Focus on Geography Series, 2021 Census of Population
Acton, Municipalité régionale de comté
Religion
Religion: In 2021, the top religious group was Catholic, with about 10,440 persons representing 68.2% of the total population. The second group was Other Christians, with about 1,015 persons representing 6.6% of the total population. The population who declared no religion and secular perspectives numbered 3,700 persons, representing 24.2% of the total population.
Racialized groups
Racialized groupsFootnote 1: In 2021, the largest racialized group was Latin American, with about 75 persons representing 0.5% of the total population. The second group was Southeast Asian, with about 25 persons representing 0.2% of the total population. The third group was Arab, with about 25 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 6,760 persons representing 44.2% of the total population. The second origin was French, n.o.s., with about 3,295 persons representing 21.5% of the total population. The third origin was Québécois, with about 2,510 persons representing 16.4% of the total population.
Distribution (in percentage) of main religious groups, Acton (Municipalité régionale de comté), 2011 and 2021
The 5 most frequently reported ethnic or cultural origins by median age, Acton (Municipalité régionale de comté), 2021
| Ethnic or cultural origin | Number of responses | % | Rank | Median age |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Canadian | 6,760 | 44.2 | 1 | 45.2 |
| French, n.o.s. | 3,295 | 21.5 | 2 | 48.8 |
| Québécois | 2,510 | 16.4 | 3 | 37.2 |
| French Canadian | 1,385 | 9.0 | 4 | 51.6 |
| Irish | 495 | 3.2 | 5 | 42.4 |
Counts of visible minority groupsFootnote 2, Acton (Municipalité régionale de comté), 2011, 2016, 2021
Population by visible minority groupFootnote 2 and median age, Acton (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 | 15,200 | 100.0 | ... | 42.1 | 15,300 | 100.0 | ... | 45.2 |
| Total visible minority population | 80 | 0.5 | 100.0 | 27.2 | 170 | 1.1 | 100.0 | 35.2 |
| South Asian | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | ... | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | ... |
| Chinese | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | ... | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | ... |
| Black | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | ... | 20 | 0.1 | 12.1 | ... |
| Filipino | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | ... | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | ... |
| Arab | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | ... | 25 | 0.2 | 15.2 | ... |
| Latin American | 50 | 0.3 | 60.0 | 26.4 | 75 | 0.5 | 45.5 | 26.4 |
| Southeast Asian | 10 | 0.1 | 13.3 | ... | 25 | 0.2 | 18.2 | ... |
| 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 | ... | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | ... |
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