Rosenthal is younger than 95% of Canadian towns: a median age of 33.5
Against a figure of 25% across Canada’s towns, the share of renter households in Rosenthal comes in at 9.6%. Census day 2021: 4,873 residents and 1,665 households here. Residents without Canadian citizenship account for 21%. Few places have so few one-person households: 18% here, fewer than in 84% of Canadian towns.
What stands out about the people of Rosenthal
More immigrants than most towns
Immigrants make up 48% of residents; the medians are 25% across Alberta’s towns and 17% across Canada’s towns. Most immigrants were born in Asia (79%) or in Europe (9.8%), and 60% arrived from 2011 to 2021. Immigrants & newcomers ↓
Younger than most towns
The middle resident of Rosenthal is 33.5; the typical median across Canadian towns is 42. 23% are under 15 and 5.2% are 65 or over. Ages ↓
A mix of backgrounds
60% of residents belong to a visible minority, more than in 90% of Canadian towns; 48% are immigrants. Identity & religion ↓
Written from the data on this page: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census.
A smaller share of residents aged 65 and over than 99% of Canadian towns: 5.2%
All figures are the 2021 Census’s unless another date is shown. Age bands of five years, the town’s bars against the typical town’s ticks.
No age band is larger than 35–39: just over one in ten residents, 1.9 times the share across Canada’s towns. On the census count, nearly a quarter of residents are under 15. To put it in context, 19% of residents are 65 or over across Canada’s towns.
Median age of Canadian towns of 2,500+
■ Rosenthal, 33.5. The typical town is 42.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About 96 men for every 100 women.
Bigger households than 88% of Canadian towns: 2.9 people each on average
Who shares a home: household types and sizes.
Against Alberta’s towns and Canada’s towns
People per household
Canada’s towns.
By its share of one-parent families (6%), Rosenthal is below 83% of Canadian towns.
A higher share of married residents 15 and over than 78% of Canadian towns, at 55%
Residents 15 and over by marital status; the census counts common-law couples separately.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
A quarter of adults have never married and don’t live common-law (typical: 27%). As a yardstick, 46% of residents 15 and over are married across Canada’s towns. For Rosenthal, the census puts common-law partners at 11%.
Rosenthal sits below 54% of Canadian towns for households in single-detached houses (61%)
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
Households in buildings of five or more storeys are rarer here than in nearly three quarters of Canadian towns. As a reference point, 64% of households live in a single-detached house across Canada’s towns. Newer homes outnumber old: 98% date from 2001 or later, 0.6% from before 1961.
Households here have a median income of $121,700 a year
Incomes are 2020’s, the census’s reference year, and include pandemic benefits such as CERB. Income per household, before tax, with the groups it falls into.
Households by income · share of households
At $121,700, the middle household in Rosenthal out-earned the median across Canada’s towns ($86,000) by 42%. The middle household across Alberta’s towns has $92,200 before tax. Pandemic benefits reached 38% of residents with an income, against a typical 28%.
Rosenthal: 48% of residents are immigrants, above 91% of Canadian towns
Immigrants, newcomers and movers.
Immigrants, by continent of birth · share of all residents; the bar runs to 60%
When immigrants arrived · share of immigrants
Citizenship and moving · share of residents
Most immigrants were born in Asia (79%) or in Europe (9.8%). Compared with other places, residents who moved in within the year are common here: 17%, more than in 86% of Canadian towns. 60% of immigrants arrived between 2011 and 2021, against 27% across Canada’s towns.
60% of residents belong to a visible minority, more than in 90% of Canadian towns
Residents’ own answers on visible minority, Indigenous identity and religion.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
Other faiths: Muslim (3.7%), Hindu (3.4%) and Buddhist (2.8%). Few places have so few residents with no religion: 31% here, fewer than in 64% of Canadian towns. For comparison, 15% of residents belong to a visible minority across Canada’s towns. Nothing unusual on Indigenous residents: 2.4%, close to the figure across Canada’s towns.
Beyond English and French: 49% grew up with another language
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
26% most often speak a language other than English or French at home, and 2.2% speak neither official language. Lower than in just over four fifths of Canadian towns: 4.5% of residents speak English and French. At 1.2%, the share of residents whose mother tongue is French is in line with the figure across Canada’s towns.
Rosenthal sits above 74% of Canadian towns for degree holders aged 25 to 64 (42%)
The highest diploma or degree of adults of working age (25 to 64).
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
4.2% of those aged 25 to 64 have no formal credential, where the typical town has 9.5%.
72% of adults were employed in May 2021
Census day was in May 2021, mid-pandemic: some of these rates are lower than in a usual year. The census’s labour rates, in brief. Jobs, industries and the commute are on Work & commute.
Employment runs above the middle of Canada’s towns (58%), at 72%.
The 3rd youngest of 41 towns of 4,768 to 4,987 people
Median age of the Canadian towns nearest in population; hover a dot.
The youngest of these towns is Empire Park, at 30.9; the oldest, Sutton, is at 60.4. Next to Rosenthal on this scale come Empire Park (30.9), Westdale South (31.1), Central McDougall (34.7) and Cardston County (36.4).
Of the 6 towns nearest Rosenthal, 4 are older
Places nearby, shaded by median age, each linked to its page.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rosenthal | 4,873 | — | 33.5 | 5.2% | 48% |
| Suder Greens | 2,928 | 1.3 km | 37.6 | 11% | 34% |
| Secord | 8,205 | 1.6 km | 32.4 | 3.2% | 47% |
| Webber Greens | 5,035 | 1.9 km | 34.9 | 8.4% | 47% |
| Granville | 2,994 | 2.5 km | 34.9 | 7.2% | 43% |
| Glastonbury | 9,745 | 2.6 km | 42.5 | 17% | 31% |
| Enoch Cree Nation | 1,947 | 3.5 km | 26.8 | 6.8% | 0% |
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. The Census Profile has no unpaid care, cars or internet access, and no change by age since 2016; ethnic origins beyond visible minority and Indigenous identity aren’t charted here.
- 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. For each measure we take the median of Alberta’s towns and neighbourhoods of 2,500 or more, then the median of all Canadian towns. Neither counts whole cities or reserves, and every percentile is a Canadian one.
Questions about Rosenthal’s residents
Is Rosenthal good for families?
23% of residents are under 15 (Canada’s towns: 16%); couple families are 60% of households and one-parent families 6%. Schools near Rosenthal are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Rosenthal?
Half of Rosenthal’s households had more than $121,700 in 2020, before tax; across Canada’s towns the median was $86,000.
What is the population of Rosenthal?
Rosenthal had 4,873 residents at the 2021 Census.
What is the average age in Rosenthal?
The median age is 33.5, younger than 95% of Canadian towns. 23% are under 15 and 5.2% 65 or older.
Is Rosenthal bilingual?
English and French: 4.5% speak both (Canada’s towns: 7.5%). English only: 93%. French only: 0%. French mother tongue: 1.2%.
How diverse is Rosenthal?
Immigrants: 48% (Canada’s towns: 17%). Visible minority: 60%. Indigenous identity: 2.4%.
What religion are people in Rosenthal?
31% said they have no religion and 57% that they are Christian; 12% named another faith.
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).