In 2011, Arnprior (Town) had a population of 8,114, representing a percentage change of 13.4% from 2006. This compares to the national average growth of 5.9%.
Land area is 13.04 square kilometres with a population density of 622.2 persons per square kilometre. This compares to the provincial land area of 908,607.67 square kilometres with a population density of 14.1 persons per square kilometre.
In 2011, Arnprior (Town) had 3,640 private dwellings occupied by usual residents. The change in private dwellings occupied by usual residents from 2006 was 15.3%. For Canada as a whole, the number of private dwellings occupied by usual residents increased 7.1%.
In 2011, the percentage of the population aged 65 and over in Arnprior, T was 22.7%, compared with a national percentage of 14.8%. The percentage of the working age population (15 to 64) was 63.5% and the percentage of children aged 0 to 14 was 13.8%. In comparison, the national percentages were 68.5% for the population aged 15 to 64 and 16.7% for the population aged 0 to 14.
In 2011, the median age in Arnprior, T was 47.3 years. In comparison, the median age of Ontario was 40.4 years.
In 2011, the number of census families2 in Arnprior was 2,290, which represents a change of 10.1% from 2006. This compares to a growth rate for Canada of 5.5% over the same period.
In Arnprior, 66.2% of census families were married couples in 2011, while 13.5% were common-law-couples and 20.3% were lone-parent families.
Among couples (married and common-law) in the census subdivision of Arnprior, 38.5% were couples with children aged 24 and under at home. In comparison, as a whole, 46.9% of couples in Canada had children aged 24 and under at home.
In Arnprior, 53.3% of the total population aged 15 and over were either married (44.5%) or living with a common-law partner (8.8%).
There were 3,640 private households3 in Arnprior in 2011, a change of 15.2% from 2006. Of these, 19.0% of households were comprised of couples with children aged 24 and under at home, a change of -9.2% compared with five years earlier.
In Arnprior, 52.9% of private households lived in single-detached houses and 3.4% lived in apartments in buildings that have five or more storeys. The rest lived in other types of dwelling structures.
In Arnprior, 92.1% of the population reported English only as mother tongue, 4.0% reported French only, and 3.1% reported a non-official language only, in 2011. In comparison, the provincial / territorial percentages were 68.2% for English only, 3.9% for French only and 25.7% for only non-official languages.
In 2011, 97.9% of the population spoke only English most often at home, 0.7% spoke only French and 0.7% spoke only a non-official language. In comparison, the provincial / territorial percentages were 79.0% for only English, 2.2% for only French and 14.4% for only a non-official language.
In Arnprior, the three most common mother tongues were German (0.6%), Polish (0.4%) and Dutch (0.3%), in 2011. In comparison, the most common mother tongues at the provincial / territorial level were Italian (2.1%), Chinese, n.o.s. (1.6%) and Cantonese (1.5%).