Photo: Chris Woodrich · CC BY-SA 4.0Roseland: 16% of residents are aged 15 to 24, above 95% of Canadian towns
One-person households are rarer here than in 87% of Canadian towns. There were 6,495 households in Roseland at the 2021 Census, home to 20,587 people. Across Roseland, 38% of residents are immigrants. Against a figure of 25% across Canada’s towns, the share of renter households in Roseland comes in at 11%.
Younger than 54% of Canadian towns: half of Roseland is under 41.3
Unless a figure says otherwise, it is from the 2021 Census. Every five-year age group as a share of residents; ticks mark the typical town.
The biggest five-year age group is 15–19, with nearly one in ten residents, 1.6 times the share across Canada’s towns. Among Ontario’s towns, Northern Bruce Peninsula has the highest share aged 65 or over, at 41%.
Median age of Canadian towns of 2,500+
■ Roseland, 41.3. The typical town is 42.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About 95 men for every 100 women.
Larger households than 92% of Canadian towns: 3.1 people on average
Households by family type and by the number of people in them.
Against Ontario’s towns and Canada’s towns
People per household
Canada’s towns.
7.9% of households are one-parent families.
Only 3.7% of residents 15 and over live common-law in Roseland
How adults live as couples, or don’t, with common-law unions shown on their own.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
29% of adults are single and have never married; the typical town has 27%. The census found that 56% of residents 15 and over are married in Roseland. Common-law partners: 11% across Canada’s towns, for comparison.
Roseland: 82% of households live in a single-detached house, above 76% of Canadian towns
The kinds of homes people live in, who owns and who rents, and how old the homes are. 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
With households in buildings of five or more storeys at 2.5%, Roseland is ahead of 66% of Canadian towns on that count. The wider picture: 64% of households live in a single-detached house across Canada’s towns. Just over a third of homes were built in 2001 or later, more than the 13% built before 1961.
Household income at the median: $115,500 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
Household incomes run high in Roseland: half had more than $115,500, 34% above the median across Canada’s towns ($86,000). $91,600 is the median household income across Ontario’s towns. COVID-19 benefits went to 34% of residents with an income (typical: 28%).
In Roseland, 11% of residents are not Canadian citizens, more than in 70% of Canadian towns
Birthplaces and arrival years of immigrants, citizenship and recent moves.
Immigrants, by continent of birth · share of all residents; the bar runs to 45%
When immigrants arrived · share of immigrants
Citizenship and moving · share of residents
Residents who moved in within the year make up 9.4%, against 11% across Canada’s towns. Immigrants here were most often born in Asia (67%), then in Europe (18%). The comparison figure for residents without Canadian citizenship is 5.8% across Canada’s towns.
Below 88% of Canadian towns: 19% of residents said they have no religion
Identity and faith, in the census’s categories.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
Visible minority residents make up 46%, against 15% across Canada’s towns. On average, just over a third of residents said they have no religion across Canada’s towns. Indigenous identity: 0.9% (2.8%).
Bilingual residents: 9%, a higher share than 58% of Canadian towns
Who can speak English and French, mother tongue, and the language spoken most at home.
Can hold a conversation in · share of all residents
Mother tongue · share of all residents
Roseland sits close to the norm on residents whose mother tongue is French: 1%, about the same as across Canada’s towns. 24% most often speak a language other than English or French at home, and 3% speak neither official language. Bilingual residents make up 7.5% across Canada’s towns.
Degree holders aged 25 to 64 make up 45% in Roseland, more than in 79% of Canadian towns
Education of residents 25 to 64, by highest credential.
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
At the bottom of the ladder, 5.2% hold no certificate of any kind, against 9.5% in the typical town. As a reference point, 27% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher across Canada’s towns.
50% of adults were employed in May 2021
May 2021 was still a pandemic month: the census’s work figures reflect that. Four labour figures from the census. Jobs, industries and the commute are on Work & commute.
Fewer work here than in the typical town: 50%, against 58% across Canada’s towns. 18% of residents are 65 or over.
Youngest by rank: 18th of 41 towns of 20,055 to 21,170 people
Towns of about this size, placed by median age.
Niagara-on-the-Lake is the oldest at 57.2, Édouard-Montpetit the youngest at 32.5. Closest in median age to Roseland are Sturgeon County (41.2), Oakwood Village (41.3), East Windsor (41.4) and Côte-Saint-Antoine (41.9).
Among its 6 nearest neighbours, 4 are older than Roseland
Neighbouring places and their median ages; each name opens its page.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Roseland | 20,587 | — | 41.3 | 18% | 38% |
| Devonshire | 9,852 | 2.5 km | 38.8 | 13% | 35% |
| South Windsor | 15,896 | 2.9 km | 43.5 | 21% | 28% |
| Remington Park | 5,783 | 4.3 km | 42.3 | 19% | 35% |
| South Walkerville | 6,129 | 5.3 km | 43.2 | 20% | 15% |
| South Cameron | 11,804 | 5.7 km | 34.2 | 13% | 48% |
| Fontainebleau | 11,567 | 6.3 km | 45.1 | 22% | 27% |
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.
- Neighbourhoods are sums of small areas. There is no census profile for a neighbourhood, so we add up the dissemination areas inside it. Each count is a sum of Statistics Canada’s rounded counts, the median age and income come from the published groups, and with 2016’s areas drawn differently there is no 2016 count.
- What these tables don’t give. Some things the page can’t show: the Census Profile asks nothing about unpaid care, cars or internet access, and gives no change by age since 2016. Ethnic origins beyond visible minority and Indigenous identity aren’t charted.
- The census’s own words. The census takes “visible minority” from the Employment Equity Act: anyone other than Indigenous peoples who is non-white in colour or race. Indigenous identity, immigrant status and religion are what residents reported, compared here with other towns and never used as a label.
Questions about Roseland’s residents
What is the population of Roseland?
20,587, at the 2021 Census: Statistics Canada makes no later estimate for Roseland alone.
What is the average age in Roseland?
A median age of 41.3, younger than 54% of Canadian towns. Children under 15 make up 17%, and people 65 and over 18%.
Is Roseland bilingual?
9% of residents can speak both English and French (typical across Canada’s towns: 7.5%); 0% speak French only and 88% English only. French is the mother tongue of 1%.
How diverse is Roseland?
38% of residents are immigrants (Canada’s towns: 17%); 46% belong to a visible minority and 0.9% have an Indigenous identity.
What religion are people in Roseland?
53% are Christian and 19% have no religion; 29% follow another religion.
Is Roseland good for families?
Under 15: 17% (Canada’s towns: 16%). Couple families: 64% of households. One-parent families: 7.9%. Schools near Roseland are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Roseland?
The median household in Roseland took in $115,500 in 2020, against $86,000 across Canada’s towns.
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).