Focus on Geography Series, 2021 Census of Population
Mékinac, Municipalité régionale de comté
Religion
Religion: In 2021, the top religious group was Catholic, with about 9,700 persons representing 77.4% of the total population. The second group was Other Christians, with about 695 persons representing 5.5% of the total population. The population who declared no religion and secular perspectives numbered 2,060 persons, representing 16.4% 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 5,165 persons representing 41.2% of the total population. The second origin was French, n.o.s., with about 2,660 persons representing 21.2% of the total population. The third origin was Québécois, with about 2,100 persons representing 16.8% of the total population.
Distribution (in percentage) of main religious groups, Mékinac (Municipalité régionale de comté), 2011 and 2021
The 5 most frequently reported ethnic or cultural origins by median age, Mékinac (Municipalité régionale de comté), 2021
| Ethnic or cultural origin | Number of responses | % | Rank | Median age |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Canadian | 5,165 | 41.2 | 1 | 56.4 |
| French, n.o.s. | 2,660 | 21.2 | 2 | 61.6 |
| Québécois | 2,100 | 16.8 | 3 | 55.6 |
| French Canadian | 1,505 | 12.0 | 4 | 59.2 |
| Caucasian (White), n.o.s. | 425 | 3.4 | 5 | 51.2 |
Counts of visible minority groupsFootnote 2, Mékinac (Municipalité régionale de comté), 2011, 2016, 2021
Population by visible minority groupFootnote 2 and median age, Mékinac (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 | 12,065 | 100.0 | ... | 49.4 | 12,520 | 100.0 | ... | 57.6 |
| Total visible minority population | 70 | 0.6 | 100.0 | 23.6 | 45 | 0.4 | 100.0 | 61.6 |
| South Asian | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | ... | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | ... |
| Chinese | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | ... | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | ... |
| Black | 20 | 0.2 | 28.6 | 19.5 | 20 | 0.2 | 44.4 | ... |
| Filipino | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | ... | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | ... |
| Arab | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | ... | 0 | 0.0 | 22.2 | ... |
| Latin American | 10 | 0.1 | 14.3 | ... | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | ... |
| Southeast Asian | 15 | 0.1 | 21.4 | ... | 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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