Focus on Geography Series, 2021 Census of Population
La Vallée-de-la-Gatineau, Municipalité régionale de comté
Religion
Religion: In 2021, the top religious group was Catholic, with about 13,195 persons representing 65.2% of the total population. The second group was Other Christians, with about 910 persons representing 4.5% of the total population. The population who declared no religion and secular perspectives numbered 5,105 persons, representing 25.2% of the total population.
Racialized groups
Racialized groupsFootnote 1: In 2021, the largest racialized group was Black, with about 80 persons representing 0.4% of the total population. The second group was Arab, with about 45 persons representing 0.2% of the total population. The third group was Chinese, with about 35 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 5,785 persons representing 28.6% of the total population. The second origin was French, n.o.s., with about 4,425 persons representing 21.9% of the total population. The third origin was Irish, with about 2,315 persons representing 11.4% of the total population.
Distribution (in percentage) of main religious groups, La Vallée-de-la-Gatineau (Municipalité régionale de comté), 2011 and 2021
The 5 most frequently reported ethnic or cultural origins by median age, La Vallée-de-la-Gatineau (Municipalité régionale de comté), 2021
| Ethnic or cultural origin | Number of responses | % | Rank | Median age |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Canadian | 5,785 | 28.6 | 1 | 56.4 |
| French, n.o.s. | 4,425 | 21.9 | 2 | 56.0 |
| Irish | 2,315 | 11.4 | 3 | 50.0 |
| Québécois | 2,230 | 11.0 | 4 | 48.4 |
| Algonquin | 2,060 | 10.2 | 5 | 46.4 |
Counts of visible minority groupsFootnote 2, La Vallée-de-la-Gatineau (Municipalité régionale de comté), 2011, 2016, 2021
Population by visible minority groupFootnote 2 and median age, La Vallée-de-la-Gatineau (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 | 19,790 | 100.0 | ... | 46.2 | 20,225 | 100.0 | ... | 54.0 |
| Total visible minority population | 145 | 0.7 | 100.0 | 28.2 | 195 | 1.0 | 100.0 | 48.0 |
| South Asian | 20 | 0.1 | 14.3 | 22.0 | 15 | 0.1 | 7.7 | ... |
| Chinese | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | ... | 35 | 0.2 | 17.9 | 42.4 |
| Black | 70 | 0.4 | 50.0 | 23.6 | 80 | 0.4 | 38.5 | 47.2 |
| Filipino | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | ... | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | ... |
| Arab | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | ... | 45 | 0.2 | 20.5 | 30.8 |
| Latin American | 15 | 0.1 | 7.1 | 38.0 | 20 | 0.1 | 10.3 | ... |
| Southeast Asian | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | ... | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | ... |
| 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 | 15 | 0.1 | 10.7 | ... | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | ... |
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