Focus on Geography Series, 2021 Census of Population
Montcalm, Municipalité régionale de comté
Religion
Religion: In 2021, the top religious group was Catholic, with about 34,530 persons representing 59.5% of the total population. The second group was Other Christians, with about 3,135 persons representing 5.4% of the total population. The population who declared no religion and secular perspectives numbered 19,400 persons, representing 33.4% of the total population.
Racialized groups
Racialized groupsFootnote 1: In 2021, the largest racialized group was Black, with about 735 persons representing 1.3% of the total population. The second group was Latin American, with about 270 persons representing 0.5% of the total population. The third group was Arab, with about 250 persons representing 0.4% 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 23,065 persons representing 39.7% of the total population. The second origin was Québécois, with about 11,705 persons representing 20.2% of the total population. The third origin was French, n.o.s., with about 10,960 persons representing 18.9% of the total population.
Distribution (in percentage) of main religious groups, Montcalm (Municipalité régionale de comté), 2011 and 2021
The 5 most frequently reported ethnic or cultural origins by median age, Montcalm (Municipalité régionale de comté), 2021
| Ethnic or cultural origin | Number of responses | % | Rank | Median age |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Canadian | 23,065 | 39.7 | 1 | 37.6 |
| Québécois | 11,705 | 20.2 | 2 | 34.4 |
| French, n.o.s. | 10,960 | 18.9 | 3 | 45.6 |
| French Canadian | 3,875 | 6.7 | 4 | 48.0 |
| Irish | 2,390 | 4.1 | 5 | 34.8 |
Counts of visible minority groupsFootnote 2, Montcalm (Municipalité régionale de comté), 2011, 2016, 2021
Population by visible minority groupFootnote 2 and median age, Montcalm (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 | 52,035 | 100.0 | ... | 39.3 | 58,050 | 100.0 | ... | 39.2 |
| Total visible minority population | 735 | 1.4 | 100.0 | 30.0 | 1,555 | 2.7 | 100.0 | 30.0 |
| South Asian | 10 | 0.0 | 0.0 | ... | 55 | 0.1 | 3.5 | 26.6 |
| Chinese | 30 | 0.1 | 3.4 | 32.0 | 55 | 0.1 | 3.5 | 25.2 |
| Black | 320 | 0.6 | 42.9 | 24.3 | 735 | 1.3 | 47.3 | 20.6 |
| Filipino | 25 | 0.0 | 3.4 | 27.0 | 50 | 0.1 | 3.2 | 10.6 |
| Arab | 85 | 0.2 | 12.2 | 38.0 | 250 | 0.4 | 16.1 | 33.6 |
| Latin American | 215 | 0.4 | 29.3 | 29.8 | 270 | 0.5 | 17.4 | 37.2 |
| Southeast Asian | 40 | 0.1 | 5.4 | 50.0 | 70 | 0.1 | 4.2 | 43.2 |
| West Asian | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | ... | 20 | 0.0 | 1.6 | ... |
| 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 | ... | 20 | 0.0 | 1.3 | ... |
| Multiple visible minorities | 10 | 0.0 | 0.0 | ... | 15 | 0.0 | 1.0 | ... |
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