Focus on Geography Series, 2021 Census of Population
Coaticook, Municipalité régionale de comté
Religion
Religion: In 2021, the top religious group was Catholic, with about 11,475 persons representing 61.9% of the total population. The second group was Other Christians, with about 1,425 persons representing 7.7% of the total population. The population who declared no religion and secular perspectives numbered 4,860 persons, representing 26.2% of the total population.
Racialized groups
Racialized groupsFootnote 1: In 2021, the largest racialized group was Black, with about 65 persons representing 0.4% of the total population. The second group was Latin American, with about 65 persons representing 0.4% of the total population. The third group was Arab, with about 30 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 7,685 persons representing 41.4% of the total population. The second origin was French, n.o.s., with about 4,260 persons representing 23.0% of the total population. The third origin was Québécois, with about 2,430 persons representing 13.1% of the total population.
Distribution (in percentage) of main religious groups, Coaticook (Municipalité régionale de comté), 2011 and 2021
The 5 most frequently reported ethnic or cultural origins by median age, Coaticook (Municipalité régionale de comté), 2021
| Ethnic or cultural origin | Number of responses | % | Rank | Median age |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Canadian | 7,685 | 41.4 | 1 | 40.8 |
| French, n.o.s. | 4,260 | 23.0 | 2 | 46.4 |
| Québécois | 2,430 | 13.1 | 3 | 38.0 |
| French Canadian | 1,735 | 9.4 | 4 | 52.4 |
| Irish | 1,100 | 5.9 | 5 | 38.8 |
Counts of visible minority groupsFootnote 2, Coaticook (Municipalité régionale de comté), 2011, 2016, 2021
Population by visible minority groupFootnote 2 and median age, Coaticook (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 | 18,090 | 100.0 | ... | 41.6 | 18,545 | 100.0 | ... | 44.0 |
| Total visible minority population | 135 | 0.7 | 100.0 | 34.0 | 260 | 1.4 | 100.0 | 38.8 |
| South Asian | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | ... | 25 | 0.1 | 9.6 | ... |
| Chinese | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | ... | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | ... |
| Black | 45 | 0.2 | 35.7 | 30.0 | 65 | 0.4 | 26.9 | 36.0 |
| Filipino | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | ... | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | ... |
| Arab | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | ... | 30 | 0.2 | 11.5 | ... |
| Latin American | 20 | 0.1 | 14.3 | 42.0 | 65 | 0.4 | 25.0 | 40.4 |
| Southeast Asian | 30 | 0.2 | 21.4 | 39.0 | 15 | 0.1 | 5.8 | ... |
| 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 | ... | 25 | 0.1 | 9.6 | ... |
| Visible minority, n.i.e. | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | ... | 10 | 0.1 | 0.0 | ... |
| Multiple visible minorities | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | ... | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | ... |
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