Focus on Geography Series, 2021 Census of Population
Val-d'Or, Census agglomeration
Religion
Religion: In 2021, the top religious group was Catholic, with about 21,340 persons representing 63.9% of the total population. The second group was Other Christians, with about 1,695 persons representing 5.1% of the total population. The population who declared no religion and secular perspectives numbered 9,270 persons, representing 27.7% of the total population.
Racialized groups
Racialized groupsFootnote 1: In 2021, the largest racialized group was Black, with about 670 persons representing 2.0% of the total population. The second group was Arab, with about 205 persons representing 0.6% of the total population. The third group was Latin American, with about 90 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 13,090 persons representing 39.2% of the total population. The second origin was French, n.o.s., with about 6,420 persons representing 19.2% of the total population. The third origin was Québécois, with about 4,645 persons representing 13.9% of the total population.
Distribution (in percentage) of main religious groups, Val-d'Or (CA), 2011 and 2021
The 10 most frequently reported ethnic or cultural origins by median age, Val-d'Or (CA), 2021
| Ethnic or cultural origin | Number of responses | % | Rank | Median age |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Canadian | 13,090 | 39.2 | 1 | 43.2 |
| French, n.o.s. | 6,420 | 19.2 | 2 | 46.0 |
| Québécois | 4,645 | 13.9 | 3 | 38.0 |
| French Canadian | 3,255 | 9.7 | 4 | 52.4 |
| Irish | 1,240 | 3.7 | 5 | 39.6 |
| Algonquin | 1,185 | 3.5 | 6 | 28.6 |
| Caucasian (White), n.o.s. | 1,120 | 3.4 | 7 | 34.0 |
| First Nations (North American Indian), n.o.s. | 1,035 | 3.1 | 8 | 30.0 |
| Anishinaabe, n.o.s. | 695 | 2.1 | 9 | 23.0 |
| European, n.o.s. | 550 | 1.6 | 10 | 36.8 |
Counts of visible minority groupsFootnote 2, Val-d'Or (CA), 2006, 2011, 2016, 2021
Population by visible minority groupFootnote 2 and median age, Val-d'Or (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 | 33,155 | 100.0 | ... | 40.8 | 33,420 | 100.0 | ... | 41.6 |
| Total visible minority population | 665 | 2.0 | 100.0 | 26.8 | 1,160 | 3.5 | 100.0 | 28.4 |
| South Asian | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | ... | 15 | 0.0 | 1.3 | ... |
| Chinese | 50 | 0.2 | 7.5 | 21.0 | 55 | 0.2 | 5.2 | 25.8 |
| Black | 335 | 1.0 | 49.3 | 26.4 | 670 | 2.0 | 57.3 | 25.2 |
| Filipino | 25 | 0.1 | 3.7 | ... | 80 | 0.2 | 6.9 | 34.0 |
| Arab | 125 | 0.4 | 17.9 | 28.0 | 205 | 0.6 | 17.7 | 32.4 |
| Latin American | 55 | 0.2 | 8.2 | 27.6 | 90 | 0.3 | 7.8 | 37.2 |
| Southeast Asian | 35 | 0.1 | 5.2 | 15.1 | 30 | 0.1 | 2.6 | 34.0 |
| West Asian | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | ... | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | ... |
| Korean | 20 | 0.1 | 2.2 | ... | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | ... |
| Japanese | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | ... | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | ... |
| Visible minority, n.i.e. | 15 | 0.0 | 1.5 | ... | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | ... |
| Multiple visible minorities | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | ... | 10 | 0.0 | 0.9 | ... |
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