Photo: Doug Kerr · CC BY-SA 2.0Below 83% of Canadian towns: 22% of residents said they have no religion
Here 6.1% of residents are immigrants, where the figure across Canada’s towns is 17%. Some 30,375 people live in Rockland, by the estimate for July 2025. In Rockland, 21% of households are one person living alone. Children under 15 are more common here than in 69% of Canadian towns. Every figure here is for Clarence-Rockland as a whole, the municipality Rockland belongs to.
What stands out about the people of Rockland
A bilingual town
Both official languages: 68% of residents speak English and French, more than in 97% of Canadian towns. Another 6.6% speak only French and 26% only English. English & French ↓
Written from the data on this page: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census.
Bilingual residents make up 68% in Rockland, more than in 97% of Canadian towns
Unless a figure says otherwise, it is from the 2021 Census. 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
In Rockland, 57% of residents have French as their mother tongue, beside 1.5% across Canada’s towns. Bilingual residents: 7.5% across Canada’s towns, for comparison.
A +8% change since 2016: Rockland grew faster than 73% of Canadian towns
The census counts of 2016 and 2021, the estimate after them, and the change set beside other towns.
Change, 2016 to 2021
By July 2025, the estimate had risen a further 15%. For comparison, the median is +4% across Canada’s towns and +6% across Ontario’s towns.
Half of Rockland is over 43.2, older than 57% of Canadian towns
Share of residents in each five-year band; the tick is the typical town.
The largest age band is 55–59: nearly one in ten residents. Residents aged 15 to 24 are rarer here than in just over two thirds of Canadian towns. There is little gap on residents aged 65 and over: 19%, about the same as across Canada’s towns.
Median age of Canadian towns of 2,500+
■ Rockland, 43.2. The typical town is 42.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About an even split.
2.6 people per household, more than in 67% of Canadian towns
Household types, then household sizes.
Against Ontario’s towns and Canada’s towns
People per household
Canada’s towns.
One-parent families account for 7.3%.
A higher share of common-law partners than 79% of Canadian towns, at 16%
Marital status of residents 15 and over, with common-law couples counted apart.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
46% of residents 15 and over are married across Canada’s towns, against 50% in Rockland. The comparison figure for common-law partners is 11% across Canada’s towns.
Rockland sits below 66% of Canadian towns for renter households (18%)
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
Three quarters of households live in a single-detached house; across Canada’s towns the figure is 64%. Here, 0.6% of households live in a building of five or more storeys. For renter households, the comparison across Canada’s towns is 25%.
Half of households earn more than $106,000 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
Half of Rockland’s households had a total income above $106,000, 23% more than the median across Canada’s towns ($86,000). Household incomes across Ontario’s towns have a median of $91,600. COVID-19 benefits went to 23% of residents with an income (typical: 28%).
6.1% of residents are immigrants
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 35%
When immigrants arrived · share of immigrants
Citizenship and moving · share of residents
Residents without Canadian citizenship make up 1.9%, against 5.8% across Canada’s towns. Immigrants here were most often born in Europe (28%), then in the Americas (28%). A year before the census, 11% lived somewhere else: fewer than the typical 11% across Canada’s towns.
In Rockland, 5.2% of residents have an Indigenous identity, more than in 71% of Canadian towns
Visible minority and Indigenous identity, then religion.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
Across Canada’s towns, the share of visible minority residents is 15%; Rockland has 7.3%. As a yardstick, 2.8% of residents have an Indigenous identity across Canada’s towns.
A smaller share of degree holders aged 25 to 64 than 66% of Canadian towns: 20%
Highest certificate, diploma or degree of residents aged 25 to 64.
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
Employment: 61% of residents 15 and over had a job
The census was taken in May 2021, during the pandemic, so these rates show a labour market still recovering. The census’s work rates at a glance. Jobs, industries and the commute are on Work & commute.
61% of residents 15 and over have a job; across Canada’s towns the typical share is 58%.
The 10th oldest of 41 towns of 28,736 to 32,069 people
Similar-sized towns by median age; each dot is a town.
The youngest is Alloa (31.3) and the oldest Wasaga Beach (56.4). The towns whose median age is nearest to Rockland’s: Conception Bay South (43.2), King (43.2), Marie-Victorin (43.3) and Sainte-Julie (44.4).
Rockland sits below 2 of its 6 closest neighbours on median age
The closest towns, coloured by how old their residents are.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rockland | 30,375 | — | 43.2 | 19% | 6.1% |
| Thurso | 3,439 | 7.7 km | 41.6 | 20% | 0.8% |
| Lochaber-Partie-Ouest | 1,016 | 11.5 km | 42 | 15% | 2.7% |
| Cumberland | 6,139 | 13.6 km | 46.5 | 20% | 12% |
| Plaisance | 1,191 | 14.2 km | 51.2 | 25% | 0% |
| Vallée-de-la-Lièvre | 15,388 | 15.2 km | 42.4 | 20% | 2% |
| L'Ange-Gardien | 7,068 | 17.2 km | 42 | 13% | 1.7% |
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Against Ontario’s towns and Canada’s towns. A figure here is set beside two middles, the median across Ontario’s places of 2,500 people or more and the median across all Canadian towns that size; reserves and entire cities are excluded from both.
- 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.
- The census’s own words. These are self-reported answers: Indigenous identity, immigrant status, religion. The census’s “visible minority” comes from the Employment Equity Act (non-white in colour or race, Indigenous peoples aside), and the page sets each beside other towns without labelling any.
Questions about Rockland’s residents
What is the average age in Rockland?
Half the residents are older than 43.2 and half younger, older than 57% of Canadian towns; 18% are children under 15 and 19% are 65 or over.
Is Rockland bilingual?
Both official languages are spoken by 68% of residents, against a typical 7.5% across Canada’s towns. 26% speak only English and 6.6% only French; 57% grew up with French.
How diverse is Rockland?
Across Canada’s towns a typical 17% are immigrants; here, 6.1%. A visible minority makes up 7.3% and Indigenous residents 5.2%.
What religion are people in Rockland?
Most often Christian (77%) or no religion (22%); other religions make up 1.7%.
Is Rockland good for families?
Children under 15 are 18% of residents, against 16% across Canada’s towns. Couple families make up 63% of households and one-parent families 7.3%. Schools near Rockland are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Rockland?
Median total household income in Rockland was $106,000 in 2020, against a median of $86,000 across Canada’s towns.
What is the population of Rockland?
The latest figure is an estimate: 30,375 residents in July 2025. At the 2021 Census, Rockland counted 26,505, 8% more than 2016.
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).