Jobs, pay and the trip to work in Rosemount
Commutes from Rosemount average 22.5 minutes, against 26 in the middle of Canadian towns. In 2020, a household at the middle of Rosemount had $77,500 before tax, against $85,900 in the middle of Canadian towns. 75% of people aged 15 to 64 in Rosemount had a job at the 2021 census; the middle of Canadian towns is 73%.
Work in Rosemount, in a few figures
Work near the middle
75% of people aged 15 to 64 had a job at the 2021 census, against 73% in the middle of Canadian towns; counting everyone 15 and over, retirees included, it was 59%. In work ↓
Shorter trips than most towns
The average trip to work is 22.5 minutes; the middle of Canadian towns is 26. Getting to work ↓
Written from the data on this page: Statistics Canada’s 2021 Census, its commuting tables, Employment Insurance and the Labour Force Survey.
Rosemount grades B for jobs and income
Better than 56% of Canadian towns on three measures together, #255 of 866 in Ontario.
Its strongest measure is trip times; its weakest, the share of 15-to-64s in work.
Graded against Canadian towns of 2,500 people or more; less unemployment and a shorter commute count in its favour.
How the grade works
Census 2021 measures, weighed equally against every Canadian town and neighbourhood of 2,500 people or more: the share of residents aged 15 to 64 in work, median household income (2020), the unemployment rate and the average commute. Each becomes a percentile; their average sets the letter.
Leaving the car at home: 7.9% of commuters in Rosemount
Transit takes 3.1% of commuters, close to the middle of Canadian towns. 88% drive to work, about the same as in the middle of Ontario’s towns. Working at home: 24% here, 21% in the middle of Canadian towns.
Statistics Canada, 2021 Census: main mode of commuting; average durations by mode from table 98-10-0458 (whole municipalities only).
How many in Rosemount were working in 2021
Of the 42 other places of 2,500 people or more in the Waterloo census division, 29 have a smaller share of 15-to-64s in work.
The labour force, people 15 and over with a job or seeking one, took in 67% of residents that age. Take in all adults, retirees with them, and only 59% were working. By October 2026, the Labour Force Survey had 65% of the wider area’s adults in work. The figures are a snapshot of 11 May 2021, when pandemic rules still kept many people out of work or at home.
Statistics Canada, 2021 Census: people in work of any age over residents aged 15 to 64, and the census unemployment rate (15 and over); the 25-to-54 rate is Statistics Canada’s own (98-10-0485). The Labour Force Survey and business counts are context, not grade inputs.
Household income in Rosemount
Before tax, 2020: higher than in 51% of Canadian towns.
Against the middle of Ontario’s towns ($91,600), Rosemount’s median is 15% below. Of the 42 other places of 2,500 or more in the Waterloo census division, 26 have a higher median. Because 2020 was the first year of the pandemic, emergency benefits make up part of these before-tax incomes.
Statistics Canada, 2021 Census: median total income of households in 2020, before tax (a neighbourhood’s estimated from its dissemination areas’ income groups).
47% more people are on EI in the Waterloo census division than in 2019
The count topped out in April 2021 at 28,950 people, 3 times the 2019 average. Per 100 residents aged 15 to 64, about 4.3 receive EI. In the twelve months to August 2026 the number rose by 2%.
Statistics Canada, Employment Insurance beneficiaries by census division (14-10-0323): all income benefits, not seasonally adjusted. Area behind the EI beneficiaries figures: the Waterloo census division. EI counts are context, not part of any grade.
People receiving Employment Insurance each month, as a share of the 2019 average (100).
The Walkability grade for Rosemount: A
Better than 88% of Canadian towns on two measures together, #411 of 866 in Ontario.
OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL); active commuting from the 2021 Census.
