Focus on Geography Series, 2021 Census of Population
D'Autray, Municipalité régionale de comté
Religion
Religion: In 2021, the top religious group was Catholic, with about 29,045 persons representing 67.0% of the total population. The second group was Other Christians, with about 2,525 persons representing 5.8% of the total population. The population who declared no religion and secular perspectives numbered 11,285 persons, representing 26.0% of the total population.
Racialized groups
Racialized groupsFootnote 1: In 2021, the largest racialized group was Black, with about 515 persons representing 1.2% of the total population. The second group was Latin American, with about 150 persons representing 0.3% of the total population. The third group was Arab, with about 80 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 17,765 persons representing 41.0% of the total population. The second origin was French, n.o.s., with about 8,795 persons representing 20.3% of the total population. The third origin was Québécois, with about 8,345 persons representing 19.2% of the total population.
Distribution (in percentage) of main religious groups, D'Autray (Municipalité régionale de comté), 2011 and 2021
The 5 most frequently reported ethnic or cultural origins by median age, D'Autray (Municipalité régionale de comté), 2021
| Ethnic or cultural origin | Number of responses | % | Rank | Median age |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Canadian | 17,765 | 41.0 | 1 | 46.8 |
| French, n.o.s. | 8,795 | 20.3 | 2 | 50.8 |
| Québécois | 8,345 | 19.2 | 3 | 41.6 |
| French Canadian | 3,785 | 8.7 | 4 | 55.2 |
| Irish | 1,645 | 3.8 | 5 | 39.6 |
Counts of visible minority groupsFootnote 2, D'Autray (Municipalité régionale de comté), 2011, 2016, 2021
Population by visible minority groupFootnote 2 and median age, D'Autray (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 | 41,420 | 100.0 | ... | 43.2 | 43,355 | 100.0 | ... | 47.2 |
| Total visible minority population | 550 | 1.3 | 100.0 | 32.6 | 995 | 2.3 | 100.0 | 31.6 |
| South Asian | 10 | 0.0 | 1.8 | ... | 25 | 0.1 | 2.5 | ... |
| Chinese | 55 | 0.1 | 9.1 | 26.0 | 35 | 0.1 | 4.0 | 22.6 |
| Black | 145 | 0.4 | 25.5 | 32.0 | 515 | 1.2 | 51.8 | 23.8 |
| Filipino | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | ... | 65 | 0.1 | 6.5 | 36.4 |
| Arab | 105 | 0.3 | 20.0 | 32.0 | 80 | 0.2 | 8.0 | 36.4 |
| Latin American | 150 | 0.4 | 26.4 | 35.6 | 150 | 0.3 | 14.6 | 43.6 |
| Southeast Asian | 50 | 0.1 | 8.2 | 32.0 | 70 | 0.2 | 7.0 | 32.4 |
| West Asian | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | ... | 25 | 0.1 | 3.0 | ... |
| 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 | 30 | 0.1 | 5.5 | 23.0 | 15 | 0.0 | 1.5 | ... |
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