RosemountKitchener

Renting in Rosemount eats 28% of household income, more than in Ontario’s towns or Canadian towns

Owners make up 56% of households, below both Ontario’s towns (76%) and Canadian towns (74%). Shelter took 30% or more of income for nearly a fifth of households, below Ontario’s towns (22%) and close to Canadian towns (18%).

Rosemount is graded an A for health

Smoking is rarer than in the province: 9% of adults, against 11% for Ontario. The three chronic conditions the survey tracks average 16% of adults, lower than both Ontario’s towns (17%) and Canadian towns (17%). Across the region, 53% of adults say their health is very good or excellent; Ontario as a whole manages 51%. People in the region live to 82.8 on average: 84.9 for women and 80.7 for men in 2022/2024.

Flood mapping exists for Rosemount: 1 on record, latest by Grand River Conservation Authority

In Health Canada’s survey, just 4% of homes tested in the area exceeded 200 Bq/m³ (6.6% typical). NRCan expects $0.022 of shaking damage a year per $1,000 of buildings in Rosemount, near the typical $0.030.

Of Rosemount’s 25 tested schools, 6 sit above the middle in Ontario and 13 below

Schooling here is split between 2 boards, below Ontario’s towns (4) and Canadian towns (3) alike. Cameron Heights Collegiate Institute is the biggest, at 1,765 students. Counting a 3 km margin, Rosemount has 27 elementary schools, 4 secondary schools and 1 alternative or adult school, for 16,265 students. None of them teaches in French, though 10% of schools in Ontario do.

Rosemount is graded a C+ for safety

Violent incidents in its police area came to 14.2 per 1,000 residents a year, above Ontario’s towns (10.5) and Canadian towns (12) alike. The index for the force that serves it came to 72, above Ontario’s towns (56) and Canadian towns (67) alike. For Crime Severity Index, Violent Crime Severity Index, violent crime and property crime per 1,000, the only official count covers all of the Waterloo Region (Kitchener) service area, Rosemount included.

January lows in Rosemount: −10.3°C, against −9.1°C in Ontario’s towns and −13.5°C in Canadian towns

January is the snowiest month, with 32 cm on average. Between the last spring frost, 8 May, and the first in autumn, 5 October, lie 149 days. Snowfall adds up to 115 cm a year, below both Ontario’s towns (146 cm) and Canadian towns (141 cm). Rain and snow peak in July, at 96 mm.

Trips to work from Rosemount are shorter than from Ontario’s towns or Canadian towns: 23 min on average

The car took 88% of commuters, about level with both Ontario’s towns (88%) and Canadian towns (89%).

Fewer children live in Rosemount than in Ontario’s towns or Canadian towns: 14% are under 15

2.9% of residents have an Indigenous identity, higher than Ontario’s towns (1.6%) and near Canadian towns (2.8%). People 65 and over make up nearly a fifth of the town, in line with Ontario’s towns (19%) and Canadian towns (19%).

What November brings in Rosemount: −2°C at night, 7°C by day

Normal highs peak at 27°C in July; nights bottom out at −10°C in January. By December, a normal day reaches 1°C and a night falls to −6°C. Rain and snow over a typical November come to 75 mm. Snow is normal by November, about 9 cm over the month.

No public library stands in Rosemount: the closest, Grand River Stanley Park Community Library, is 1.8 km away

Kitchener public library serves the whole of Kitchener, so the library figures on this page are the city’s: 292,240 people, Rosemount among them.

Rosemount has 20 public protected areas within 10 km

The closest provincial park is Trillium Woods Provincial Park, 51 km from the edge of town. The nearest national park is more than 100 km away. The Grand Valley Trail is the one mapped walking route close by. Huron Natural Area (96 ha) is the biggest, 5.3 km from town.

Rosemount keeps its older homes: 50% from before 1961