Canada The Inuits of Canada live along the northern coast of Canada. Inuits/Eskimos The Inuits of Canada live along the northern coast of Canada. They live in homes called igloos or snowhouses. Summer igloos may be a tent of canvas or deer skin. Winter igloos may be a hut made of snow. These are made from blocks of snow fitted and shaped together to look like an igloo. The cracks are filled with loose snow. Igloos keep the wind out and the warmth in.