Photo: Not specified - non spécifié · Public domainRogersville is older than 99% of Canadian towns: a median age of 59.6
With children under 15 at 9.6%, Rogersville is behind 96% of Canadian towns on that count. A fifth of residents said they have no religion, a lower share than in 87% of Canadian towns. The latest estimate, for July 2025, is 1,288 residents; the 2021 Census found 545 households. There are 2% more residents than in 2016.
What stands out about the people of Rogersville
A bilingual town
81% of residents can hold a conversation in both English and French, more than in 99% of Canadian towns; 11% speak French only and 7.6% English only. English & French ↓
Older than most towns
The middle resident of Rogersville is 59.6; the typical median across Canadian towns is 42. 38% are 65 or over, against 19% across Canada’s towns. Ages ↓
Written from the data on this page: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census.
Above 99% of Canadian towns: 81% of residents speak English and French
Unless a figure says otherwise, it is from the 2021 Census. 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
Across Canada’s towns, 1.5% of residents have French as their mother tongue; in Rogersville, 84%. Set beside that, 7.5% of residents speak English and French across Canada’s towns.
Slower growth than 62% of Canadian towns: Rogersville changed by +2% since 2016
Two census counts, five years apart, and Statistics Canada’s newest estimate.
Change, 2016 to 2021
Medians for comparison: +4% across Canada’s towns; +3% across New Brunswick’s towns. By July 2025, the estimate had risen a further 8%.
38% of residents are 65 or over, a share 99% of Canadian towns don’t reach
Age bands of five years, the town’s bars against the typical town’s ticks.
The biggest five-year age group is 60–64, with 11% of residents, 1.6 times the share across Canada’s towns. Across Rogersville, 7.1% of residents are aged 15 to 24. The wider picture: 19% of residents are 65 or over across Canada’s towns.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
55% women, 45% men
About 83 men for every 100 women. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
Above 80% of Canadian towns: 36% of households are one person living alone
Household types, then household sizes.
Against New Brunswick’s towns and Canada’s towns
People per household
Canada’s towns.
One-parent families: 6.4%, below 79% of Canadian towns. As a yardstick, 27% of households are one person living alone across Canada’s towns.
Rogersville: 14% of residents 15 and over live common-law, above 71% of Canadian towns
Residents 15 and over by marital status; the census counts common-law couples separately.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
Against a figure of 46% across Canada’s towns, the share of married residents 15 and over in Rogersville comes in at 43%. The benchmark for common-law partners across Canada’s towns: 11%.
In Rogersville, 40% of households rent their home, more than in 75% of Canadian towns
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
28% of homes were built before 1961 and 12% in 2001 or later. Households in buildings of five or more storeys are rarer here than in 74% of Canadian towns. Set beside that, a quarter of households rent their home across Canada’s towns. Across Canada’s towns, 64% of households live in a single-detached house; in Rogersville, 68%.
Half of households earn more than $46,800 a year
The census asked about income in 2020: a pandemic year, with CERB and other emergency benefits counted in. What households took in before tax, at the middle and across income groups.
Households by income · share of households
The median across Canada’s towns is $86,000; Rogersville’s, at $46,800, is 46% lower. Household incomes across New Brunswick’s towns have a median of $73,300. Pandemic payments such as CERB reached 19% of income recipients here, against 28% in the typical town.
Fewer residents who moved in within the year than 69% of Canadian towns: 9.2%
Immigrants, newcomers and movers.
Immigrants, by continent of birth · share of all residents; the bar runs to 20%
When immigrants arrived · share of immigrants
Citizenship and moving · share of residents
Immigrants are rarer here than in 99% of Canadian towns. Across the comparison, 11% of residents lived at another address a year earlier across Canada’s towns. 0.9% of residents are not Canadian citizens.
Rogersville ranks above 67% of Canadian towns on Indigenous residents: 4.5%
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. Across Canada’s towns, Indigenous residents come to 2.8%.
Fewer degree holders aged 25 to 64 than 98% of Canadian towns: 8.3%
Highest certificate, diploma or degree of residents aged 25 to 64.
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
No diploma or degree: 34% here, 9.5% in the typical town. Elsewhere, 27% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher across Canada’s towns.
Employment: 35% 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 labour rates, in brief. Jobs, industries and the commute are on Work & commute.
The employment rate of 35% is below the typical 58% across Canada’s towns; 38% of residents are 65 or over.
No nearby town is as old as Rogersville
The closest towns, coloured by how old their residents are. Rogersville has few close neighbours with figures, so the list reaches 6–28 km out.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rogersville | 1,288 | — | 59.6 | 38% | 0% |
| Rogersville | 1,131 | 6.5 km | 55.6 | 29% | 1.9% |
| Nelson | 1,014 | 23.2 km | 49.6 | 23% | 1% |
| Blackville | 2,104 | 26.7 km | 51.6 | 27% | 2.4% |
| Glenelg | 1,635 | 28.4 km | 49.2 | 24% | 4.2% |
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- 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.
- Against New Brunswick’s towns and Canada’s towns. The middle of New Brunswick’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.
- 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 Rogersville’s residents
Is Rogersville bilingual?
Across Canada’s towns a typical 7.5% are bilingual; here 81% are. Another 11% speak only French and 7.6% only English, and French is the first language of 84%.
How diverse is Rogersville?
Across Canada’s towns a typical 17% are immigrants; here, 0%. A visible minority makes up 0% and Indigenous residents 4.5%.
What religion are people in Rogersville?
Most often Christian (79%) or no religion (20%); other religions make up 0.9%.
Is Rogersville good for families?
Children under 15 are 9.6% of residents, against 16% across Canada’s towns. Couple families make up 51% of households and one-parent families 6.4%. Schools near Rogersville are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Rogersville?
Median total household income in Rogersville was $46,800 in 2020, against a median of $86,000 across Canada’s towns.
What is the population of Rogersville?
The latest figure is an estimate: 1,288 residents in July 2025. At the 2021 Census, Rogersville counted 1,193, 2% more than 2016.
What is the average age in Rogersville?
Half the residents are older than 59.6 and half younger; 9.6% are children under 15 and 38% are 65 or over.
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).