Focus on Geography Series, 2021 Census of Population
L'Islet, Municipalité régionale de comté
Religion
Religion: In 2021, the top religious group was Catholic, with about 12,980 persons representing 76.0% of the total population. The second group was Other Christians, with about 1,215 persons representing 7.1% of the total population. The population who declared no religion and secular perspectives numbered 2,790 persons, representing 16.3% 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 7,740 persons representing 45.4% of the total population. The second origin was French, n.o.s., with about 3,535 persons representing 20.7% of the total population. The third origin was Québécois, with about 2,665 persons representing 15.6% of the total population.
Distribution (in percentage) of main religious groups, L'Islet (Municipalité régionale de comté), 2011 and 2021
The 5 most frequently reported ethnic or cultural origins by median age, L'Islet (Municipalité régionale de comté), 2021
| Ethnic or cultural origin | Number of responses | % | Rank | Median age |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Canadian | 7,740 | 45.4 | 1 | 52.8 |
| French, n.o.s. | 3,535 | 20.7 | 2 | 58.8 |
| Québécois | 2,665 | 15.6 | 3 | 47.6 |
| French Canadian | 2,045 | 12.0 | 4 | 54.8 |
| Christian, n.i.e. | 505 | 3.0 | 5 | 35.6 |
Counts of visible minority groupsFootnote 2, L'Islet (Municipalité régionale de comté), 2011, 2016, 2021
Population by visible minority groupFootnote 2 and median age, L'Islet (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 | 17,240 | 100.0 | ... | 46.0 | 17,065 | 100.0 | ... | 52.8 |
| Total visible minority population | 30 | 0.2 | 100.0 | 26.0 | 205 | 1.2 | 100.0 | 32.4 |
| South Asian | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | ... | 15 | 0.1 | 7.3 | ... |
| Chinese | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | ... | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | ... |
| Black | 15 | 0.1 | 50.0 | 28.0 | 30 | 0.2 | 14.6 | 33.6 |
| Filipino | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | ... | 30 | 0.2 | 17.1 | 40.0 |
| Arab | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | ... | 40 | 0.2 | 17.1 | 31.6 |
| Latin American | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | ... | 75 | 0.4 | 39.0 | 28.6 |
| 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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