Focus on Geography Series, 2021 Census of Population
Shawinigan, Ville
Religion
Religion: In 2021, the top religious group was Catholic, with about 33,235 persons representing 69.8% of the total population. The second group was Other Christians, with about 2,030 persons representing 4.3% of the total population. The population who declared no religion and secular perspectives numbered 11,585 persons, representing 24.3% of the total population.
Racialized groups
Racialized groupsFootnote 1: In 2021, the largest racialized group was Black, with about 395 persons representing 0.8% of the total population. The second group was Latin American, with about 255 persons representing 0.5% of the total population. The third group was Arab, with about 125 persons representing 0.3% 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 21,685 persons representing 45.5% of the total population. The second origin was French, n.o.s., with about 9,515 persons representing 20.0% of the total population. The third origin was Québécois, with about 7,210 persons representing 15.1% of the total population.
Distribution (in percentage) of religious groups, Shawinigan (Ville), 2021
The 5 most frequently reported ethnic or cultural origins by median age, Shawinigan (Ville), 2021
Ethnic or cultural origin | Number of responses | % | Rank | Median age |
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Canadian | 21,685 | 45.5 | 1 | 52.0 |
French, n.o.s. | 9,515 | 20.0 | 2 | 58.0 |
Québécois | 7,210 | 15.1 | 3 | 49.6 |
French Canadian | 4,535 | 9.5 | 4 | 60.8 |
Caucasian (White), n.o.s. | 1,315 | 2.8 | 5 | 40.0 |
Counts of visible minority groupsFootnote 2, Shawinigan (Ville), 2016, 2021
Population by visible minority groupFootnote 2 and median age, Shawinigan (Ville), 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 | 47,420 | 100.0 | ... | 47.1 | 47,640 | 100.0 | ... | 52.8 |
Total visible minority population | 615 | 1.3 | 100.0 | 28.9 | 1,045 | 2.2 | 100.0 | 31.2 |
South Asian | 10 | 0.0 | 2.4 | 60.0 | 40 | 0.1 | 3.8 | 7.3 |
Chinese | 135 | 0.3 | 21.1 | 27.8 | 55 | 0.1 | 5.7 | 25.6 |
Black | 240 | 0.5 | 39.0 | 25.7 | 395 | 0.8 | 37.1 | 24.4 |
Filipino | 15 | 0.0 | 2.4 | 15.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | ... |
Arab | 60 | 0.1 | 9.8 | 30.0 | 125 | 0.3 | 12.4 | 36.8 |
Latin American | 90 | 0.2 | 14.6 | 37.2 | 255 | 0.5 | 24.3 | 36.0 |
Southeast Asian | 35 | 0.1 | 5.7 | 27.0 | 60 | 0.1 | 5.7 | 22.0 |
West Asian | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | ... | 15 | 0.0 | 1.9 | ... |
Korean | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | ... | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | ... |
Japanese | 10 | 0.0 | 1.6 | ... | 10 | 0.0 | 1.0 | ... |
Visible minority, n.i.e. | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | ... | 60 | 0.1 | 5.2 | 30.4 |
Multiple visible minorities | 15 | 0.0 | 2.4 | ... | 25 | 0.1 | 2.4 | ... |
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