Armour
Small town · Ontario · Population 1,459
People and homes
Who lives here and what homes are like, from the 2021 Census. Shown for context: these figures are never part of a score.
Who lives here
- Median age
- 56.8 years
- Canada: 41.6 years, 2011: 53 years (estimated) · 2016: 55.1 years
- Average household size
- 2.2
- Canada: 2.4, 2006: 2.3 · 2011: 2.3 · 2016: 2.3
- Moved home in the last 5 years
- 24.3%
- Canada: 39%, 2006: 34.7% · 2016: 38.5%
Age
- Ages 0 to 14Canada: 16.3%11.6%2016: 12.4%
- Ages 15 to 24Canada: 11.4%5.1%2016: 6.4%
- Ages 25 to 44Canada: 26.6%18.8%2016: 16.6%
- Ages 45 to 64Canada: 26.7%33.2%2016: 37.1%
- Ages 65 and overCanada: 19%31.8%2016: 27.6%
Households
- Couples with childrenCanada: 25.3%15.7%2011: 20.5%
- Couples without childrenCanada: 25.6%42.5%2011: 43.4%
- One-parent familiesCanada: 8.7%3.7%2011: 4.9%
- People living aloneCanada: 29.3%28.4%2016: 22.1%
- Other householdsCanada: 11%9.7%2011: 7.4%
Education and languages
Highest education, ages 25 to 64
- No certificate, diploma or degreeCanada: 9.9%13.7%2016: 18.5%
- High school diplomaCanada: 23%34.2%2016: 33.8%
- Apprenticeship or trades certificateCanada: 9.6%14.4%2016: 10.8%
- College, CEGEP or other certificateCanada: 24.6%26.7%2016: 29.3%
- University degree (bachelor's or higher)Canada: 32.9%11%2016: 8.3%
Knowledge of English and French
- Speak English onlyCanada: 69%95.5%2016: 95.4%
- Speak French onlyCanada: 11.2%0%2016: 0%
- Speak English and FrenchCanada: 18%3.8%2016: 4.2%
- Speak neither English nor FrenchCanada: 1.9%0.3%2016: 0%
Mother tongue
- Mother tongue EnglishCanada: 54.9%93.5%2016: 92.9%
- Mother tongue FrenchCanada: 19.6%1.7%2016: 2.1%
- Mother tongue another language, or more than oneCanada: 25.5%4.8%2016: 4.9%
Homes
- Condominiums
- 1.5%
- Canada: 15%, 2016: 0%
Owners and renters
- OwnersCanada: 66.5%93.2%2016: 90.2%
- RentersCanada: 33.1%6.8%2016: 10.7%
Types of homes
- Single-detached housesCanada: 52.6%96.2%2016: 94.3%
- Semi-detached housesCanada: 5%0%2016: 0%
- Row housesCanada: 6.5%0%2016: 0%
- Duplex apartmentsCanada: 5.5%1.5%2016: 2.5%
- Apartments under 5 storeysCanada: 18.3%2.3%2016: 1.6%
- Apartments of 5 storeys or moreCanada: 10.7%0%2016: 0%
When homes were built
- Built 1960 or beforeCanada: 20.2%21.1%
- Built 1961 to 1980Canada: 27.9%17.3%
- Built 1981 to 2000Canada: 25.3%42.9%
- Built 2001 to 2015Canada: 19.8%12%
- Built 2016 to 2021Canada: 6.9%5.3%
Getting to work
Main way to work
- Car, truck or vanCanada: 83.9%94.3%2016: 94.9%
- Public transitCanada: 7.7%0%2016: 0%
- WalkCanada: 5.2%3.4%2016: 4%
- BicycleCanada: 1.1%2.3%2016: 2%
- Other wayCanada: 2.2%0%2016: 0%
Statistics Canada, 2021