Indigenous residents: 8.3%, a higher share than 83% of Canadian towns
46% of immigrants arrived between 2011 and 2021, against 27% across Canada’s towns. Rosslyn counted 3,242 residents and 1,180 households at the 2021 Census. Here, 26% of residents are 65 or over. More immigrants than in 68% of Canadian towns: 28%.
A median age of 43.9: Rosslyn is older than 61% of Canadian towns
All figures are the 2021 Census’s unless another date is shown. Residents by five-year age band, each beside the typical town (the tick).
The biggest five-year age group is 85+, with 8.6% of residents, 4.3 times the share across Canada’s towns. For Rosslyn, the census puts residents aged 15 to 24 at 11%.
Median age of Canadian towns of 2,500+
■ Rosslyn, 43.9. The typical town is 42.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 92 men for every 100 women. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
Rosslyn: 32% of households are one person living alone, above 68% of Canadian towns
Household types, then household sizes.
Against Alberta’s towns and Canada’s towns
People per household
Canada’s towns.
Across Canada’s towns, households average 2.4 people; in Rosslyn, 2.5. Here, 9.6% of households are one-parent families. Shared houses stand out: 7.9% of households are unrelated adults living together, more than in 91% of Canadian towns. Set beside that, 27% of households are one person living alone across Canada’s towns.
Rosslyn sits below 73% of Canadian towns for common-law partners (7.9%)
Married, common-law, single: residents 15 and over.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
Singles who have never married make up 31% of adults, beside a typical 27%. The benchmark for common-law partners across Canada’s towns: 11%. 37% of residents 15 and over are married.
37% of households rent their home, more than in 71% of Canadian towns
Dwelling types, tenure and age of the housing. 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. The comparison figure for renter households is 25% across Canada’s towns. 29% of homes were built before 1961 and 4.7% in 2001 or later. Here 67% of households live in a single-detached house, where the figure across Canada’s towns is 64%.
Median household income: $79,500 a year
The income year is 2020: a year of pandemic benefits such as CERB, which the figures count. What households took in before tax, at the middle and across income groups.
Households by income · share of households
Household incomes run lower in Rosslyn: half had less than $79,500, 8% under the median across Canada’s towns ($86,000). Across Alberta’s towns the median is $92,200. Emergency and recovery benefits reached 32% of those with an income, beside a typical 28%.
13% of residents are not Canadian citizens, more than in 78% of Canadian towns
Where immigrants were born and when they came, and how recently residents moved in.
Immigrants, by continent of birth · share of all residents; the bar runs to 35%
When immigrants arrived · share of immigrants
Citizenship and moving · share of residents
The largest groups of immigrants were born in Asia (68%) and in Europe (18%). The comparison figure for residents without Canadian citizenship is 5.8% across Canada’s towns. A year before the census, 11% lived somewhere else: fewer than the typical 11% across Canada’s towns.
In Rosslyn, 34% of residents belong to a visible minority, more than in 72% of Canadian towns
Visible minority and Indigenous identity, then religion.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
Residents with no religion make up 40%, against 35% across Canada’s towns. To put it in context, 15% of residents belong to a visible minority across Canada’s towns. Other faiths: Muslim (11%).
1.6% of residents have French as their mother tongue, more than in 52% of Canadian towns
The official languages residents can speak, and the ones they learned first.
Can hold a conversation in · share of all residents
Mother tongue · share of all residents
15% most often speak a language other than English or French at home, and 4% speak neither official language. Set beside that, 1.5% of residents have French as their mother tongue across Canada’s towns. Lower than in 84% of Canadian towns: 4.2% of residents speak English and French.
Below 80% of Canadian towns: 16% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher
Highest certificate, diploma or degree of residents aged 25 to 64.
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
Without any certificate: 18% of 25- to 64-year-olds (typical: 9.5%).
52% of adults were employed in May 2021
May 2021 was still a pandemic month: the census’s work figures reflect that. Work, briefly: employment, unemployment, participation and working from home. Jobs, industries and the commute are on Work & commute.
Across Canada’s towns the typical rate is 58%, above this 52%; 26% of residents are 65 or over.
Among 41 towns of 3,188 to 3,297 people, the 18th oldest
The Canadian towns closest in population, from youngest to oldest.
They run from Coalhurst, at 32, to Electoral Area A, Sunshine Coast, at 61.2. The towns whose median age is nearest to Rosslyn’s: Normanhurst (43.4), Stoke (43.6), Sturgeon Creek (44.1) and Hampton (44.4).
Around Rosslyn, 1 of 6 towns have a higher median age
The closest towns, coloured by how old their residents are.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rosslyn | 3,242 | — | 43.9 | 26% | 28% |
| Lauderdale | 2,954 | 0.5 km | 37.4 | 13% | 31% |
| Glengarry | 3,087 | 1.5 km | 39.6 | 18% | 37% |
| Northmount | 3,349 | 1.8 km | 45.4 | 28% | 32% |
| Carlisle | 4,609 | 1.8 km | 36.3 | 14% | 35% |
| Griesbach | 6,640 | 1.9 km | 36.6 | 14% | 25% |
| Killarney | 4,165 | 2.0 km | 34.9 | 11% | 30% |
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- The census’s own words. These are self-reported answers: Indigenous identity, immigrant status, religion. The census’s “visible minority” comes from the Employment Equity Act (non-white in colour or race, Indigenous peoples aside), and the page sets each beside other towns without labelling any.
- 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.
- Neighbourhoods are sums of small areas. The figures sum the neighbourhood’s dissemination areas, since the census is published for municipalities only. Medians are estimated from the age and income groups, counts carry Statistics Canada’s rounding, and no 2016 count matches these boundaries.
- What these tables don’t give. For origins the charts stop at visible minority and Indigenous identity, and the Census Profile has nothing on unpaid care, cars or the internet, or on change by age since 2016.
Questions about Rosslyn’s residents
Is Rosslyn good for families?
Children under 15 are 16% of residents, against 16% across Canada’s towns. Couple families make up 41% of households and one-parent families 9.6%. Schools near Rosslyn are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Rosslyn?
Median total household income in Rosslyn was $79,500 in 2020, against a median of $86,000 across Canada’s towns.
What is the population of Rosslyn?
3,242, at the 2021 Census: Statistics Canada makes no later estimate for Rosslyn alone.
What is the average age in Rosslyn?
Half the residents are older than 43.9 and half younger, older than 61% of Canadian towns; 16% are children under 15 and 26% are 65 or over.
Is Rosslyn bilingual?
4.2% of residents can speak both English and French (typical across Canada’s towns: 7.5%); 0% speak French only and 92% English only. French is the mother tongue of 1.6%.
How diverse is Rosslyn?
Across Canada’s towns a typical 17% are immigrants; here, 28%. A visible minority makes up 34% and Indigenous residents 8.3%.
What religion are people in Rosslyn?
Most often Christian (44%) or no religion (40%); other religions make up 16%.
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).