Indigenous residents make up 14% in Rossmere-B, more than in 93% of Canadian towns
Set against 64% across Canada’s towns, 88% of households live in a single-detached house in Rossmere-B. At the 2021 Census, 4,732 people lived here, in 2,030 households. Residents who moved in within the year account for 7.8%. 17% of residents are 65 or over, a lower share than in 61% of Canadian towns.
What stands out about the people of Rossmere-B
First Nations, Métis and Inuit residents
An Indigenous identity is reported by 14% of residents, more than in 93% of Canadian towns, and 6.6% are Registered or Treaty Indians. Identity & religion ↓
Written from the data on this page: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census.
A median age of 40.7: Rossmere-B is younger than 59% of Canadian towns
All figures are the 2021 Census’s unless another date is shown. Share of residents in each five-year band; the tick is the typical town.
Where 16% of residents are under 15 across Canada’s towns, Rossmere-B has 15%. The largest age band is 30–34: 8.9% of residents, 1.4 times the share across Canada’s towns.
Median age of Canadian towns of 2,500+
■ Rossmere-B, 40.7. The typical town is 42.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About an even split.
Households here average 2.3 people, below 60% of Canadian towns
Who shares a home: household types and sizes.
Against Manitoba’s towns and Canada’s towns
People per household
Canada’s towns.
9.4% of households are one-parent families, against 8.2% across Canada’s towns. One-person households account for 29%.
A larger share of common-law partners than 65% of Canadian towns: 13%
Marital status of residents 15 and over, with common-law couples counted apart.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
Single and never married: 28% of adults, against a typical 27%. 45% of residents 15 and over are married. Across Canada’s towns, common-law partners come to 11%.
Renter households: 16%, a lower share than 73% of Canadian towns
Houses and apartments, owners and renters, older and newer homes. 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. Against that, a quarter of households rent their home across Canada’s towns.
Half of households earn more than $88,000 a year
Incomes are 2020’s, the census’s reference year, and include pandemic benefits such as CERB. What households took in before tax, at the middle and across income groups.
Households by income · share of households
At $88,000, the middle household in Rossmere-B earned close to the median across Canada’s towns ($86,000). Within Manitoba’s towns, the household in the middle had $83,000. 23% of income recipients received COVID-19 emergency or recovery benefits (typical: 28%).
6.8% of residents are not Canadian citizens, more than in 55% of Canadian towns
Immigrants by continent of birth and when they arrived, citizenship, and who moved in recently.
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
Immigrants here were most often born in Asia (43%), then in Europe (32%). As a yardstick, 5.8% of residents are not Canadian citizens across Canada’s towns. Of the immigrants living here, 36% came between 2011 and 2021; across Canada’s towns the share is 27%.
Residents with no religion make up 44% in Rossmere-B, more than in 77% of Canadian towns
Residents’ own answers on visible minority, Indigenous identity and religion.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
The census found that 14% of residents belong to a visible minority in Rossmere-B. Across Canada’s towns, the share of residents with no religion is 35%.
English is the mother tongue of 80%, and 7.5% speak French as well
English, French and the other languages people grew up with or speak at home.
Can hold a conversation in · share of all residents
Mother tongue · share of all residents
At home, 6.4% mostly speak another language; 0.5% speak neither English nor French. 1.4% of residents have French as their mother tongue, about the same as across Canada’s towns.
A university degree: 27% of 25- to 64-year-olds
The highest diploma or degree of adults of working age (25 to 64).
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
No certificate, diploma or degree is held by 6.6%; in the typical town the share is 9.5%.
Employment: 60% 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. The census’s work rates at a glance. Jobs, industries and the commute are on Work & commute.
More people work here than in the typical town: 60%, against 58% across Canada’s towns.
17th lowest median age among 41 towns of 4,640 to 4,817
Similar-sized towns by median age; each dot is a town.
Empire Park is the youngest of them at 30.9; Electoral Area B, Nanaimo, at 63.2, the oldest. In age, Rossmere-B keeps company with Qualicum - Redwood (40.4), Canora (40.4), Battleford (41.6) and Eastwood (41.8).
Nearby, 1 of 6 towns have older populations than Rossmere-B
Places nearby, shaded by median age, each linked to its page.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rossmere-B | 4,732 | — | 40.7 | 17% | 17% |
| Munroe West | 2,532 | 0.9 km | 38.2 | 13% | 20% |
| Kildonan Drive | 5,063 | 1.0 km | 48.2 | 27% | 14% |
| Rossmere-A | 13,613 | 1.5 km | 39.3 | 21% | 24% |
| Seven Oaks | 3,244 | 2.0 km | 40.3 | 16% | 19% |
| Valley Gardens | 8,329 | 2.0 km | 39 | 21% | 31% |
| Chalmers | 12,384 | 2.0 km | 36.6 | 12% | 23% |
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Against Manitoba’s towns and Canada’s towns. The middle of Manitoba’s towns of 2,500 or more comes first, the middle of all Canadian towns second; cities as a whole and First Nations reserves stay out, and percentiles are within Canada.
- 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. 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. The census takes “visible minority” from the Employment Equity Act: anyone other than Indigenous peoples who is non-white in colour or race. Indigenous identity, immigrant status and religion are what residents reported, compared here with other towns and never used as a label.
Questions about Rossmere-B’s residents
What is the average age in Rossmere-B?
40.7 is the median age, younger than 59% of Canadian towns. Under 15: 15%. 65 and over: 17%.
Is Rossmere-B bilingual?
Both official languages are spoken by 7.5% of residents, against a typical 7.5% across Canada’s towns. 92% speak only English and 0.1% only French; 1.4% grew up with French.
How diverse is Rossmere-B?
Immigrants make up 17% of residents, against 17% across Canada’s towns. 14% are members of a visible minority, and 14% are First Nations, Métis or Inuit.
What religion are people in Rossmere-B?
Christian: 52%. No religion: 44%. Another religion: 4.2%.
Is Rossmere-B good for families?
Across Canada’s towns, a typical 16% of residents are under 15; here, 15%. 52% of households are couple families and 9.4% one-parent families. Schools near Rossmere-B are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Rossmere-B?
$88,000 before tax, in 2020: the middle household’s income in Rossmere-B (Canada’s towns: $86,000).
What is the population of Rossmere-B?
The 2021 Census counted 4,732 people in Rossmere-B.
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).