Focus on Geography Series, 2021 Census of Population
Argenteuil, Municipalité régionale de comté
Religion
Religion: In 2021, the top religious group was Catholic, with about 20,860 persons representing 61.6% of the total population. The second group was Other Christians, with about 2,055 persons representing 6.1% of the total population. The population who declared no religion and secular perspectives numbered 9,250 persons, representing 27.3% of the total population.
Racialized groups
Racialized groupsFootnote 1: In 2021, the largest racialized group was Black, with about 165 persons representing 0.5% of the total population. The second group was Chinese, with about 90 persons representing 0.3% of the total population. The third group was Latin American, with about 60 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 12,610 persons representing 37.2% of the total population. The second origin was French, n.o.s., with about 8,035 persons representing 23.7% of the total population. The third origin was Québécois, with about 4,640 persons representing 13.7% of the total population.
Distribution (in percentage) of main religious groups, Argenteuil (Municipalité régionale de comté), 2011 and 2021
The 5 most frequently reported ethnic or cultural origins by median age, Argenteuil (Municipalité régionale de comté), 2021
| Ethnic or cultural origin | Number of responses | % | Rank | Median age |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Canadian | 12,610 | 37.2 | 1 | 48.4 |
| French, n.o.s. | 8,035 | 23.7 | 2 | 54.0 |
| Québécois | 4,640 | 13.7 | 3 | 42.4 |
| Irish | 3,120 | 9.2 | 4 | 46.8 |
| French Canadian | 2,355 | 7.0 | 5 | 58.4 |
Counts of visible minority groupsFootnote 2, Argenteuil (Municipalité régionale de comté), 2011, 2016, 2021
Population by visible minority groupFootnote 2 and median age, Argenteuil (Municipalité régionale de comté), 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 | 31,720 | 100.0 | ... | 44.9 | 33,865 | 100.0 | ... | 50.4 |
| Total visible minority population | 420 | 1.3 | 100.0 | 36.4 | 440 | 1.3 | 100.0 | 40.0 |
| South Asian | 30 | 0.1 | 8.3 | 37.0 | 40 | 0.1 | 9.0 | 43.2 |
| Chinese | 65 | 0.2 | 15.5 | 41.0 | 90 | 0.3 | 19.1 | 43.6 |
| Black | 165 | 0.5 | 39.3 | 33.0 | 165 | 0.5 | 37.1 | 37.6 |
| Filipino | 15 | 0.0 | 3.6 | 40.0 | 10 | 0.0 | 2.2 | ... |
| Arab | 15 | 0.0 | 3.6 | 56.0 | 35 | 0.1 | 6.7 | ... |
| Latin American | 85 | 0.3 | 20.2 | 36.0 | 60 | 0.2 | 12.4 | 36.8 |
| Southeast Asian | 0 | 0.0 | 2.4 | ... | 20 | 0.1 | 4.5 | ... |
| 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. | 15 | 0.0 | 3.6 | ... | 10 | 0.0 | 0.0 | ... |
| Multiple visible minorities | 15 | 0.0 | 2.4 | ... | 15 | 0.0 | 4.5 | ... |
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