Cape Dorset, Nunavut Population & Demographics

Statistic	Cape Dorset	Nunavut	National
Population	1,558	39,637	38,134,230
Population density (sq km)	156	0	4
Median age	25.0	27.0	40.9
Male/Female ratio	1.0:1	0.9:1	1.0:1
Married couples	17%	35%	66%
Families w/ kids at home	50%	54%	43%
Speak English only	89.8%	89.8%	68.8%
Speak French only	0.2%	0.2%	4.5%

Key Findings

The population density in Cape Dorset is 801393% higher than Nunavut
The median age in Cape Dorset is 7% lower than Nunavut
In Cape Dorset 0.19% of the population is Black
In Cape Dorset 0.19% of the population is Chinese
In Cape Dorset 0.19% of the population is Filipino

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Visible Minority Population

Data	Percent
Black	0.2%
Chinese	0.2%
Filipino	0.2%
South Asian	0.2%
All Other Visible Minorities	0.1%

Immigrants By Place Of Birth

Data	Percent
Jamaica	0.2%
Romania	0.1%
Cambodia	0.1%
Other Eastern Africa	0.1%
Australia	0.1%

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Household income distribution

Family breakdown

Cape Dorset age breakdown

Source: The Cape Dorset, NU data and statistics displayed above are derived from Statistics Canada and updated for 2021 by Environics Analytics.