Focus on Geography Series, 2021 Census of Population
Le Granit, Municipalité régionale de comté
Religion
Religion: In 2021, the top religious group was Catholic, with about 16,095 persons representing 74.7% of the total population. The second group was Other Christians, with about 1,270 persons representing 5.9% of the total population. The population who declared no religion and secular perspectives numbered 3,755 persons, representing 17.4% of the total population.
Racialized groups
Racialized groupsFootnote 1: In 2021, the largest racialized group was Black, with about 125 persons representing 0.6% of the total population. The second group was Latin American, with about 100 persons representing 0.5% of the total population. The third group was Arab, with about 85 persons representing 0.4% 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 9,095 persons representing 42.2% of the total population. The second origin was French, n.o.s., with about 5,470 persons representing 25.4% of the total population. The third origin was Québécois, with about 3,275 persons representing 15.2% of the total population.
Distribution (in percentage) of main religious groups, Le Granit (Municipalité régionale de comté), 2011 and 2021
The 5 most frequently reported ethnic or cultural origins by median age, Le Granit (Municipalité régionale de comté), 2021
| Ethnic or cultural origin | Number of responses | % | Rank | Median age |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Canadian | 9,095 | 42.2 | 1 | 51.6 |
| French, n.o.s. | 5,470 | 25.4 | 2 | 51.2 |
| Québécois | 3,275 | 15.2 | 3 | 50.0 |
| French Canadian | 1,980 | 9.2 | 4 | 58.0 |
| Irish | 670 | 3.1 | 5 | 41.6 |
Counts of visible minority groupsFootnote 2, Le Granit (Municipalité régionale de comté), 2011, 2016, 2021
Population by visible minority groupFootnote 2 and median age, Le Granit (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 | 21,020 | 100.0 | ... | 44.6 | 21,540 | 100.0 | ... | 51.6 |
| Total visible minority population | 140 | 0.7 | 100.0 | 25.6 | 410 | 1.9 | 100.0 | 31.4 |
| South Asian | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | ... | 15 | 0.1 | 3.7 | ... |
| Chinese | 10 | 0.0 | 0.0 | ... | 30 | 0.1 | 7.3 | ... |
| Black | 40 | 0.2 | 28.6 | 28.8 | 125 | 0.6 | 30.5 | 29.2 |
| Filipino | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | ... | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | ... |
| Arab | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | ... | 85 | 0.4 | 20.7 | 37.2 |
| Latin American | 15 | 0.1 | 10.7 | 22.0 | 100 | 0.5 | 25.6 | 31.8 |
| Southeast Asian | 30 | 0.1 | 17.9 | 26.0 | 30 | 0.1 | 6.1 | ... |
| West Asian | 30 | 0.1 | 21.4 | 22.0 | 10 | 0.0 | 2.4 | ... |
| 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 | ... | 10 | 0.0 | 2.4 | ... |
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