Focus on Geography Series, 2021 Census of Population
Orford, Canton (municipalité de)
Religion
Religion: In 2021, the top religious group was Catholic, with about 3,150 persons representing 62.9% of the total population. The second group was Other Christians, with about 220 persons representing 4.4% of the total population. The population who declared no religion and secular perspectives numbered 1,585 persons, representing 31.7% of the total population.
Ethnic or cultural origins
Ethnic or cultural origins: In 2021, the most frequently reported ethnic or cultural origin was French, n.o.s., with about 1,910 persons representing 38.2% of the total population. The second origin was Canadian, with about 1,680 persons representing 33.6% of the total population. The third origin was Québécois, with about 515 persons representing 10.3% of the total population.
Distribution (in percentage) of religious groups, Orford (Canton (municipalité de)), 2021
The 5 most frequently reported ethnic or cultural origins by median age, Orford (Canton (municipalité de)), 2021
Ethnic or cultural origin | Number of responses | % | Rank | Median age |
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French, n.o.s. | 1,910 | 38.2 | 1 | 48.4 |
Canadian | 1,680 | 33.6 | 2 | 48.4 |
Québécois | 515 | 10.3 | 3 | 47.2 |
French Canadian | 450 | 9.0 | 4 | 60.4 |
Irish | 355 | 7.1 | 5 | 45.2 |
Counts of visible minority groupsFootnote 2, Orford (Canton (municipalité de)), 2016, 2021
Population by visible minority groupFootnote 2 and median age, Orford (Canton (municipalité de)), 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 | 4,305 | 100.0 | ... | 44.5 | 5,000 | 100.0 | ... | 50.4 |
Total visible minority population | 30 | 0.7 | 100.0 | 27.0 | 40 | 0.8 | 100.0 | 40.4 |
South Asian | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | ... | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | ... |
Chinese | 10 | 0.2 | 40.0 | ... | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | ... |
Black | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | ... | 20 | 0.4 | 57.1 | ... |
Filipino | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | ... | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | ... |
Arab | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | ... | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | ... |
Latin American | 15 | 0.3 | 40.0 | ... | 15 | 0.3 | 28.6 | ... |
Southeast Asian | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | ... | 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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