Photo: Earth Science and Remote Sensing Unit , Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center · Public domainHalf of Roland is under 30, younger than 99% of Canadian towns
Across Canada’s towns, households average 2.4 people; in Roland, 2.9. The latest estimate, for July 2025, is 1,283 residents; the 2021 Census found 395 households. On the census count, 92% of households live in a single-detached house. The town has more Indigenous residents than 80% of Canadian towns, at 7.4%.
What stands out about the people of Roland
Younger than most towns
Line Roland’s residents up by age and the one in the middle is 30; the typical median across Canadian towns is 42. 26% are under 15 and 11% are 65 or over. Ages ↓
Written from the data on this page: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census.
A change of +1% since 2016 leaves Roland behind 68% of Canadian towns
The 2021 Census is the source of every figure here unless a date says otherwise. Two census counts, five years apart, and Statistics Canada’s newest estimate.
Change, 2016 to 2021
Medians for comparison: +4% across Canada’s towns; +4% across Manitoba’s towns. Statistics Canada’s estimate for July 2025 is 12% higher again.
Roland ranks above 98% of Canadian towns on children under 15: 26%
Every five-year age group as a share of residents; ticks mark the typical town.
Across Canada’s towns, 11% of residents are aged 15 to 24; in Roland, 15%. Among Manitoba’s towns, Brockville has the highest share aged 65 or over, at 54%.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
48% women, 52% men
About 108 men for every 100 women.
A smaller share of one-person households than 84% of Canadian towns: 18%
Household types, then household sizes.
Against Manitoba’s towns and Canada’s towns
People per household
Canada’s towns.
With one-parent families at 2.5%, Roland is behind 99% of Canadian towns on that count. One-person households make up 27% across Canada’s towns.
Roland sits above 99% of Canadian towns for married residents 15 and over (67%)
How adults live as couples, or don’t, with common-law unions shown on their own.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
5.9% of residents 15 and over live common-law, against 11% across Canada’s towns. Singles who have never married make up 21% of adults, beside a typical 27%.
In Roland, 11% of households rent their home, fewer than in 86% of Canadian towns
The kinds of homes people live in, who owns and who rents, and how old the homes are. 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 74% of Canadian towns. Older homes outnumber new: 26% predate 1961, 15% date from 2001 or later. For renter households, the comparison across Canada’s towns is 25%.
Before tax, the median household income is $80,000 a year
Incomes here are for 2020, the year before the census, CERB and other pandemic benefits included. What households took in before tax, at the middle and across income groups.
Households by income · share of households
At $80,000, the middle household in Roland earned 7% less than the median across Canada’s towns ($86,000). The figure for Manitoba’s towns: $83,000. In 2020, 14% of income recipients drew a COVID-19 emergency or recovery benefit; the typical town had 28%.
Fewer residents who moved in within the year than 79% of Canadian towns: 8.3%
Birthplaces and arrival years of immigrants, citizenship and recent moves.
Immigrants, by continent of birth · share of all residents; the bar runs to 25%
When immigrants arrived · share of immigrants
Citizenship and moving · share of residents
9.5% of immigrants arrived between 2011 and 2021, against 27% across Canada’s towns. For residents who moved in within the year, the comparison across Canada’s towns is 11%. The share of immigrants stands at 9.2%. At 3.5%, the share of residents without Canadian citizenship is lower than in 62% of Canadian towns.
Only 18% of residents said they have no religion in Roland
Visible minority and Indigenous identity, then religion.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
Visible minority residents are rarer here than in 99% of Canadian towns. Against that, just over a third of residents said they have no religion across Canada’s towns.
English is the mother tongue of 73%, and 2.6% speak French as well
Who can speak English and French, mother tongue, and the language spoken most at home.
Can hold a conversation in · share of all residents
Mother tongue · share of all residents
7.4% most often speak a language other than English or French at home, and 1.3% speak neither official language. Roland has fewer bilingual residents than 96% of Canadian towns, at 2.6%. At 0.9%, residents whose mother tongue is French sit close to the figure across Canada’s towns.
Fewer degree holders aged 25 to 64 than 96% of Canadian towns: 9.7%
Highest certificate, diploma or degree of residents aged 25 to 64.
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
With no certificate, diploma or degree: 35%, beside a typical 9.5%. On average, 27% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher across Canada’s towns.
Employment: 68% of residents 15 and over had a job
The census counted work in May 2021, mid-pandemic, so read these rates as a pandemic snapshot. Four labour figures from the census. Jobs, industries and the commute are on Work & commute.
Employment runs above the middle of Canada’s towns (58%), at 68%.
No nearby town is as young as Roland
The closest towns, coloured by how old their residents are. Distances here run 16–24 km: that is how far the nearest places with figures are from Roland.
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 Manitoba’s towns and Canada’s towns. Provincial and national yardsticks: Manitoba’s towns and neighbourhoods of at least 2,500 residents, and all Canadian towns of that size. No whole city and no First Nations reserve is in either median.
- 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.
Questions about Roland’s residents
Is Roland good for families?
Under 15: 26% (Canada’s towns: 16%). Couple families: 75% of households. One-parent families: 2.5%. Schools near Roland are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Roland?
The median household in Roland took in $80,000 in 2020, against $86,000 across Canada’s towns.
What is the population of Roland?
Roland had about 1,283 residents in July 2025, Statistics Canada estimates; the 2021 Census counted 1,145, 1% more than 2016.
What is the average age in Roland?
A median age of 30. Children under 15 make up 26%, and people 65 and over 11%.
Is Roland bilingual?
Across Canada’s towns a typical 7.5% are bilingual; here 2.6% are. Another 0% speak only French and 96% only English, and French is the first language of 0.9%.
How diverse is Roland?
9.2% of residents are immigrants (Canada’s towns: 17%); 0% belong to a visible minority and 7.4% have an Indigenous identity.
What religion are people in Roland?
83% are Christian and 18% have no religion; 0% follow another religion.
Sources: Statistics Canada, Census Profile, 2021 Census of Population · Statistics Canada, population estimates for 1 July 2025 (table 17-10-0155). 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).