Focus on Geography Series, 2021 Census of Population
La Nouvelle-Beauce, Municipalité régionale de comté
Religion
Religion: In 2021, the top religious group was Catholic, with about 26,725 persons representing 71.9% of the total population. The second group was Other Christians, with about 2,725 persons representing 7.3% of the total population. The population who declared no religion and secular perspectives numbered 7,390 persons, representing 19.9% of the total population.
Racialized groups
Racialized groupsFootnote 1: In 2021, the largest racialized group was Latin American, with about 345 persons representing 0.9% of the total population. The second group was Black, with about 245 persons representing 0.7% of the total population. The third group was Chinese, with about 65 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 16,650 persons representing 44.8% of the total population. The second origin was French, n.o.s., with about 8,895 persons representing 23.9% of the total population. The third origin was Québécois, with about 5,105 persons representing 13.7% of the total population.
Distribution (in percentage) of main religious groups, La Nouvelle-Beauce (Municipalité régionale de comté), 2011 and 2021
The 5 most frequently reported ethnic or cultural origins by median age, La Nouvelle-Beauce (Municipalité régionale de comté), 2021
| Ethnic or cultural origin | Number of responses | % | Rank | Median age |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Canadian | 16,650 | 44.8 | 1 | 41.6 |
| French, n.o.s. | 8,895 | 23.9 | 2 | 42.8 |
| Québécois | 5,105 | 13.7 | 3 | 36.8 |
| French Canadian | 3,785 | 10.2 | 4 | 40.8 |
| Irish | 1,210 | 3.3 | 5 | 35.2 |
Counts of visible minority groupsFootnote 2, La Nouvelle-Beauce (Municipalité régionale de comté), 2011, 2016, 2021
Population by visible minority groupFootnote 2 and median age, La Nouvelle-Beauce (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 | 35,850 | 100.0 | ... | 39.1 | 37,150 | 100.0 | ... | 40.8 |
| Total visible minority population | 470 | 1.3 | 100.0 | 25.2 | 810 | 2.2 | 100.0 | 31.6 |
| South Asian | 10 | 0.0 | 3.2 | ... | 45 | 0.1 | 5.6 | 42.0 |
| Chinese | 55 | 0.2 | 11.8 | 17.2 | 65 | 0.2 | 7.5 | 20.8 |
| Black | 115 | 0.3 | 24.7 | 22.8 | 245 | 0.7 | 29.8 | 30.8 |
| Filipino | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | ... | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | ... |
| Arab | 55 | 0.2 | 11.8 | 32.5 | 45 | 0.1 | 5.6 | 46.4 |
| Latin American | 180 | 0.5 | 39.8 | 24.1 | 345 | 0.9 | 42.9 | 30.8 |
| Southeast Asian | 15 | 0.0 | 4.3 | 32.0 | 10 | 0.0 | 1.2 | ... |
| 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 | ... | 55 | 0.1 | 6.8 | 32.4 |
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