Armstrong
Small town · Ontario · Population 1,199
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
- 39.2 years
- Canada: 41.6 years, 2011: 40.2 years (estimated) · 2016: 41.2 years
- Average household size
- 2.4
- Canada: 2.4, 2006: 2.5 · 2011: 2.4 · 2016: 2.4
- Moved home in the last 5 years
- 44.5%
- Canada: 39%, 2006: 26.2% · 2016: 29.8%
Age
- Ages 0 to 14Canada: 16.3%22.9%2016: 20.6%
- Ages 15 to 24Canada: 11.4%9.6%2016: 11.6%
- Ages 25 to 44Canada: 26.6%22.5%2016: 22.3%
- Ages 45 to 64Canada: 26.7%23.8%2016: 26.6%
- Ages 65 and overCanada: 19%20%2016: 18.5%
Households
- Couples with childrenCanada: 25.3%23.8%2011: 28%
- Couples without childrenCanada: 25.6%29.7%2011: 35%
- One-parent familiesCanada: 8.7%9.9%2011: 7%
- People living aloneCanada: 29.3%29.7%2016: 28.6%
- Other householdsCanada: 11%6.9%2011: 2%
Education and languages
Highest education, ages 25 to 64
- No certificate, diploma or degreeCanada: 9.9%21.6%2016: 13.6%
- High school diplomaCanada: 23%31.5%2016: 32.2%
- Apprenticeship or trades certificateCanada: 9.6%4.5%2016: 11.9%
- College, CEGEP or other certificateCanada: 24.6%26.1%2016: 33.1%
- University degree (bachelor's or higher)Canada: 32.9%16.2%2016: 8.5%
Knowledge of English and French
- Speak English onlyCanada: 69%35.4%2016: 30.9%
- Speak French onlyCanada: 11.2%6.7%2016: 9%
- Speak English and FrenchCanada: 18%58.3%2016: 60.1%
- Speak neither English nor FrenchCanada: 1.9%0%2016: 0%
Mother tongue
- Mother tongue EnglishCanada: 54.9%40.8%2016: 37.2%
- Mother tongue FrenchCanada: 19.6%51.7%2016: 57.7%
- Mother tongue another language, or more than oneCanada: 25.5%7.5%2016: 5.1%
Homes
- Condominiums
- 5%
- Canada: 15%, 2016: 6.1%
Owners and renters
- OwnersCanada: 66.5%70.3%2016: 72.4%
- RentersCanada: 33.1%29.7%2016: 27.6%
Types of homes
- Single-detached housesCanada: 52.6%77%2016: 78.6%
- Semi-detached housesCanada: 5%5%2016: 3.1%
- Row housesCanada: 6.5%4%2016: 6.1%
- Duplex apartmentsCanada: 5.5%3%2016: 0%
- Apartments under 5 storeysCanada: 18.3%10%2016: 11.2%
- Apartments of 5 storeys or moreCanada: 10.7%0%2016: 0%
- Other dwellings (incl. mobile homes)Canada: 1.5%1%2016: 1%
When homes were built
- Built 1960 or beforeCanada: 20.2%20.8%
- Built 1961 to 1980Canada: 27.9%43.6%
- Built 1981 to 2000Canada: 25.3%22.8%
- Built 2001 to 2015Canada: 19.8%6.9%
- Built 2016 to 2021Canada: 6.9%3%
Getting to work
Main way to work
- Car, truck or vanCanada: 83.9%92.5%2016: 86.6%
- Public transitCanada: 7.7%0%2016: 3.1%
- WalkCanada: 5.2%3.8%2016: 10.3%
- BicycleCanada: 1.1%0%2016: 0%
- Other wayCanada: 2.2%3.8%2016: 0%
Statistics Canada, 2021