Focus on Geography Series, 2021 Census of Population
Cowansville, Ville
Religion
Religion: In 2021, the top religious group was Catholic, with about 7,965 persons representing 55.8% of the total population. The second group was Other Christians, with about 895 persons representing 6.3% of the total population. The population who declared no religion and secular perspectives numbered 4,670 persons, representing 32.7% of the total population.
Racialized groups
Racialized groupsFootnote 1: In 2021, the largest racialized group was Black, with about 120 persons representing 0.8% of the total population. The second group was Latin American, with about 65 persons representing 0.5% 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 5,045 persons representing 35.3% of the total population. The second origin was French, n.o.s., with about 3,745 persons representing 26.2% of the total population. The third origin was Québécois, with about 1,705 persons representing 11.9% of the total population.
Distribution (in percentage) of religious groups, Cowansville (Ville), 2021
The 5 most frequently reported ethnic or cultural origins by median age, Cowansville (Ville), 2021
Ethnic or cultural origin | Number of responses | % | Rank | Median age |
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Canadian | 5,045 | 35.3 | 1 | 48.4 |
French, n.o.s. | 3,745 | 26.2 | 2 | 46.0 |
Québécois | 1,705 | 11.9 | 3 | 39.6 |
Irish | 1,340 | 9.4 | 4 | 38.8 |
French Canadian | 1,125 | 7.9 | 5 | 57.6 |
Counts of visible minority groupsFootnote 2, Cowansville (Ville), 2016, 2021
Population by visible minority groupFootnote 2 and median age, Cowansville (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 | 12,745 | 100.0 | ... | 43.2 | 14,285 | 100.0 | ... | 47.6 |
Total visible minority population | 240 | 1.9 | 100.0 | 29.4 | 295 | 2.1 | 100.0 | 34.4 |
South Asian | 30 | 0.2 | 12.2 | 46.0 | 25 | 0.2 | 8.5 | ... |
Chinese | 45 | 0.4 | 18.4 | 28.8 | 35 | 0.2 | 13.6 | 28.6 |
Black | 60 | 0.5 | 24.5 | 26.8 | 120 | 0.8 | 42.4 | 34.0 |
Filipino | 25 | 0.2 | 8.2 | 24.0 | 20 | 0.1 | 6.8 | ... |
Arab | 30 | 0.2 | 10.2 | 33.0 | 10 | 0.1 | 3.4 | ... |
Latin American | 30 | 0.2 | 12.2 | 34.0 | 65 | 0.5 | 22.0 | 37.6 |
Southeast Asian | 15 | 0.1 | 6.1 | ... | 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 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | ... | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | ... |
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