Photo: Bull-Doser at English Wikipedia · Public domain12% of households rent their home, below 84% of Canadian towns
Most recent wave: 13% of immigrants arrived in 2011–2021 (Canada’s towns: 27%). Locally, 7.6% of residents lived at another address a year earlier. On one-person households, Rosemère sits lower than 79% of Canadian towns: 19%. This Quebec town is home to some 14,198 people (July 2025 estimate), in 5,250 households at the 2021 Census.
What stands out about the people of Rosemère
A bilingual town
Both official languages: 70% of residents speak English and French, more than in 98% of Canadian towns. Another 25% speak only French and 3.7% only English. English & French ↓
Written from the data on this page: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census.
Bilingual residents: 70%, a higher share than 98% of Canadian towns
Figures are from the 2021 Census unless dated otherwise. 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
Just over one in ten residents have English as their mother tongue (Canada’s towns: 66%). For comparison, 7.5% of residents speak English and French across Canada’s towns. At home: French 73%, English 18%.
+1% since 2016, a pace below 71% 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
The estimate for July 2025 is much the same as the census count. Across Canada’s towns, half of towns changed by more than +4%; across Quebec’s towns, by more than +4%.
A median age of 46.4: Rosemère is older than 74% of Canadian towns
Share of residents in each five-year band; the tick is the typical town.
In Rosemère, 18% of residents are under 15, beside 16% across Canada’s towns. The largest age band is 60–64: nearly one in ten residents. Among Quebec’s towns, Centre has the highest share aged 65 or over, at 46%.
Median age of Canadian towns of 2,500+
■ Rosemère, 46.4. The typical town is 42.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About an even split.
2.7 people per household, more than in 76% of Canadian towns
Household types, then household sizes.
Against Quebec’s towns and Canada’s towns
People per household
Canada’s towns.
One-parent families account for 7.8%.
A larger share of common-law partners than 86% of Canadian towns: 23%
Marital status of residents 15 and over, with common-law couples counted apart.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
Singles who have never married make up a quarter of adults, beside a typical 27%. On married residents 15 and over, Rosemère sits lower than 62% of Canadian towns: 43%. The share of common-law partners across Canada’s towns is 11%.
Households in single-detached houses: 81%, a higher share than 74% of Canadian towns
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
Older homes outnumber new: 20% predate 1961, 15% date from 2001 or later. Across the comparison, 64% of households live in a single-detached house across Canada’s towns.
Half of households earn more than $120,000 a year
The income year is 2020: a year of pandemic benefits such as CERB, which the figures count. Total household income: the median household, and the spread from low to high.
Households by income · share of households
Half of Rosemère’s households had a total income above $120,000, 40% more than the median across Canada’s towns ($86,000). The figure for Quebec’s towns: $74,000. COVID-19 benefits went to 29% of residents with an income (typical: 28%).
13% 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 20%
When immigrants arrived · share of immigrants
Citizenship and moving · share of residents
17% of residents are immigrants across Canada’s towns, against 13% in Rosemère. On residents without Canadian citizenship, Rosemère sits lower than four fifths of Canadian towns: 1.7%. Immigrants here were most often born in Europe (36%), then in Asia (27%).
Residents with no religion: 27%, a lower share than 72% of Canadian towns
Visible minority and Indigenous identity, then religion.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
Set against 15% across Canada’s towns, 10% of residents belong to a visible minority in Rosemère. Residents with no religion make up 35% across Canada’s towns. Other faiths: Muslim (2.1%). 1.7% of residents have an Indigenous identity, fewer than in 68% of Canadian towns.
A larger share of degree holders aged 25 to 64 than 78% of Canadian towns: 44%
Highest certificate, diploma or degree of residents aged 25 to 64.
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
At the other end, 4.1% hold no certificate, diploma or degree, against a typical 9.5%. Across Canada’s towns, 27% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher.
A job for 61% of residents aged 15 and over
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.
More people work here than in the typical town: 61%, against 58% across Canada’s towns.
Ranked by age, 8th oldest of 41 towns this size
Similar-sized towns by median age; each dot is a town.
River West is the youngest of them at 30.6; Tiny, at 55.2, the oldest. Closest in median age to Rosemère are Kerrisdale (45.2), Bourg-Royal (46), Convent Glen - Orleans Woods (46.8) and Colchester County, Subdivision C (47.2).
Median age: 1 of the 6 towns around Rosemère are older
The closest towns, coloured by how old their residents are.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rosemère | 14,198 | — | 46.4 | 20% | 13% |
| Lorraine | 9,721 | 3.4 km | 42.4 | 17% | 12% |
| Auteuil | 27,843 | 3.6 km | 41.6 | 14% | 22% |
| Sainte-Thérèse | 27,253 | 3.6 km | 47.6 | 27% | 7.9% |
| Sainte-Rose | 37,408 | 4.2 km | 41.2 | 14% | 25% |
| Bois-des-Filion | 10,666 | 4.3 km | 41.2 | 15% | 14% |
| Boisbriand | 29,830 | 4.9 km | 40 | 15% | 12% |
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Against Quebec’s towns and Canada’s towns. Two medians frame each figure: one for Quebec’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. Unpaid care, car ownership and internet access aren’t in the Census Profile, nor is the change by age since 2016. Ethnic origins other than visible minority and Indigenous identity are left out of the charts.
- 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.
Questions about Rosemère’s residents
What is the median income in Rosemère?
The median household in Rosemère took in $120,000 in 2020, against $86,000 across Canada’s towns.
What is the population of Rosemère?
Rosemère had about 14,198 residents in July 2025, Statistics Canada estimates; the 2021 Census counted 14,090, about the same as 2016.
What is the average age in Rosemère?
A median age of 46.4, older than 74% of Canadian towns. Children under 15 make up 18%, and people 65 and over 20%.
Is Rosemère bilingual?
Both official languages are spoken by 70% of residents, against a typical 7.5% across Canada’s towns. 3.7% speak only English and 25% only French; 71% grew up with French.
How diverse is Rosemère?
13% of residents are immigrants (Canada’s towns: 17%); 10% belong to a visible minority and 1.7% have an Indigenous identity.
What religion are people in Rosemère?
70% are Christian and 27% have no religion; 3% follow another religion.
Is Rosemère good for families?
Under 15: 18% (Canada’s towns: 16%). Couple families: 67% of households. One-parent families: 7.8%. Schools near Rosemère are on its Schools page.
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).