Focus on Geography Series, 2021 Census of Population
Alma, Census agglomeration
Religion
Religion: In 2021, the top religious group was Catholic, with about 21,645 persons representing 73.8% of the total population. The second group was Other Christians, with about 1,985 persons representing 6.8% of the total population. The population who declared no religion and secular perspectives numbered 5,490 persons, representing 18.7% 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 12,645 persons representing 43.1% of the total population. The second origin was French, n.o.s., with about 5,545 persons representing 18.9% of the total population. The third origin was Québécois, with about 4,355 persons representing 14.9% of the total population.
Distribution (in percentage) of main religious groups, Alma (CA), 2011 and 2021
The 10 most frequently reported ethnic or cultural origins by median age, Alma (CA), 2021
Ethnic or cultural origin | Number of responses | % | Rank | Median age |
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Canadian | 12,645 | 43.1 | 1 | 47.2 |
French, n.o.s. | 5,545 | 18.9 | 2 | 54.4 |
Québécois | 4,355 | 14.9 | 3 | 42.0 |
French Canadian | 3,915 | 13.4 | 4 | 48.8 |
Caucasian (White), n.o.s. | 960 | 3.3 | 5 | 42.4 |
Irish | 570 | 1.9 | 6 | 39.6 |
Christian, n.i.e. | 495 | 1.7 | 7 | 39.2 |
First Nations (North American Indian), n.o.s. | 470 | 1.6 | 8 | 36.0 |
European, n.o.s. | 435 | 1.5 | 9 | 39.6 |
Innu/Montagnais, n.o.s. | 285 | 1.0 | 10 | 46.4 |
Counts of visible minority groupsFootnote 2, Alma (CA), 2006, 2011, 2016, 2021
Population by visible minority groupFootnote 2 and median age, Alma (CA), 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 | 29,770 | 100.0 | ... | 45.6 | 29,320 | 100.0 | ... | 46.4 |
Total visible minority population | 270 | 0.9 | 100.0 | 20.4 | 375 | 1.3 | 100.0 | 25.8 |
South Asian | 10 | 0.0 | 3.8 | ... | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | ... |
Chinese | 60 | 0.2 | 20.8 | 14.6 | 55 | 0.2 | 14.7 | 18.4 |
Black | 120 | 0.4 | 43.4 | 24.6 | 185 | 0.6 | 49.3 | 26.0 |
Filipino | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | ... | 20 | 0.1 | 4.0 | ... |
Arab | 25 | 0.1 | 9.4 | ... | 30 | 0.1 | 9.3 | 45.6 |
Latin American | 30 | 0.1 | 11.3 | ... | 35 | 0.1 | 9.3 | ... |
Southeast Asian | 15 | 0.1 | 7.5 | ... | 35 | 0.1 | 10.7 | 22.6 |
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 | ... | 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 | 0.0 | ... |
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