Photo: Michael Hiemstra from Canada · CC BY 2.0Rosenberg has higher household incomes than 94% of Canadian towns
Residents of Rosenberg take 27.7 minutes to reach work on average; the middle of Canadian towns is 26. On census day, 31% of workers here were at home, next to 21% in the middle of Canadian towns. Jobs were held by 70% of people aged 15 to 64 in Rosenberg in 2021, against 73% in the middle of Canadian towns.
Work in Rosenberg: the figures worth knowing
Higher incomes than most towns
The middle of Canadian towns is $85,900, and the median household here had $111,500 before tax in 2020. Household income ↓
Many work from home
On census day, 31% of those in work were working at home; the middle of Canadian towns is 21%. 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.
Jobs & income in Rosenberg: graded B−
Better than 49% of Canadian towns on three measures together, #308 of 866 in Ontario.
Its strongest measure is household income; 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.
Household income in Rosenberg: $111,500 at the median
Rosenberg’s median is 22% above the middle of Ontario’s towns ($91,600). Of the 42 other places of 2,500 or more in the Waterloo census division, 12 have a higher median. Pandemic support paid in 2020, CERB first among it, is 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).
5% of commuters from Rosenberg go without a car
Transit takes 4.1% of commuters, close to the middle of Canadian towns. The car is the way to work for 93% of commuters.
Statistics Canada, 2021 Census: main mode of commuting; average durations by mode from table 98-10-0458 (whole municipalities only).
How residents who commute got to work, 2021 Census; working at home is counted apart.
Work and the working-age population of Rosenberg
Of the 42 other places of 2,500 people or more in the Waterloo census division, 13 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 75% of residents that age. The Labour Force Survey’s employment rate for the wider area was 65% in October 2026. 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.
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. That is about 4.3 people on EI for every 100 aged 15 to 64 in the division. 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. EI beneficiaries published for the Waterloo census division, not by town. EI counts are context, not part of any grade.
People receiving Employment Insurance each month, as a share of the 2019 average (100).
Walkability in Rosenberg: graded A−
Better than 77% of Canadian towns on two measures together, #518 of 866 in Ontario.
OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL); active commuting from the 2021 Census.
Out of 650 Canadian towns of 6,900 to 13,300, Rosenberg comes 343rd on jobs and income
| # | Place | People | In work, 15–64 | Unemployment | Household income | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Labrador City Newfoundland and Labrador | 7,965 | 79% | 5.5% | $146K | A+ |
| 2 | Silverwood Heights Saskatchewan | 8,153 | 81% | 5.8% | $118K | A+ |
| 3 | North River Heights Manitoba | 7,228 | 82% | 8.4% | $143K | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 13 | Wellesley Ontario | 12,413 | 84% | 3.9% | $119K | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 16 | Alta Vista Ontario | 8,387 | 78% | 8.3% | $138K | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 24 | West Perth Ontario | 10,080 | 88% | 5% | $92K | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 341 | Roberval Quebec | 9,828 | 73% | 6% | $63K | B− |
| 342 | McNab/Braeside Ontario | 8,340 | 77% | 9.5% | $99K | B− |
| 343 | Rosenberg Ontario | 9,831 | 70% | 9.4% | $112K | B− |
| 344 | Silverado Alberta | 9,663 | 74% | 12% | $126K | B− |
| 345 | Carrville Corners Ontario | 13,004 | 74% | 12% | $150K | B− |
| … | ||||||
| 650 | René-Goupil Quebec | 11,663 | 58% | 15% | $54K | D− |
Ordered by Jobs & income Grade: the top three, the places either side of Rosenberg, and others among Ontario’s towns.
Next to Rosenberg: how nearby places compare
| Place | In work, 15–64 | Unemployment | Household income | Average trip | Jobs | Walk |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rosenberg | 70% | 9.4% | $112K | 27.7 min | B− | A− |
| Huron South 1.7 km | 80% | 9% | $120K | 28.2 min | A− | C+ |
| Country Hills West 2.3 km | 76% | 8.6% | $104K | 24.4 min | A− | A− |
| Laurentian West 2.8 km | 70% | 11% | $114K | 26.3 min | B− | A− |
| Country Hills 3.2 km | 70% | 14% | $77K | 24.1 min | C | A |
| Laurentian Hills 3.7 km | 65% | 13% | $80K | 23.4 min | C | A− |
| Alpine 3.8 km | 76% | 11% | $75K | 23.8 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 Rosenberg, where it comes from, and what it leaves out.
- 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. We divide the number of employed residents by the number aged 15 to 64. Workers past 64 still count on top, because the 2021 Census crosses work with age only for whole municipalities; in return, a retirement town’s pensioners don’t drag the rate down.
- Unemployment. Unemployed people over the labour force (in work or looking), aged 15 and over, on census day.
- Household income. Taken from the 2021 Census, which asked about 2020: wages, pensions, investment income and government transfers together, before income tax, for the median household.
- Trip times. How long getting to work normally takes, averaged from the census’s time bands at their middles; expect it to read slightly high against the timed figure.
- Employment Insurance. People receiving EI benefits each month, counted for the census division. It follows the local job market; it isn’t an unemployment rate.
- Which towns we compare. Comparisons are with the median of Canadian towns and city neighbourhoods counting 2,500 people or more, reserves and entire cities excluded.
- Neighbourhood figures. We add up Rosenberg’s dissemination areas for its census figures. Flows between places and timed averages exist only for the whole municipality: see Kitchener’s page.
Questions about work in Rosenberg
How many jobs are there in Rosenberg?
There is no count for a neighbourhood: the jobs figure, and where commuters go, are published for Kitchener as one municipality.
What is the unemployment rate in Rosenberg?
In October 2026 the Labour Force Survey put the Kitchener-Cambridge-Waterloo metro area at 7.1%; the 2021 census, which counts the town itself, found 9.4%, against 9.9% in the middle of Canadian towns.
What is the average household income in Rosenberg?
Before tax, half the households in Rosenberg had more than $111,500 in 2020; the middle of Canadian towns is $85,900.
How do people in Rosenberg get to work?
93% of commuters go by car, 4.1% take public transit and 0.9% walk. On census day 31% of everyone in work stayed home to work.
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).