Focus on Geography Series, 2021 Census of Population
Lac-Saint-Jean-Est, Municipalité régionale de comté
Religion
Religion: In 2021, the top religious group was Catholic, with about 38,045 persons representing 74.4% of the total population. The second group was Other Christians, with about 3,275 persons representing 6.4% of the total population. The population who declared no religion and secular perspectives numbered 9,445 persons, representing 18.5% of the total population.
Racialized groups
Racialized groupsFootnote 1: In 2021, the largest racialized group was Black, with about 220 persons representing 0.4% of the total population. The second group was Chinese, with about 90 persons representing 0.2% of the total population. The third group was Latin American, with about 85 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 22,025 persons representing 43.1% of the total population. The second origin was French, n.o.s., with about 9,520 persons representing 18.6% of the total population. The third origin was Québécois, with about 8,200 persons representing 16.0% of the total population.
Distribution (in percentage) of main religious groups, Lac-Saint-Jean-Est (Municipalité régionale de comté), 2011 and 2021
The 5 most frequently reported ethnic or cultural origins by median age, Lac-Saint-Jean-Est (Municipalité régionale de comté), 2021
| Ethnic or cultural origin | Number of responses | % | Rank | Median age |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Canadian | 22,025 | 43.1 | 1 | 45.6 |
| French, n.o.s. | 9,520 | 18.6 | 2 | 54.4 |
| Québécois | 8,200 | 16.0 | 3 | 42.8 |
| French Canadian | 6,400 | 12.5 | 4 | 47.6 |
| Caucasian (White), n.o.s. | 1,595 | 3.1 | 5 | 40.0 |
Counts of visible minority groupsFootnote 2, Lac-Saint-Jean-Est (Municipalité régionale de comté), 2011, 2016, 2021
Population by visible minority groupFootnote 2 and median age, Lac-Saint-Jean-Est (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 | 51,175 | 100.0 | ... | 42.7 | 51,110 | 100.0 | ... | 46.0 |
| Total visible minority population | 405 | 0.8 | 100.0 | 22.1 | 575 | 1.1 | 100.0 | 24.8 |
| South Asian | 10 | 0.0 | 2.5 | ... | 10 | 0.0 | 1.8 | ... |
| Chinese | 95 | 0.2 | 23.8 | 16.0 | 90 | 0.2 | 15.8 | 18.4 |
| Black | 165 | 0.3 | 40.0 | 23.8 | 220 | 0.4 | 39.5 | 23.6 |
| Filipino | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | ... | 50 | 0.1 | 8.8 | 15.3 |
| Arab | 30 | 0.1 | 7.5 | 37.0 | 35 | 0.1 | 6.1 | 45.6 |
| Latin American | 30 | 0.1 | 6.3 | 28.0 | 85 | 0.2 | 15.8 | 35.6 |
| Southeast Asian | 30 | 0.1 | 7.5 | 22.0 | 45 | 0.1 | 7.0 | 19.6 |
| West Asian | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | ... | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | ... |
| Korean | 15 | 0.0 | 2.5 | ... | 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 | ... | 10 | 0.0 | 1.8 | ... |
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