt-fst/pd-pl/Table.cfm?Lang=Eng&T=302&SR=1&S=86&O=A&RPP=9999&PR=62 |url-status=live}}</ref>
}}

In the [[2021 Canadian census]] conducted by [[Statistics Canada]], Iqaluit had a population of 7,429 living in 2,708 of its 3,297 total private dwellings, a change of {{percentage|{{#expr:7429-7740}}|7740|1 % = &nbsp;per cent}} from its 2016 population of 7,740. With a land area of {{cvt|51.58|km2}}, it had a population density of {{Pop density|7429|51.58|km2|sqmi|prec=1}} in 2021.<ref name="2021census">{{cite web |url=https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2021/dp-pd/prof/details/page.cfm?Lang=E&SearchText=Iqaluit&DGUIDlist=2021A00056204003,2021S05100306&GENDERlist=1,2,3&STATISTIClist=1&HEADERlist=0 |title=Census Profile, 2021 Census of Population - Profile table Iqaluit, City (CY) Nunavut [Census subdivision] and Iqaluit Nunavut [Population centre]  |publisher=[[Statistics Canada]] |date=2 August 2024 |access-date=7 May 2025 |archive-date=8 May 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250508002452/https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2021/dp-pd/prof/details/page.cfm?Lang=E&SearchText=Iqaluit&DGUIDlist=2021A00056204003,2021S05100306&GENDERlist=1,2,3&STATISTIClist=1&HEADERlist=0 |url-status=live}}</ref>

The median value of these dwellings is $376,639, quite a bit higher than the national median at $280,552. The average household has about 2.8 people living in it, and the average family has 1.4 children living at home with them. The median (after-tax) household income in Iqaluit is quite high, $98,921, almost double the national rate at $54,089. The median income for an individual in the city, is also high, $60,688. 5.9 per cent of people (over 15 years old) are either divorced or separated, which is quite a bit lower than the national rate at 8.6 per cent. Also, 53.3 per cent of the population is either married or living with a common law partner.

Iqaluit has quite a young population, the median age of the population is more than 10 years younger than the national rate, 30.1 years old compared to 40.6 years old.

For those over the age of 25:
*75.7% are high school educated (15.9% as their highest level of education)
*59.8% are post-secondary school educated
*24.3% have no certificate, diploma or degree

The [[2021 Canadian census|2021 census]] reported that [[Immigration to Canada|immigrants]] (individuals born outside Canada) comprise 750 persons or 10.3% of the total population of Iqaluit. Of the total immigrant population, the top countries of origin were Philippines (195 persons or 26.0%), Cameroon (50 persons or 6.7%), United Kingdom (40 persons or 5.3%), Nigeria (40 persons or 5.3%), Zimbabwe (40 persons or 5.3%), United States of America (35 persons or 4.7%), India (25 persons or 3.3%), Pakistan (20 persons or 2.7%), China (20 persons or 2.7%), Jamaica (20 persons or 2.7%), and Ethiopia (20 persons or 2.7%).<ref name="2021census"/>

