Focus on Geography Series, 2021 Census of Population
La Haute-Gaspésie, Municipalité régionale de comté
Religion
Religion: In 2021, the top religious group was Catholic, with about 8,425 persons representing 78.6% of the total population. The second group was Other Christians, with about 370 persons representing 3.5% of the total population. The population who declared no religion and secular perspectives numbered 1,815 persons, representing 16.9% of the total population.
Ethnic or cultural origins
Ethnic or cultural origins: In 2021, the most frequently reported ethnic or cultural origin was Canadian, with about 4,330 persons representing 40.4% of the total population. The second origin was French, n.o.s., with about 2,295 persons representing 21.4% of the total population. The third origin was Québécois, with about 1,860 persons representing 17.4% of the total population.
Distribution (in percentage) of main religious groups, La Haute-Gaspésie (Municipalité régionale de comté), 2011 and 2021
The 5 most frequently reported ethnic or cultural origins by median age, La Haute-Gaspésie (Municipalité régionale de comté), 2021
| Ethnic or cultural origin | Number of responses | % | Rank | Median age |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Canadian | 4,330 | 40.4 | 1 | 57.2 |
| French, n.o.s. | 2,295 | 21.4 | 2 | 60.4 |
| Québécois | 1,860 | 17.4 | 3 | 47.6 |
| French Canadian | 1,010 | 9.4 | 4 | 61.6 |
| Gaspesian | 320 | 3.0 | 5 | 58.8 |
Counts of visible minority groupsFootnote 2, La Haute-Gaspésie (Municipalité régionale de comté), 2011, 2016, 2021
Population by visible minority groupFootnote 2 and median age, La Haute-Gaspésie (Municipalité régionale de comté), 2016 and 2021
| 2016 | 2021 | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number | % of total population | % of visible minority population | Median age | Number | % of total population | % of visible minority population | Median age | |
| Total - Visible minority | 10,955 | 100.0 | ... | 47.9 | 10,715 | 100.0 | ... | 56.0 |
| Total visible minority population | 50 | 0.5 | 100.0 | 29.6 | 105 | 1.0 | 100.0 | 36.4 |
| South Asian | 10 | 0.1 | 27.3 | ... | 10 | 0.1 | 9.5 | ... |
| Chinese | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | ... | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | ... |
| Black | 30 | 0.3 | 45.5 | 26.0 | 35 | 0.3 | 33.3 | ... |
| Filipino | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | ... | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | ... |
| Arab | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | ... | 40 | 0.4 | 38.1 | 33.6 |
| Latin American | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | ... | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | ... |
| Southeast Asian | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | ... | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | ... |
| West Asian | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | ... | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | ... |
| Korean | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | ... | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | ... |
| Japanese | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | ... | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | ... |
| Visible minority, n.i.e. | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | ... | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | ... |
| Multiple visible minorities | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | ... | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | ... |
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