For jobs and income, Rosemount is 309th of 699 Canadian towns of 4,300 to 8,300
| # | Place | People | In work, 15–64 | Unemployment | Household income | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Labrador City Newfoundland and Labrador | 7,965 | 79% | 5.5% | $146K | A+ |
| 2 | Cornwallis Manitoba | 4,705 | 85% | 2.1% | $99K | A+ |
| 3 | Silverwood Heights Saskatchewan | 8,153 | 81% | 5.8% | $118K | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 7 | Sioux Lookout Ontario | 6,122 | 79% | 5.7% | $103K | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 9 | Island Park-Wellington Village Ontario | 5,486 | 81% | 7% | $161K | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 26 | New Edinburgh Ontario | 5,728 | 79% | 7.4% | $126K | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 307 | Melville Saskatchewan | 4,547 | 74% | 8% | $70K | B |
| 308 | Headingley Manitoba | 5,368 | 65% | 5.4% | $141K | B |
| 309 | Rosemount Ontario | 6,169 | 75% | 11% | $78K | B |
| 310 | Waverley Heights Manitoba | 5,252 | 72% | 9.6% | $94K | B |
| 311 | Hollick-Kenyon Alberta | 6,451 | 72% | 14% | $110K | B |
| … | ||||||
| 699 | Chertsey Quebec | 5,678 | 64% | 8.6% | $58K | D− |
Ordered by Jobs & income Grade: the top three, the places either side of Rosemount, and others among Ontario’s towns.
Rosemount and its neighbours: work and income
| Place | In work, 15–64 | Unemployment | Household income | Average trip | Jobs | Walk |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rosemount | 75% | 11% | $78K | 22.5 min | B | A |
| Heritage Park 1 km | 69% | 14% | $74K | 22 min | C+ | A |
| Grand River North 1.7 km | 76% | 9.4% | $116K | 22.4 min | A | C+ |
| Auditorium 1.7 km | 73% | 11% | $83K | 22.9 min | B | A |
| Stanley Park 1.8 km | 72% | 11% | $71K | 22.3 min | C+ | A− |
| Central Frederick 1.8 km | 76% | 12% | $71K | 22.3 min | B− | A+ |
| Bridgeport East 2.1 km | 72% | 11% | $88K | 21.2 min | B+ | A− |
The people of each place: the share in work, unemployment, household income and the average commute, with both grades once they come.
What this data can and can’t tell you
What each figure measures for Rosemount, where it comes from, and what it leaves out.
- Household income. What the median household took in during 2020 before tax, as the census recorded it; an estimate built from income groups when the place is a neighbourhood.
- Trip times. Our average assumes everyone in, say, the 15-to-29-minute band takes 22 minutes. Across all the bands that runs a shade above Statistics Canada’s measured average.
- Employment Insurance. How many people in the census division drew Employment Insurance each month; it moves with layoffs and hiring, yet people who don’t qualify are absent from it.
- The Labour Force Survey. Monthly, and only for metro areas and economic regions. It is the up-to-date rate we set beside the census’s 2021 snapshot.
- In work. People in work of any age over residents aged 15 to 64 (2021 Census). The census doesn’t cross work with age below the municipality, so this is the one rate every town and neighbourhood has; retirees don’t weigh on it.
- Unemployment. The share of people 15 and over in the labour force, working or looking for work, who had no job on census day in May 2021.
- Which towns we compare. Medians over towns and neighbourhoods of at least 2,500 residents. Whole cities would swamp them and reserves sit outside the rankings, so neither is in.
- Neighbourhood figures. The census reaches a neighbourhood only through its dissemination areas, and Rosemount’s figures add those up. Kitchener’s page has the commuting flows, which exist only for the whole municipality.
Questions about work in Rosemount
What is the unemployment rate in Rosemount?
On census day in May 2021, unemployment stood at 11% of the labour force (9.9% in the middle of Canadian towns). For a recent figure, the Labour Force Survey put the Kitchener-Cambridge-Waterloo metro area at 7.1% in October 2026.
What is the average household income in Rosemount?
Rosemount’s middle household had $77,500 in 2020, before tax; Canadian towns have $85,900 at their middle.
How do people in Rosemount get to work?
88% of commuters go by car, 3.1% take public transit and 4.8% walk. On census day 24% of everyone in work stayed home to work.
How many jobs are there in Rosemount?
There is no count for a neighbourhood: the jobs figure, and where commuters go, are published for Kitchener as one municipality.
Sources: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census of Population (Census Profile) · Statistics Canada, table 14-10-0323 (EI beneficiaries) · Statistics Canada, Labour Force Survey (14-10-0459, 14-10-0462) · Statistics Canada, Canadian Business Counts (33-10-1176) · grades: TownRatings. 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).