=== Ethnicity ===
As of 2016, Iqaluit has the most Inuit in both numbers (3,900) and percentages (59.1 per cent), of all Canadian cities with populations greater than 5,000.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2016/dp-pd/prof/details/page.cfm?Lang=E&Geo1=CSD&Code1=6204003&Geo2=CD&Code2=6204&Data=Count&SearchText=Iqaluit&SearchType=Begins&SearchPR=01&B1=Visible+minority&TABID=1 |title=Census Profile, 2016 Census – Iqaluit, City [Census subdivision], Nunavut and Baffin, Region [Census division], Nunavut |publisher=Government of Canada, [[Statistics Canada]] |website=www12.statcan.gc.ca |access-date=2 May 2018 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170317054352/http://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2016/dp-pd/prof/details/page.cfm?Lang=E |archive-date=17 March 2017 |date=8 February 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2016/dp-pd/prof/details/page.cfm?Lang=E&Geo1=CSD&Code1=6204003&Geo2=CD&Code2=6204&Data=Count&SearchText=Iqaluit&SearchType=Begins&SearchPR=01&B1=Aboriginal+peoples&TABID=1 |title=Census Profile, 2016 Census – Iqaluit, City [Census subdivision], Nunavut and Baffin, Region [Census division], Nunavut |publisher=Government of Canada, Statistics Canada |website=www12.statcan.gc.ca |access-date=2 May 2018 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170317054352/http://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2016/dp-pd/prof/details/page.cfm?Lang=E |archive-date=17 March 2017 |date=8 February 2017}}</ref>
{| class="wikitable collapsible sortable"
|+ [[Panethnicity|Panethnic]] groups in the City of Iqaluit (2001–2021)
! rowspan="2" |[[Panethnicity|Panethnic]] group
! colspan="2" |2021<ref name="2021census"/>
! colspan="2" |2016<ref name="2016censusB">{{Cite web |last=Government of Canada |first=Statistics Canada |date=27 October 2021 |title=Census Profile, 2016 Census |url=https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2016/dp-pd/prof/details/page.cfm?Lang=E&Geo1=CSD&Code1=6204003&Geo2=CD&Code2=6204&SearchText=Iqaluit&SearchType=Begins&SearchPR=01&B1=All&TABID=1&type=0 |access-date=15 January 2023 |website=www12.statcan.gc.ca |archive-date=8 February 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230208014325/https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2016/dp-pd/prof/details/page.cfm?Lang=E&Geo1=CSD&Code1=6204003&Geo2=CD&Code2=6204&SearchText=Iqaluit&SearchType=Begins&SearchPR=01&B1=All&TABID=1&type=0 |url-status=live}}</ref>
! colspan="2" |2011<ref name="2011censusB">{{Cite web |last=Government of Canada |first=Statistics Canada |date=27 November 2015 |title=NHS Profile |url=https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/nhs-enm/2011/dp-pd/prof/details/page.cfm?Lang=E&Geo1=CSD&Code1=6204003&Data=Count&SearchText=Iqaluit&SearchType=Begins&SearchPR=01&A1=All&B1=All&Custom=&TABID=1 |access-date=15 January 2023 |website=www12.statcan.gc.ca |archive-date=17 January 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230117001955/https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/nhs-enm/2011/dp-pd/prof/details/page.cfm?Lang=E&Geo1=CSD&Code1=6204003&Data=Count&SearchText=Iqaluit&SearchType=Begins&SearchPR=01&A1=All&B1=All&Custom=&TABID=1 |url-status=live}}</ref>
! colspan="2" |2006<ref name="2006censusB">{{Cite web |last=Government of Canada |first=Statistics Canada |date=20 August 2019 |title=2006 Community Profiles |url=https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2006/dp-pd/prof/92-591/details/page.cfm?Lang=E&Geo1=CSD&Code1=6204003&Geo2=PR&Code2=62&Data=Count&SearchText=Iqaluit&SearchType=Begins&SearchPR=01&B1=All&Custom= |access-date=15 January 2023 |website=www12.statcan.gc.ca |archive-date=8 February 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230208014328/https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2006/dp-pd/prof/92-591/details/page.cfm?Lang=E&Geo1=CSD&Code1=6204003&Geo2=PR&Code2=62&Data=Count&SearchText=Iqaluit&SearchType=Begins&SearchPR=01&B1=All&Custom= |url-status=live}}</ref>
! colspan="2" |2001<ref name="2001censusB">{{Cite web |last=Government of Canada |first=Statistics Canada |date=2 July 2019 |title=2001 Community Profiles |url=https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/english/Profil01/CP01/Details/Page.cfm?Lang=E&Geo1=CSD&Code1=6204003&Geo2=PR&Code2=62&Data=Count&SearchText=Iqaluit&SearchType=Begins&SearchPR=01&B1=All&Custom= |access-date=15 January 2023 |website=www12.statcan.gc.ca |archive-date=17 January 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230117001955/https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/english/Profil01/CP01/Details/Page.cfm?Lang=E&Geo1=CSD&Code1=6204003&Geo2=PR&Code2=62&Data=Count&SearchText=Iqaluit&SearchType=Begins&SearchPR=01&B1=All&Custom= |url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
![[Population|{{abbr|Pop.|Population}}]]
!{{Abbr|%|percentage}}
!{{abbr|Pop.|Population}}
!{{Abbr|%|percentage}}
!{{abbr|Pop.|Population}}
!{{Abbr|%|percentage}}
!{{abbr|Pop.|Population}}
!{{Abbr|%|percentage}}
!{{abbr|Pop.|Population}}
!{{Abbr|%|percentage}}
|-
| [[Indigenous peoples in Canada|Indigenous]]
| 4,055
| {{Percentage|4055|7310|2}}
| 4,505
| {{Percentage|4505|7590|2}}
| 4,040
| {{Percentage|4040|6600|2}}
| 3,650
| {{Percentage|3650|6085|2}}
| 3,065
| {{Percentage|3065|5195|2}}
|-
| [[European Canadians|European]]{{efn|Statistic includes all persons that did not make up part of a visible minority or an indigenous identity.|name="euro"}}
| 2,350
| {{Percentage|2350|7310|2}}
| 2,500
| {{Percentage|2500|7590|2}}
| 2,265
| {{Percentage|2265|6600|2}}
| 2,235
| {{Percentage|2235|6085|2}}
| 2,030
| {{Percentage|2030|5195|2}}
|-
| [[Black Canadians|African]]
| 395
| {{Percentage|395|7310|2}}
| 225
| {{Percentage|225|7590|2}}
| 70
| {{Percentage|70|6600|2}}
| 45
| {{Percentage|45|6085|2}}
| 25
| {{Percentage|25|5195|2}}
|-
| [[Southeast Asian Canadians|Southeast Asian]]{{efn|Statistic includes total responses of "Filipino" and "Southeast Asian" under visible minority section on census.|name="SoutheastAsian"}}
| 235
| {{Percentage|235|7310|2}}
| 165
| {{Percentage|165|7590|2}}
| 70
| {{Percentage|70|6600|2}}
| 35
| {{Percentage|35|6085|2}}
| 15
| {{Percentage|15|5195|2}}
|-
| [[South Asian Canadians|South Asian]]
| 100
| {{Percentage|100|7310|2}}
| 65
| {{Percentage|65|7590|2}}
| 55
| {{Percentage|55|6600|2}}
| 30
| {{Percentage|30|6085|2}}
| 15
| {{Percentage|15|5195|2}}
|-
| [[East Asian Canadians|East Asian]]{{efn|Statistic includes total responses of "Chinese", "Korean", and "Japanese" under visible minority section on census.|name="EastAsian"}}
| 55
| {{Percentage|55|7310|2}}
| 60
| {{Percentage|60|7590|2}}
| 60
| {{Percentage|60|6600|2}}
| 65
| {{Percentage|65|6085|2}}
| 25
| {{Percentage|25|5195|2}}
|-
| [[Latin American Canadians|Latin American]]
| 40
| {{Percentage|40|7310|2}}
| 25
| {{Percentage|25|7590|2}}
| 15
| {{Percentage|15|6600|2}}
| 10
| {{Percentage|10|6085|2}}
| 10
| {{Percentage|10|5195|2}}
|-
| [[Middle Eastern Canadians|Middle Eastern]]{{efn|Statistic includes total responses of "West Asian" and "Arab" under visible minority section on census.|name="MiddleEastern"}}
| 35
| {{Percentage|35|7310|2}}
| 30
| {{Percentage|30|7590|2}}
| 10
| {{Percentage|10|6600|2}}
| 10
| {{Percentage|10|6085|2}}
| 10
| {{Percentage|10|5195|2}}
|-
| Other{{efn|Statistic includes total responses of "Visible minority, {{abbr|n.i.e.|not included elsewhere}}" and "Multiple visible minorities" under visible minority section on census.|name="Other"}}
| 40
| {{Percentage|40|7310|2}}
| 10
| {{Percentage|10|7590|2}}
| 10
| {{Percentage|10|6600|2}}
| 10
| {{Percentage|10|6085|2}}
| 0
| {{Percentage|0|5195|2}}
|-
! Total responses
! 7,310
! {{Percentage|7310|7429|2}}
! 7,590
! {{Percentage|7590|7740|2}}
! 6,600
! {{Percentage|6600|6699|2}}
! 6,085
! {{Percentage|6085|6184|2}}
! 5,195
! {{Percentage|5195|5236|2}}
|-
! Total population
! 7,429
! {{Percentage|7429|7429|2}}
! 7,740
! {{Percentage|7740|7740|2}}
! 6,699
! {{Percentage|6699|6699|2}}
! 6,184
! {{Percentage|6184|6184|2}}
! 5,236
! {{Percentage|5236|5236|2}}
|- class="sortbottom"
| colspan="11" | {{small|Note: Totals greater than 100% due to multiple origin responses}}
|}

