Focus on Geography Series, 2021 Census of Population
Bécancour, Ville
Religion
Religion: In 2021, the top religious group was Catholic, with about 8,880 persons representing 67.5% of the total population. The second group was Other Christians, with about 900 persons representing 6.8% of the total population. The population who declared no religion and secular perspectives numbered 3,280 persons, representing 24.9% 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 5,735 persons representing 43.6% of the total population. The second origin was French, n.o.s., with about 3,025 persons representing 23.0% of the total population. The third origin was Québécois, with about 1,855 persons representing 14.1% of the total population.
Distribution (in percentage) of religious groups, Bécancour (Ville), 2021
The 5 most frequently reported ethnic or cultural origins by median age, Bécancour (Ville), 2021
| Ethnic or cultural origin | Number of responses | % | Rank | Median age |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Canadian | 5,735 | 43.6 | 1 | 40.4 |
| French, n.o.s. | 3,025 | 23.0 | 2 | 46.4 |
| Québécois | 1,855 | 14.1 | 3 | 40.8 |
| French Canadian | 1,305 | 9.9 | 4 | 50.0 |
| Acadian | 495 | 3.8 | 5 | 53.6 |
Counts of visible minority groupsFootnote 2, Bécancour (Ville), 2016, 2021
Population by visible minority groupFootnote 2 and median age, Bécancour (Ville), 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 | 12,635 | 100.0 | ... | 41.6 | 13,165 | 100.0 | ... | 43.2 |
| Total visible minority population | 90 | 0.7 | 100.0 | 23.2 | 165 | 1.3 | 100.0 | 29.8 |
| South Asian | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | ... | 10 | 0.1 | 6.3 | ... |
| Chinese | 10 | 0.1 | 0.0 | ... | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | ... |
| Black | 50 | 0.4 | 52.6 | 22.4 | 55 | 0.4 | 34.4 | 18.6 |
| Filipino | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | ... | 30 | 0.2 | 18.8 | ... |
| Arab | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | ... | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | ... |
| Latin American | 0 | 0.0 | 10.5 | ... | 25 | 0.2 | 18.8 | ... |
| Southeast Asian | 10 | 0.1 | 10.5 | 24.0 | 25 | 0.2 | 15.6 | ... |
| 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 | ... | 15 | 0.1 | 6.3 | ... |
| Visible minority, n.i.e. | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | ... | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | ... |
| Multiple visible minorities | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | ... | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | ... |
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