RosetownSaskatchewan

Trips to work from Rosetown are shorter than from Saskatchewan’s towns or Canadian towns: 14 min on average

87% of commuters drove, about level with Canadian towns (89%) and below Saskatchewan’s towns (91%).

Rent takes less of local pay in Rosetown than in Saskatchewan’s towns or Canadian towns: 15% of household income

80% of households own their home, higher than both Saskatchewan’s towns (71%) and Canadian towns (74%).

People in Rosetown’s health region live to 79.9 on average, 1.6 years short of the typical Canadian town

The town’s own part is the trip to care, and Rosetown is well placed: 0.4 km to a hospital on average, against 3.7 km typical. 13% of adults smoke, daily or now and then, higher than both Saskatchewan’s towns (8.6%) and Canadian towns (12%). Adults here are more upbeat about their health than the province: 54% very good or excellent, against 49% in Saskatchewan. For health survey and life expectancy, the only official count covers all of the South West health region, Rosetown included.

Rosetown is among the driest of Canadian towns: 338 mm of rain and snow a year

Some 66 cm of snow falls in a typical year, below Saskatchewan’s towns (91 cm) and Canadian towns (141 cm) alike. The most precipitation falls in June: 78 mm in a normal year. Between the last spring frost, 30 May, and the first in autumn, 10 September, lie 101 days. The coldest nights come in January, when Rosetown averages a low of −19.9°C.

The force covering Rosetown records less serious violence than Saskatchewan’s towns or Canadian towns, at 47

Violent incidents in its police area came to 9.8 per 1,000 residents a year, below Saskatchewan’s towns (15.2) and Canadian towns (12) alike. Thefts, break-ins and damage add up to 25.8 per 1,000 residents a year where it is policed. Rosetown doesn’t get its own Crime Severity Index, Violent Crime Severity Index, violent crime and property crime per 1,000 figures; the ones here come from the Rosetown detachment area.

High radon around Rosetown: 20% of homes tested in the area exceed 200 Bq/m³

Radon tests for the Heartland RHA

Earthquakes matter little: NRCan’s model puts building losses at $0.006 a year per $1,000 of value, against $0.030 for the typical town. The national flood inventory has no study for Rosetown.

In and around Rosetown, 7 schools: 6 elementary schools and 1 secondary school

Expect November days around freezing in Rosetown, nights around −10°C

Then December: −7°C by day, −17°C at night. In November, the normal is 16 mm of rain and snow. Snow is normal by November, about 13 cm over the month. For today and the week ahead, the Weather page carries ECCC’s Rosetown forecast.

Swift Current—Grasslands—Kindersley, which takes in Rosetown, is held by Jeremy Patzer (Conservative Party of Canada)

Locally, Rosetown is run as a town.

Rosetown has no public library of its own; the nearest is Biggar - Lionel A. Jones Library, 55 km away

Library statistics aren’t published openly in Saskatchewan, so there are no visit or loan figures for Rosetown.

No protected area lies within 10 km of Rosetown

A provincial park, Danielson Provincial Park, lies 76 km away. National parks are all over 100 km off.

An older town: 27% of people in Rosetown are 65 or over, more than in Saskatchewan’s towns or Canadian towns

Immigrants make up 13% of residents, above both Saskatchewan’s towns (7.4%) and Canadian towns (6.4%). 16% of residents are children under 15.