Photo: DXR · CC BY-SA 4.0A larger share of residents with no religion than 90% of Canadian towns: 53%
Where 16% of residents are under 15 across Canada’s towns, Rosedale has 12%. Meanwhile, the neighbourhood has more one-person households than 85% of Canadian towns, at 38%. Census day 2021: 2,507 residents and 1,205 households here. Locally, 37% of households rent their home.
What stands out about the people of Rosedale
Many graduates
A bachelor’s degree or higher is held by 70% of 25- to 64-year-olds, more than in 98% of Canadian towns, and a master’s by 18%. Qualifications ↓
Written from the data on this page: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census.
Residents aged 65 and over make up 16% in Rosedale, less than in 68% of Canadian towns
Every figure here comes from the 2021 Census unless it carries another date. Age bands of five years, the town’s bars against the typical town’s ticks.
Against a figure of 11% across Canada’s towns, the share of residents aged 15 to 24 in Rosedale comes in at 13%. At the same time, the median age in the neighbourhood is 39.8, lower than in 65% of Canadian towns.
Median age of Canadian towns of 2,500+
■ Rosedale, 39.8. The typical town is 42.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About 95 men for every 100 women.
Rosedale households average 2.1 people, smaller than in 87% of Canadian towns
Private households by type and size.
Against Alberta’s towns and Canada’s towns
People per household
Canada’s towns.
5% of households are one-parent families (Canada’s towns: 8.2%).
A larger share of common-law partners than 69% of Canadian towns: 13%
Residents 15 and over by marital status; the census counts common-law couples separately.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
Singles who have never married make up 33% of adults, beside a typical 27%. For comparison, 11% of residents 15 and over live common-law across Canada’s towns.
Fewer households in single-detached houses than 71% of Canadian towns: 48%
Occupied homes by type, by owners and renters, and by when they were built. Prices, rents and shelter costs are on Cost of living.
Type of home
Owners and renters · share of households
When homes were built · share of homes
By its share of households in buildings of five or more storeys (2.9%), Rosedale is above just over two thirds of Canadian towns. For comparison, 64% of households live in a single-detached house across Canada’s towns. 36% of homes were built before 1961 and 29% in 2001 or later.
The midpoint household income is $101,200 a year
The census asked about income in 2020: a pandemic year, with CERB and other emergency benefits counted in. Household income before tax: the median, and households by income group.
Households by income · share of households
At $101,200, the middle household in Rosedale out-earned the median across Canada’s towns ($86,000) by 18%. Among Alberta’s towns, the typical figure is $92,200. The pandemic’s benefits: 26% of income recipients, against 28% in the typical town.
15% of residents lived at another address a year earlier, more than in 78% of Canadian towns
Immigrants, newcomers and movers.
Immigrants, by continent of birth · share of all residents; the bar runs to 30%
When immigrants arrived · share of immigrants
Citizenship and moving · share of residents
The largest groups of immigrants were born in Asia (37%) and in Europe (27%). Against that, 11% of residents lived at another address a year earlier across Canada’s towns. Residents without Canadian citizenship: 6%, near enough the figure across Canada’s towns.
Rosedale ranks above 56% of Canadian towns on visible minority residents: 20%
Visible minority, Indigenous identity and religion, as residents answered the census.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
In Rosedale, 2.5% of residents have an Indigenous identity. Typically, 15% of residents belong to a visible minority across Canada’s towns.
Bilingual residents: 12%, a higher share than 65% of Canadian towns
Knowledge of the two official languages, first languages, and the language of home.
Can hold a conversation in · share of all residents
Mother tongue · share of all residents
Residents whose mother tongue is French: 1%, near enough the figure across Canada’s towns. As a yardstick, 7.5% of residents speak English and French across Canada’s towns. At home, 5.2% mostly speak another language; 0.6% speak neither English nor French.
70% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher, more than in 98% of Canadian towns
From no certificate to a master’s: residents 25 to 64.
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
1.7% of those aged 25 to 64 have no formal credential, where the typical town has 9.5%.
An employment rate of 63%
May 2021 was still a pandemic month: the census’s work figures reflect that. The census’s labour rates, in brief. Jobs, industries and the commute are on Work & commute.
The employment rate of 63% is above the typical 58% across Canada’s towns.
Ranked by age, 14th youngest of 41 towns this size
Median age of the Canadian towns nearest in population; hover a dot.
They run from City Commercial Core, at 32.7, to North Frontenac, at 61.6. Nearest to Rosedale in age: Saint-Polycarpe (38.4), Caswell Hill (39.2), Pembina (40.8) and Brooke-Alvinston (41.6).
Rosedale and its 6 nearest towns: 1 of them are older
The nearest places, coloured by median age; each links to its own page.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rosedale | 2,507 | — | 39.8 | 16% | 17% |
| Sunnyside | 2,976 | 0.6 km | 35.1 | 9.1% | 14% |
| Hillhurst | 8,435 | 1.3 km | 38.6 | 15% | 21% |
| Eau Claire | 3,733 | 1.3 km | 44.1 | 25% | 36% |
| Downtown Commercial Core | 9,286 | 1.5 km | 34.1 | 14% | 50% |
| Crescent Heights | 6,411 | 1.6 km | 38.2 | 14% | 26% |
| Capitol Hill | 6,135 | 1.7 km | 36.7 | 11% | 18% |
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Neighbourhoods are sums of small areas. Statistics Canada publishes the census for municipalities, not neighbourhoods, so these figures add up the dissemination areas inside the neighbourhood. Counts are sums of StatCan’s rounded counts; the median age and income are worked out from the published age and income groups; and 2016 areas don’t add up to these, so there is no 2016 count.
- What these tables don’t give. Unpaid care, car ownership and internet access aren’t in the Census Profile, nor is the change by age since 2016. Ethnic origins other than visible minority and Indigenous identity are left out of the charts.
- The census’s own words. In the census, “visible minority” is the Employment Equity Act’s term for people who are non-white in colour or race and not Indigenous. Like immigrant status, Indigenous identity and religion, which residents reported themselves, it is compared with other towns, never turned into a label.
- Against Alberta’s towns and Canada’s towns. Each comparison is its own median: over Alberta’s towns and neighbourhoods of 2,500 or more, and over all Canadian towns of that size (whole cities and First Nations reserves left out). Percentiles are within Canada only.
Questions about Rosedale’s residents
How diverse is Rosedale?
Immigrants make up 17% of residents, against 17% across Canada’s towns. 20% are members of a visible minority, and 2.5% are First Nations, Métis or Inuit.
What religion are people in Rosedale?
Christian: 40%. No religion: 53%. Another religion: 7.6%.
Is Rosedale good for families?
Across Canada’s towns, a typical 16% of residents are under 15; here, 12%. 50% of households are couple families and 5% one-parent families. Schools near Rosedale are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Rosedale?
$101,200 before tax, in 2020: the middle household’s income in Rosedale (Canada’s towns: $86,000).
What is the population of Rosedale?
Rosedale had 2,507 residents at the 2021 Census.
What is the average age in Rosedale?
39.8 is the median age, younger than 65% of Canadian towns. Under 15: 12%. 65 and over: 16%.
Is Rosedale bilingual?
English and French: 12% speak both (Canada’s towns: 7.5%). English only: 88%. French only: 0%. French mother tongue: 1%.
Sources: Statistics Canada, Census Profile, 2021 Census of Population. Under the Statistics Canada Open Licence.
Adapted from Statistics Canada (Census of Population 2021, population estimates 2025, 2021 census boundaries) under the Statistics Canada Open Licence; this does not constitute an endorsement by Statistics Canada. Neighbourhood names in some cities © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL).