Focus on Geography Series, 2021 Census of Population
Kamouraska, Municipalité régionale de comté
Religion
Religion: In 2021, the top religious group was Catholic, with about 14,845 persons representing 73.9% of the total population. The second group was Other Christians, with about 1,640 persons representing 8.2% of the total population. The population who declared no religion and secular perspectives numbered 3,435 persons, representing 17.1% of the total population.
Racialized groups
Racialized groupsFootnote 1: In 2021, the largest racialized group was Filipino, with about 65 persons representing 0.3% of the total population. The second group was Latin American, with about 55 persons representing 0.3% of the total population. The third group was Black, with about 40 persons representing 0.2% 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 8,350 persons representing 41.5% of the total population. The second origin was French, n.o.s., with about 4,725 persons representing 23.5% of the total population. The third origin was Québécois, with about 3,655 persons representing 18.2% of the total population.
Distribution (in percentage) of main religious groups, Kamouraska (Municipalité régionale de comté), 2011 and 2021
The 5 most frequently reported ethnic or cultural origins by median age, Kamouraska (Municipalité régionale de comté), 2021
| Ethnic or cultural origin | Number of responses | % | Rank | Median age |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Canadian | 8,350 | 41.5 | 1 | 50.8 |
| French, n.o.s. | 4,725 | 23.5 | 2 | 51.2 |
| Québécois | 3,655 | 18.2 | 3 | 42.8 |
| French Canadian | 2,480 | 12.3 | 4 | 55.6 |
| Caucasian (White), n.o.s. | 485 | 2.4 | 5 | 42.0 |
Counts of visible minority groupsFootnote 2, Kamouraska (Municipalité régionale de comté), 2011, 2016, 2021
Population by visible minority groupFootnote 2 and median age, Kamouraska (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 | 20,105 | 100.0 | ... | 44.9 | 20,100 | 100.0 | ... | 49.6 |
| Total visible minority population | 110 | 0.5 | 100.0 | 32.4 | 240 | 1.2 | 100.0 | 35.2 |
| South Asian | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | ... | 20 | 0.1 | 6.3 | ... |
| Chinese | 15 | 0.1 | 13.0 | 26.0 | 15 | 0.1 | 6.3 | ... |
| Black | 50 | 0.2 | 39.1 | 31.2 | 40 | 0.2 | 14.6 | 43.6 |
| Filipino | 25 | 0.1 | 17.4 | 37.0 | 65 | 0.3 | 27.1 | 38.8 |
| Arab | 10 | 0.0 | 8.7 | ... | 20 | 0.1 | 6.3 | ... |
| Latin American | 10 | 0.0 | 13.0 | 24.0 | 55 | 0.3 | 22.9 | 34.8 |
| 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 | 10 | 0.0 | 0.0 | ... | 20 | 0.1 | 6.3 | ... |
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