Yellowknife, Northwest Territories Population & Demographics

Statistic	Yellowknife	Northwest Territories	National
Population	22,316	44,821	38,134,230
Population density (sq km)	186	0	4
Median age	34.7	34.6	40.9
Male/Female ratio	0.9:1	1.0:1	1.0:1
Married couples	59%	50%	66%
Families w/ kids at home	49%	48%	43%
Speak English only	83.1%	88.9%	68.8%
Speak French only	0.3%	0.2%	4.5%

Key Findings

The population density in Yellowknife is 507118% higher than Northwest Territories
The median age in Yellowknife is equal to Northwest Territories
In Yellowknife 5.05% of the population is Filipino
In Yellowknife 3.62% of the population is Black
In Yellowknife 3.24% of the population is South Asian

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Visible Minority Population

Data	Percent
Filipino	5.1%
Black	3.6%
South Asian	3.2%
Southeast Asian	1.1%
Chinese	1.1%

Immigrants By Place Of Birth

Data	Percent
Philippines	4.5%
United Kingdom	1.1%
Vietnam	0.8%
India	0.7%
Other Eastern Africa	0.7%

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Household income distribution

Family breakdown

Yellowknife age breakdown

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