Photo: Nelro2 · Public domainIn Rockwood, 15% of households are one person living alone, fewer than in 90% of Canadian towns
25% of households rent their home across Canada’s towns, against 11% in Rockwood. In Rockwood, 2.2% of residents are not Canadian citizens. With a median age of 45.2, Rockwood is older than 69% of Canadian towns. Its population is up 8% on 2016. Every figure here is for Guelph/Eramosa as a whole, the municipality Rockwood belongs to.
Since 2016, Rockwood has grown +8%, faster than 74% of Canadian towns
All figures are the 2021 Census’s unless another date is shown. Residents at the 2016 and 2021 censuses and the latest estimate, with the 2016–2021 change beside other towns.
Change, 2016 to 2021
The July 2025 estimate adds another 7%. Across Ontario’s towns the median is +6%, and across Canada’s towns +4%.
Residents aged 15 to 24: 12%, a higher share than 67% of Canadian towns
Residents by five-year age band, each beside the typical town (the tick).
More residents are 55–59 than any other five-year age: 9% of residents. To put it in context, 11% of residents are aged 15 to 24 across Canada’s towns. The highest share aged 65 or over among Ontario’s towns is Northern Bruce Peninsula’s: 41%.
Median age of Canadian towns of 2,500+
■ Rockwood, 45.2. The typical town is 42.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split.
Bigger households than 82% of Canadian towns: 2.8 people each on average
Who shares a home: household types and sizes.
Against Ontario’s towns and Canada’s towns
People per household
Canada’s towns.
5.2% of households are one-parent families, against 8.2% across Canada’s towns.
Rockwood sits above 91% of Canadian towns for married residents 15 and over (59%)
Married, common-law, single: residents 15 and over.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
In Rockwood, 8.9% of residents 15 and over live common-law, beside 11% across Canada’s towns. Singles who have never married make up 23% of adults, beside a typical 27%.
Households in single-detached houses: 87%, a higher share than 83% of Canadian towns
Dwelling types, tenure and age of the housing. 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
Newer homes outnumber old: 27% date from 2001 or later, 20% from before 1961. As a yardstick, 64% of households live in a single-detached house across Canada’s towns. Households in buildings of five or more storeys are rarer here than in nearly three quarters of Canadian towns.
The midpoint household income is $129,000 a year
The income year is 2020: a year of pandemic benefits such as CERB, which the figures count. Household income before tax: the median, and households by income group.
Households by income · share of households
At $129,000, the middle household in Rockwood out-earned the median across Canada’s towns ($86,000) by 50%. The figure for Ontario’s towns: $91,600. The pandemic’s benefits: 23% of income recipients, against 28% in the typical town.
Residents who moved in within the year: 10%, a lower share than 57% of Canadian towns
Where immigrants were born and when they came, and how recently residents moved in.
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
Immigrants here were most often born in Europe (55%), then in the Americas (22%). Against that, 11% of residents lived at another address a year earlier across Canada’s towns. Most recent wave: just over one in ten immigrants arrived in 2011–2021 (Canada’s towns: 27%).
Residents with no religion make up 37% in Rockwood, more than in 58% of Canadian towns
Residents’ own answers on visible minority, Indigenous identity and religion.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
Across Canada’s towns, a typical 15% belong to a visible minority and 2.8% are Indigenous; here, 9% and 1.9%. Indigenous residents are rarer here than in 63% of Canadian towns. As a reference point, just over a third of residents said they have no religion across Canada’s towns.
7.6% of residents speak English and French, more than in 51% of Canadian towns
The official languages residents can speak, and the ones they learned first.
Can hold a conversation in · share of all residents
Mother tongue · share of all residents
At home: English 95%, French 0.1%. Bilingual residents: 7.5% across Canada’s towns, for comparison. 1% of residents have French as their mother tongue, a lower share than in 71% of Canadian towns.
31% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher, more than in 58% of Canadian towns
The highest diploma or degree of adults of working age (25 to 64).
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
5.9% of those aged 25 to 64 have no formal credential, where the typical town has 9.5%.
An employment rate of 63%
May 2021 was still a pandemic month: the census’s work figures reflect that. Work, briefly: employment, unemployment, participation and working from home. Jobs, industries and the commute are on Work & commute.
63% of residents 15 and over have a job; across Canada’s towns the typical share is 58%.
Among 41 towns of 14,602 to 15,122 people, the 10th oldest
The Canadian towns closest in population, from youngest to oldest.
At one end is Chappelle (31.7), at the other Campbellford (55.2). Closest in median age to Rockwood are Cooksville NHD (West) (44.7), Orsainville (45), Vieux-Bourg (45.7) and Mountain View County (46.4).
Older than Rockwood: 1 of the 2 towns nearby
Places nearby, shaded by median age, each linked to its page.
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Against Ontario’s towns and Canada’s towns. Two medians frame each figure: one for Ontario’s towns and neighbourhoods of 2,500 or more, one for all Canadian towns of that size, with whole cities and First Nations reserves left out. Percentiles rank the town within Canada.
- What these tables don’t give. Not in the Census Profile: unpaid care, cars, internet access, and how each age group has changed since 2016. We also chart no ethnic origins besides visible minority and Indigenous identity.
- 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 Rockwood’s residents
What is the population of Rockwood?
Rockwood had about 14,870 residents in July 2025, Statistics Canada estimates; the 2021 Census counted 13,904, 8% more than 2016.
What is the average age in Rockwood?
A median age of 45.2, older than 69% of Canadian towns. Children under 15 make up 17%, and people 65 and over 19%.
Is Rockwood bilingual?
English and French: 7.6% speak both (Canada’s towns: 7.5%). English only: 92%. French only: 0%. French mother tongue: 1%.
How diverse is Rockwood?
14% of residents are immigrants (Canada’s towns: 17%); 9% belong to a visible minority and 1.9% have an Indigenous identity.
What religion are people in Rockwood?
60% are Christian and 37% have no religion; 2.8% follow another religion.
Is Rockwood good for families?
Under 15: 17% (Canada’s towns: 16%). Couple families: 69% of households. One-parent families: 5.2%. Schools near Rockwood are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Rockwood?
The median household in Rockwood took in $129,000 in 2020, against $86,000 across Canada’s towns.
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).