Focus on Geography Series, 2021 Census of Population
Lavaltrie, Ville
Religion
Religion: In 2021, the top religious group was Catholic, with about 8,725 persons representing 60.8% of the total population. The second group was Other Christians, with about 1,050 persons representing 7.3% of the total population. The population who declared no religion and secular perspectives numbered 4,390 persons, representing 30.6% of the total population.
Racialized groups
Racialized groupsFootnote 1: In 2021, the largest racialized group was Black, with about 245 persons representing 1.7% of the total population. The second group was Latin American, with about 60 persons representing 0.4% of the total population. The third group was Southeast Asian, with about 45 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 6,025 persons representing 42.0% of the total population. The second origin was French, n.o.s., with about 2,855 persons representing 19.9% of the total population. The third origin was Québécois, with about 2,535 persons representing 17.7% of the total population.
Distribution (in percentage) of religious groups, Lavaltrie (Ville), 2021
The 5 most frequently reported ethnic or cultural origins by median age, Lavaltrie (Ville), 2021
Ethnic or cultural origin | Number of responses | % | Rank | Median age |
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Canadian | 6,025 | 42.0 | 1 | 38.8 |
French, n.o.s. | 2,855 | 19.9 | 2 | 42.8 |
Québécois | 2,535 | 17.7 | 3 | 35.2 |
French Canadian | 1,005 | 7.0 | 4 | 53.2 |
Irish | 660 | 4.6 | 5 | 37.6 |
Counts of visible minority groupsFootnote 2, Lavaltrie (Ville), 2016, 2021
Population by visible minority groupFootnote 2 and median age, Lavaltrie (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 | 13,580 | 100.0 | ... | 38.7 | 14,340 | 100.0 | ... | 40.8 |
Total visible minority population | 190 | 1.4 | 100.0 | 28.7 | 435 | 3.0 | 100.0 | 24.6 |
South Asian | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | ... | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | ... |
Chinese | 15 | 0.1 | 7.7 | 34.0 | 25 | 0.2 | 5.7 | ... |
Black | 50 | 0.4 | 23.1 | 31.2 | 245 | 1.7 | 56.3 | 18.4 |
Filipino | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | ... | 10 | 0.1 | 2.3 | ... |
Arab | 40 | 0.3 | 20.5 | 25.6 | 40 | 0.3 | 9.2 | 36.0 |
Latin American | 60 | 0.4 | 28.2 | 32.5 | 60 | 0.4 | 12.6 | 40.8 |
Southeast Asian | 20 | 0.1 | 10.3 | 15.2 | 45 | 0.3 | 9.2 | 29.8 |
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 | 10 | 0.1 | 5.1 | ... | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | ... |
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