Focus on Geography Series, 2021 Census of Population
La Vallée-de-l'Or, Municipalité régionale de comté
Religion
Religion: In 2021, the top religious group was Catholic, with about 27,500 persons representing 64.7% of the total population. The second group was Other Christians, with about 2,110 persons representing 5.0% of the total population. The population who declared no religion and secular perspectives numbered 11,605 persons, representing 27.3% of the total population.
Racialized groups
Racialized groupsFootnote 1: In 2021, the largest racialized group was Black, with about 695 persons representing 1.6% of the total population. The second group was Arab, with about 235 persons representing 0.6% of the total population. The third group was Latin American, with about 100 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 16,860 persons representing 39.6% of the total population. The second origin was French, n.o.s., with about 8,035 persons representing 18.9% of the total population. The third origin was Québécois, with about 5,900 persons representing 13.9% of the total population.
Distribution (in percentage) of main religious groups, La Vallée-de-l'Or (Municipalité régionale de comté), 2011 and 2021
The 5 most frequently reported ethnic or cultural origins by median age, La Vallée-de-l'Or (Municipalité régionale de comté), 2021
Ethnic or cultural origin | Number of responses | % | Rank | Median age |
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Canadian | 16,860 | 39.6 | 1 | 43.2 |
French, n.o.s. | 8,035 | 18.9 | 2 | 47.2 |
Québécois | 5,900 | 13.9 | 3 | 39.6 |
French Canadian | 3,975 | 9.3 | 4 | 50.8 |
First Nations (North American Indian), n.o.s. | 1,460 | 3.4 | 5 | 30.0 |
Counts of visible minority groupsFootnote 2, La Vallée-de-l'Or (Municipalité régionale de comté), 2011, 2016, 2021
Population by visible minority groupFootnote 2 and median age, La Vallée-de-l'Or (Municipalité régionale de comté), 2016 and 2021
2016 | 2021 | |||||||
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Number | % of total population | % of visible minority population | Median age | Number | % of total population | % of visible minority population | Median age | |
Total - Visible minority | 42,290 | 100.0 | ... | 40.3 | 42,530 | 100.0 | ... | 42.4 |
Total visible minority population | 795 | 1.9 | 100.0 | 27.8 | 1,305 | 3.1 | 100.0 | 29.2 |
South Asian | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | ... | 10 | 0.0 | 1.1 | ... |
Chinese | 70 | 0.2 | 9.4 | 24.8 | 55 | 0.1 | 4.6 | 25.8 |
Black | 380 | 0.9 | 46.9 | 23.7 | 695 | 1.6 | 53.1 | 25.4 |
Filipino | 25 | 0.1 | 3.1 | 44.0 | 85 | 0.2 | 6.1 | 34.0 |
Arab | 120 | 0.3 | 15.0 | 29.6 | 235 | 0.6 | 17.9 | 31.2 |
Latin American | 65 | 0.2 | 8.8 | 26.4 | 100 | 0.2 | 7.6 | 39.2 |
Southeast Asian | 90 | 0.2 | 10.6 | 35.2 | 95 | 0.2 | 7.6 | 39.6 |
West Asian | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | ... | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | ... |
Korean | 15 | 0.0 | 1.9 | ... | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | ... |
Japanese | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | ... | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | ... |
Visible minority, n.i.e. | 10 | 0.0 | 1.3 | ... | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | ... |
Multiple visible minorities | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | ... | 20 | 0.0 | 1.5 | ... |
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