Photo: Michael Hiemstra from Canada · CC BY 2.0Younger than 97% of Canadian towns: half of Rosenberg is under 32.1
The average household has 3.2 people, against 2.4 across Canada’s towns. Few places have as many visible minority residents: 49% here, more than in 84% of Canadian towns. Rosenberg had 9,831 residents in 3,110 households at the 2021 Census. The share of residents who moved in within the year stands at 16%.
What stands out about the people of Rosenberg
Younger than most towns
Line Rosenberg’s residents up by age and the one in the middle is 32.1; the typical median across Canadian towns is 42. 26% are under 15 and 4.4% are 65 or over. Ages ↓
Written from the data on this page: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census.
A lower share of residents aged 65 and over than 99% of Canadian towns, at 4.4%
Every figure here comes from the 2021 Census unless it carries another date. Share of residents in each five-year band; the tick is the typical town.
Across Canada’s towns, 16% of residents are under 15; in Rosenberg, 26%. Typically, 19% of residents are 65 or over across Canada’s towns.
Median age of Canadian towns of 2,500+
■ Rosenberg, 32.1. The typical town is 42.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split.
One-person households make up 13% in Rosenberg, less than in 94% of Canadian towns
Private households by type and size.
Against Ontario’s towns and Canada’s towns
People per household
Canada’s towns.
By its share of one-parent families (9.3%), Rosenberg is above nearly two thirds of Canadian towns. Set beside that, 27% of households are one person living alone across Canada’s towns.
Married residents 15 and over: 56%, a higher share than 81% of Canadian towns
Marital status of residents 15 and over, with common-law couples counted apart.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
The share of common-law partners trails 61% of Canadian towns: 9.4%. To put it in context, 46% of residents 15 and over are married across Canada’s towns.
A smaller share of households in single-detached houses than 66% of Canadian towns: 52%
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
98% of homes were built in 2001 or later, more than the 0.7% built before 1961. For households in single-detached houses, the comparison across Canada’s towns is 64%. Renter households make up 27%, against 25% across Canada’s towns.
The median household brings in $111,500 a year
Census incomes cover 2020, when emergency benefits like CERB lifted many households’ totals. Income per household, before tax, with the groups it falls into.
Households by income · share of households
Household incomes run high in Rosenberg: half had more than $111,500, 30% above the median across Canada’s towns ($86,000). Ontario’s towns have a median of $91,600. 34% of income recipients received COVID-19 emergency or recovery benefits (typical: 28%).
A higher share of immigrants than 84% of Canadian towns, at 39%
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 50%
When immigrants arrived · share of immigrants
Citizenship and moving · share of residents
Recent arrivals are 40% of immigrants (2011 to 2021), beside 27% across Canada’s towns. The usual figure: 17% of residents are immigrants across Canada’s towns. Most immigrants were born in Asia (56%) or in Europe (18%). Residents without Canadian citizenship are more common here than in 88% of Canadian towns.
26% of residents said they have no religion, below 76% of Canadian towns
Visible minority, Indigenous identity and religion, as residents answered the census.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
Among other religions: Muslim (15%), Hindu (6.9%) and Sikh (5.1%). Few places have so few Indigenous residents: 1.1% here, fewer than in nearly four fifths of Canadian towns. The benchmark for residents with no religion across Canada’s towns: 35%.
51% have English as their mother tongue; 6.1% also speak French
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
Rosenberg sits close to the norm on residents whose mother tongue is French: 0.9%, about the same as across Canada’s towns. 26% most often speak a language other than English or French at home, and 2.5% speak neither official language. Lower than in 62% of Canadian towns: 6.1% of residents speak English and French.
Rosenberg sits above 78% of Canadian towns for degree holders aged 25 to 64 (44%)
From no certificate to a master’s: residents 25 to 64.
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
5.2% of those aged 25 to 64 have no formal credential, where the typical town has 9.5%.
68% of residents 15 and over were in work
Census day was in May 2021, mid-pandemic: some of these rates are lower than in a usual year. The census’s work rates at a glance. Jobs, industries and the commute are on Work & commute.
Employment runs above the middle of Canada’s towns (58%), at 68%.
The 2nd youngest of 41 towns of 9,653 to 10,014 people
Similar-sized towns by median age; each dot is a town.
Median ages climb from 25.6 (Stanley) to 58.8 (Blind Bay) across the group. Next to Rosenberg on this scale come Stanley (25.6), Van Kirk (34.3) and Silverado (35.3).
No nearby town is as young as Rosenberg
The nearest places, coloured by median age; each links to its own page.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rosenberg | 9,831 | — | 32.1 | 4.4% | 39% |
| Huron South | 5,555 | 1.7 km | 33.6 | 7.2% | 39% |
| Country Hills West | 5,936 | 2.3 km | 41.8 | 19% | 28% |
| Laurentian West | 16,857 | 2.8 km | 33.9 | 7.1% | 42% |
| Country Hills | 4,561 | 3.2 km | 41.6 | 21% | 29% |
| Laurentian Hills | 10,026 | 3.7 km | 35.8 | 13% | 30% |
| Alpine | 3,055 | 3.8 km | 38.2 | 17% | 30% |
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- The census’s own words. “Visible minority” is the census’s term from the Employment Equity Act: people, other than Indigenous peoples, who are non-white in colour or race. Indigenous identity, immigrant status and religion are as residents answered. The page compares them with other towns and never labels a town by them.
- Against Ontario’s towns and Canada’s towns. Each comparison is its own median: over Ontario’s towns and neighbourhoods of 2,500 or more, and over all Canadian towns of that size (whole cities and First Nations reserves left out). Percentiles are within Canada only.
- 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. 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 Rosenberg’s residents
How diverse is Rosenberg?
Immigrants: 39% (Canada’s towns: 17%). Visible minority: 49%. Indigenous identity: 1.1%.
What religion are people in Rosenberg?
26% said they have no religion and 46% that they are Christian; 29% named another faith.
Is Rosenberg good for families?
26% of residents are under 15 (Canada’s towns: 16%); couple families are 63% of households and one-parent families 9.3%. Schools near Rosenberg are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Rosenberg?
Half of Rosenberg’s households had more than $111,500 in 2020, before tax; across Canada’s towns the median was $86,000.
What is the population of Rosenberg?
Rosenberg had 9,831 residents at the 2021 Census.
What is the average age in Rosenberg?
The median age is 32.1, younger than 97% of Canadian towns. 26% are under 15 and 4.4% 65 or older.
Is Rosenberg bilingual?
English and French: 6.1% speak both (Canada’s towns: 7.5%). English only: 91%. French only: 0.1%. French mother tongue: 0.9%.
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).