Focus on Geography Series, 2021 Census of Population
Bécancour, Municipalité régionale de comté
Religion
Religion: In 2021, the top religious group was Catholic, with about 13,965 persons representing 69.2% of the total population. The second group was Other Christians, with about 1,265 persons representing 6.3% of the total population. The population who declared no religion and secular perspectives numbered 4,795 persons, representing 23.7% of the total population.
Racialized groups
Racialized groupsFootnote 1: In 2021, the largest racialized group was Southeast Asian, with about 100 persons representing 0.5% of the total population. The second group was Black, with about 60 persons representing 0.3% of the total population. The third group was Latin American, with about 40 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 8,820 persons representing 43.7% of the total population. The second origin was French, n.o.s., with about 4,500 persons representing 22.3% of the total population. The third origin was Québécois, with about 3,055 persons representing 15.1% of the total population.
Distribution (in percentage) of main religious groups, Bécancour (Municipalité régionale de comté), 2011 and 2021
The 5 most frequently reported ethnic or cultural origins by median age, Bécancour (Municipalité régionale de comté), 2021
| Ethnic or cultural origin | Number of responses | % | Rank | Median age |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Canadian | 8,820 | 43.7 | 1 | 43.2 |
| French, n.o.s. | 4,500 | 22.3 | 2 | 52.0 |
| Québécois | 3,055 | 15.1 | 3 | 43.2 |
| French Canadian | 1,915 | 9.5 | 4 | 53.2 |
| Acadian | 570 | 2.8 | 5 | 51.2 |
Counts of visible minority groupsFootnote 2, Bécancour (Municipalité régionale de comté), 2011, 2016, 2021
Population by visible minority groupFootnote 2 and median age, Bécancour (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 | 19,840 | 100.0 | ... | 43.3 | 20,195 | 100.0 | ... | 46.0 |
| Total visible minority population | 160 | 0.8 | 100.0 | 23.0 | 280 | 1.4 | 100.0 | 33.6 |
| South Asian | 10 | 0.1 | 6.3 | ... | 10 | 0.0 | 3.6 | ... |
| Chinese | 30 | 0.2 | 18.8 | 18.5 | 10 | 0.0 | 3.6 | ... |
| Black | 55 | 0.3 | 34.4 | 21.6 | 60 | 0.3 | 23.2 | 31.2 |
| Filipino | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | ... | 30 | 0.1 | 10.7 | ... |
| Arab | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | ... | 15 | 0.1 | 5.4 | ... |
| Latin American | 20 | 0.1 | 12.5 | 22.0 | 40 | 0.2 | 14.3 | 27.4 |
| Southeast Asian | 25 | 0.1 | 12.5 | 18.0 | 100 | 0.5 | 33.9 | 39.2 |
| 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 | ... | 15 | 0.1 | 3.6 | ... |
| 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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