[[File:Iqaluit stop sign.jpg|thumb|A [[stop sign]] in Iqaluit. The sign features the two most-spoken languages in the city, English and [[Inuktitut]].]]
[[File:IqaluitCatholicChurch.jpg|thumb|Catholic Church]]

=== Language ===
There is no "majority [[First language|mother tongue]]" in Iqaluit, as 45.4 per cent reported their mother tongue as being English, and 45.4 per cent also reported their mother tongue as [[Inuktitut]]. English is spoken by 97.2 per cent of Iqaluit residents, however, whereas only 53.1 per cent can speak Inuktitut. French was the mother tongue of 4.8 per cent of the population, which is the same figure of the population who can speak the language. As of 2012, "Pirurvik, Iqaluit's Inuktitut language training centre, has a new goal: to train instructors from Nunavut communities to teach Inuktitut in different ways and in their own dialects when they return home."<ref>{{Cite news |last=Dawson |first=Samantha |title=A new way to nurture the Inuit language: train the instructors |work=NunatsiaqOnline |access-date=24 January 2013 |date=17 January 2013 |url=http://www.nunatsiaqonline.ca/stories/article/65674a_new_way_to_spread_the_inuit_language_train_the_instructors/  |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130208065849/http://www.nunatsiaqonline.ca/stories/article/65674a_new_way_to_spread_the_inuit_language_train_the_instructors |archive-date=8 February 2013}}</ref>

=== Religion ===
According to the [[2021 Canadian census|2021 census]], religious groups in Iqaluit included:<ref name="2021census"/>
*[[Christianity in Canada|Christianity]] (3,975 persons or 54.4%)
*[[Irreligion in Canada|Irreligion]] (3,060 persons or 41.9%)
*[[Islam in Canada|Islam]] (90 persons or 1.2%)
*[[Mythologies of the Indigenous peoples of the Americas|Indigenous spirituality]] (50 persons or 0.7%)
*[[Hinduism in Canada|Hinduism]] (30 persons or 0.4%)
*[[History of the Jews in Canada|Judaism]] (20 persons or 0.3%)
*[[Buddhism in Canada|Buddhism]] (10 persons or 0.1%)
*Other (75 persons or 1.0%)