Focus on Geography Series, 2021 Census of Population
Sorel-Tracy, Census agglomeration
Religion
Religion: In 2021, the top religious group was Catholic, with about 28,525 persons representing 70.5% of the total population. The second group was Other Christians, with about 1,740 persons representing 4.3% of the total population. The population who declared no religion and secular perspectives numbered 9,625 persons, representing 23.8% of the total population.
Racialized groups
Racialized groupsFootnote 1: In 2021, the largest racialized group was Black, with about 455 persons representing 1.1% of the total population. The second group was Latin American, with about 170 persons representing 0.4% of the total population. The third group was Arab, with about 90 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 17,775 persons representing 43.9% of the total population. The second origin was French, n.o.s., with about 8,835 persons representing 21.8% of the total population. The third origin was Québécois, with about 6,410 persons representing 15.8% of the total population.
Distribution (in percentage) of main religious groups, Sorel-Tracy (CA), 2011 and 2021
The 10 most frequently reported ethnic or cultural origins by median age, Sorel-Tracy (CA), 2021
| Ethnic or cultural origin | Number of responses | % | Rank | Median age |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Canadian | 17,775 | 43.9 | 1 | 50.0 |
| French, n.o.s. | 8,835 | 21.8 | 2 | 56.8 |
| Québécois | 6,410 | 15.8 | 3 | 48.4 |
| French Canadian | 4,095 | 10.1 | 4 | 60.8 |
| Irish | 1,180 | 2.9 | 5 | 38.0 |
| Caucasian (White), n.o.s. | 880 | 2.2 | 6 | 34.0 |
| Italian | 565 | 1.4 | 7 | 32.4 |
| First Nations (North American Indian), n.o.s. | 495 | 1.2 | 8 | 32.0 |
| German | 475 | 1.2 | 9 | 33.2 |
| Christian, n.i.e. | 420 | 1.0 | 10 | 50.4 |
Counts of visible minority groupsFootnote 2, Sorel-Tracy (CA), 2006, 2011, 2016, 2021
Population by visible minority groupFootnote 2 and median age, Sorel-Tracy (CA), 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 | 40,135 | 100.0 | ... | 50.8 | 40,460 | 100.0 | ... | 52.0 |
| Total visible minority population | 755 | 1.9 | 100.0 | 34.0 | 930 | 2.3 | 100.0 | 35.2 |
| South Asian | 10 | 0.0 | 2.0 | ... | 20 | 0.0 | 2.2 | ... |
| Chinese | 75 | 0.2 | 10.0 | 33.2 | 60 | 0.1 | 6.5 | 27.2 |
| Black | 250 | 0.6 | 33.3 | 23.2 | 455 | 1.1 | 48.9 | 21.6 |
| Filipino | 30 | 0.1 | 4.0 | ... | 10 | 0.0 | 1.1 | ... |
| Arab | 95 | 0.2 | 12.0 | 33.6 | 90 | 0.2 | 10.2 | 49.2 |
| Latin American | 125 | 0.3 | 16.7 | 40.0 | 170 | 0.4 | 18.3 | 39.6 |
| Southeast Asian | 135 | 0.3 | 18.7 | 24.8 | 50 | 0.1 | 4.8 | 51.2 |
| West Asian | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | ... | 15 | 0.0 | 1.6 | ... |
| Korean | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | ... | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | ... |
| Japanese | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | ... | 20 | 0.0 | 2.2 | ... |
| Visible minority, n.i.e. | 10 | 0.0 | 1.3 | ... | 25 | 0.1 | 2.7 | ... |
| Multiple visible minorities | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | ... | 20 | 0.0 | 1.6 | ... |
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