Rossmere-A ranks above 93% of Canadian towns on Indigenous residents: 15%
The share of households in buildings of five or more storeys tops 87% of Canadian towns: 21%. At 37%, the share of one-person households is higher than in 84% of Canadian towns. Rossmere-A had 13,613 residents in 6,115 households at the 2021 Census. Across Rossmere-A, 24% of residents are immigrants.
What stands out about the people of Rossmere-A
First Nations, Métis and Inuit residents
An Indigenous identity is reported by 15% of residents, more than in 93% of Canadian towns, and 4.7% are Registered or Treaty Indians. Identity & religion ↓
A neighbourhood of renters
53% of households rent their home, more than in 87% of Canadian towns; 44% live in an apartment. Homes ↓
Written from the data on this page: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census.
Rossmere-A is younger than 68% of Canadian towns: a median age of 39.3
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).
Children under 15 make up 17%, against 16% across Canada’s towns. 21% of residents are 65 or over, more than in 62% of Canadian towns.
Median age of Canadian towns of 2,500+
■ Rossmere-A, 39.3. The typical town is 42.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
53% women, 47% men
About 89 men for every 100 women.
One-parent families: 12%, a higher share than 89% of Canadian towns
Household types, then household sizes.
Against Manitoba’s towns and Canada’s towns
People per household
Canada’s towns.
Households in Rossmere-A hold 2.2 people on average (Canada’s towns: 2.4). Set beside that, 8.2% of households are one-parent families across Canada’s towns.
Fewer married residents 15 and over than 68% of Canadian towns: 40%
Married, common-law, single: residents 15 and over.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
Here 9.6% of residents 15 and over live common-law, where the figure across Canada’s towns is 11%. Singles who have never married make up 32% of adults, beside a typical 27%.
53% of households rent their home, more than in 87% 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
Across Canada’s towns, 64% of households live in a single-detached house; in Rossmere-A, 43%. The benchmark for renter households across Canada’s towns: 25%.
Half of households earn more than $67,000 a year
The income year is 2020: a year of pandemic benefits such as CERB, which the figures count. Total household income: the median household, and the spread from low to high.
Households by income · share of households
Half of Rossmere-A’s households had a total income below $67,000, 22% under the median across Canada’s towns ($86,000). Household incomes across Manitoba’s towns have a median of $83,000. COVID-19 benefits went to 24% of residents with an income (typical: 28%).
9.7% of residents are not Canadian citizens, a share 67% of Canadian towns don’t reach
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 30%
When immigrants arrived · share of immigrants
Citizenship and moving · share of residents
42% of immigrants arrived between 2011 and 2021, against 27% across Canada’s towns. Here, 13% of residents lived at another address a year earlier. Across Canada’s towns, 5.8% of residents are not Canadian citizens.
Residents with no religion: 38%, a higher share than 59% of Canadian towns
Visible minority and Indigenous identity, then religion.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
21% of residents belong to a visible minority (Canada’s towns: 15%). For comparison, 35% of residents said they have no religion across Canada’s towns.
English is the mother tongue of 70%, and 5.8% speak French as well
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
12% most often speak a language other than English or French at home, and 1% speak neither official language. Rossmere-A has fewer bilingual residents than 66% of Canadian towns, at 5.8%. Residents whose mother tongue is French are about as common here as across Canada’s towns: 1.4%.
A smaller share of degree holders aged 25 to 64 than 51% of Canadian towns: 26%
Highest certificate, diploma or degree of residents aged 25 to 64.
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
At the other end, 11% hold no certificate, diploma or degree, against a typical 9.5%. For comparison, 27% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher across Canada’s towns.
An employment rate of 56%
The census counted work in May 2021, mid-pandemic, so read these rates as a pandemic snapshot. Work, briefly: employment, unemployment, participation and working from home. Jobs, industries and the commute are on Work & commute.
56% of residents 15 and over have a job, in line with the typical 58% across Canada’s towns.
In its size band (13,293 to 13,940), the 17th youngest of 41 towns
The Canadian towns closest in population, from youngest to oldest.
Median ages climb from 29.7 (Sandy Hill) to 62 (Sidney) across the group. Closest in median age to Rossmere-A are Durand (39), Ionview (39.3), Mount Dennis (39.5) and Cloverdale (39.6).
Nearby, 5 of 6 towns have older populations than Rossmere-A
The closest towns, coloured by how old their residents are.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rossmere-A | 13,613 | — | 39.3 | 21% | 24% |
| Kildonan Drive | 5,063 | 1.4 km | 48.2 | 27% | 14% |
| Rossmere-B | 4,732 | 1.5 km | 40.7 | 17% | 17% |
| Valhalla | 3,153 | 1.6 km | 66 | 52% | 21% |
| River East | 7,774 | 1.7 km | 47.9 | 27% | 15% |
| Valley Gardens | 8,329 | 2.0 km | 39 | 21% | 31% |
| Springfield North | 8,327 | 2.1 km | 42.2 | 18% | 17% |
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Against Manitoba’s towns and Canada’s towns. For each measure we take the median of Manitoba’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.
- Neighbourhoods are sums of small areas. Statistics Canada reports the census by municipality; a neighbourhood’s figures are the sum of its dissemination areas, rounded counts and all, with medians estimated from age and income groups and no 2016 count, as the 2016 areas don’t fit.
- 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.
Questions about Rossmere-A’s residents
How diverse is Rossmere-A?
24% of residents are immigrants (Canada’s towns: 17%); 21% belong to a visible minority and 15% have an Indigenous identity.
What religion are people in Rossmere-A?
56% are Christian and 38% have no religion; 6.7% follow another religion.
Is Rossmere-A good for families?
Under 15: 17% (Canada’s towns: 16%). Couple families: 41% of households. One-parent families: 12%. Schools near Rossmere-A are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Rossmere-A?
The median household in Rossmere-A took in $67,000 in 2020, against $86,000 across Canada’s towns.
What is the population of Rossmere-A?
The 2021 Census counted 13,613 people in Rossmere-A.
What is the average age in Rossmere-A?
A median age of 39.3, younger than 68% of Canadian towns. Children under 15 make up 17%, and people 65 and over 21%.
Is Rossmere-A bilingual?
Both official languages are spoken by 5.8% of residents, against a typical 7.5% across Canada’s towns. 93% speak only English and 0% only French; 1.4% grew up with French.
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).