Focus on Geography Series, 2021 Census of Population
Bellechasse, Municipalité régionale de comté
Religion
Religion: In 2021, the top religious group was Catholic, with about 26,830 persons representing 72.6% of the total population. The second group was Other Christians, with about 2,765 persons representing 7.5% of the total population. The population who declared no religion and secular perspectives numbered 7,175 persons, representing 19.4% of the total population.
Racialized groups
Racialized groupsFootnote 1: In 2021, the largest racialized group was Black, with about 300 persons representing 0.8% of the total population. The second group was Latin American, with about 105 persons representing 0.3% of the total population. The third group was Filipino, with about 80 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 15,510 persons representing 41.9% of the total population. The second origin was French, n.o.s., with about 8,120 persons representing 22.0% of the total population. The third origin was Québécois, with about 6,465 persons representing 17.5% of the total population.
Distribution (in percentage) of main religious groups, Bellechasse (Municipalité régionale de comté), 2011 and 2021
The 5 most frequently reported ethnic or cultural origins by median age, Bellechasse (Municipalité régionale de comté), 2021
| Ethnic or cultural origin | Number of responses | % | Rank | Median age |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Canadian | 15,510 | 41.9 | 1 | 43.2 |
| French, n.o.s. | 8,120 | 22.0 | 2 | 47.2 |
| Québécois | 6,465 | 17.5 | 3 | 38.4 |
| French Canadian | 4,415 | 11.9 | 4 | 50.8 |
| Irish | 1,045 | 2.8 | 5 | 36.8 |
Counts of visible minority groupsFootnote 2, Bellechasse (Municipalité régionale de comté), 2011, 2016, 2021
Population by visible minority groupFootnote 2 and median age, Bellechasse (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 | 36,045 | 100.0 | ... | 41.8 | 36,970 | 100.0 | ... | 43.6 |
| Total visible minority population | 485 | 1.3 | 100.0 | 27.3 | 690 | 1.9 | 100.0 | 33.6 |
| South Asian | 15 | 0.0 | 3.1 | 22.0 | 20 | 0.1 | 3.6 | ... |
| Chinese | 25 | 0.1 | 5.2 | 13.2 | 70 | 0.2 | 9.4 | 19.6 |
| Black | 320 | 0.9 | 67.0 | 25.1 | 300 | 0.8 | 43.2 | 34.0 |
| Filipino | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | ... | 80 | 0.2 | 10.8 | 36.0 |
| Arab | 0 | 0.0 | 2.1 | ... | 40 | 0.1 | 5.8 | 33.6 |
| Latin American | 20 | 0.1 | 4.1 | 24.0 | 105 | 0.3 | 15.1 | 35.6 |
| Southeast Asian | 25 | 0.1 | 5.2 | 46.0 | 25 | 0.1 | 3.6 | ... |
| 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. | 25 | 0.1 | 4.1 | 35.0 | 25 | 0.1 | 4.3 | ... |
| Multiple visible minorities | 10 | 0.0 | 2.1 | ... | 35 | 0.1 | 5.0 | ... |
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