Focus on Geography Series, 2021 Census of Population
La Mitis, Municipalité régionale de comté
Religion
Religion: In 2021, the top religious group was Catholic, with about 13,570 persons representing 76.7% of the total population. The second group was Other Christians, with about 935 persons representing 5.3% of the total population. The population who declared no religion and secular perspectives numbered 3,035 persons, representing 17.2% 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 7,035 persons representing 39.8% of the total population. The second origin was French, n.o.s., with about 3,845 persons representing 21.7% of the total population. The third origin was Québécois, with about 3,300 persons representing 18.7% of the total population.
Distribution (in percentage) of main religious groups, La Mitis (Municipalité régionale de comté), 2011 and 2021
The 5 most frequently reported ethnic or cultural origins by median age, La Mitis (Municipalité régionale de comté), 2021
| Ethnic or cultural origin | Number of responses | % | Rank | Median age |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Canadian | 7,035 | 39.8 | 1 | 48.0 |
| French, n.o.s. | 3,845 | 21.7 | 2 | 54.4 |
| Québécois | 3,300 | 18.7 | 3 | 42.4 |
| French Canadian | 2,315 | 13.1 | 4 | 53.6 |
| Irish | 475 | 2.7 | 5 | 47.2 |
Counts of visible minority groupsFootnote 2, La Mitis (Municipalité régionale de comté), 2011, 2016, 2021
Population by visible minority groupFootnote 2 and median age, La Mitis (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 | 17,530 | 100.0 | ... | 44.1 | 17,685 | 100.0 | ... | 49.6 |
| Total visible minority population | 95 | 0.5 | 100.0 | 24.4 | 125 | 0.7 | 100.0 | 19.2 |
| South Asian | 10 | 0.1 | 0.0 | ... | 10 | 0.1 | 12.0 | ... |
| Chinese | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | ... | 10 | 0.1 | 0.0 | ... |
| Black | 40 | 0.2 | 44.4 | 32.0 | 80 | 0.5 | 64.0 | 15.4 |
| Filipino | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | ... | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | ... |
| Arab | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | ... | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | ... |
| Latin American | 40 | 0.2 | 38.9 | 15.2 | 15 | 0.1 | 12.0 | ... |
| 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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