According
to the last (2001) census, the population
estimates there were 682,757 people residing
in Quebec City, of whom 48.2 per cent
were male and 51.8 per cent were female.
Children under five accounted for approximately
4.7 per cent of the resident population
of Quebec City. This compares with 5.2
per cent in the province of Quebec, and
5.6 per cent for Canada overall. In mid-2001,
13.0 per cent of the resident population
in Quebec City were of retirement age
(65 and over for males and females) compared
with 13.2 per cent in Canada, therefore,
the average age is 39.5 years of age compared
to 37.6 years of age for Canada as a whole.
In the five years between 1996 and 2001,
the population of Quebec City grew by
1.6 per cent, compared with an increase
of 1.4 per cent for the province of Quebec
as a whole.
Population
density of Quebec City averaged 216.4
people per square kilometre, compared
with an average of 5.3, for the province
of Quebec altogether. At the time of the
census in May 2001, the resident population
of the Quebec City authority had 682,757
people, but had 710,700 when encompassing
the Greater Quebec City Area compared
with a resident population in the province
of Quebec of 7,237,479 people. At the
time of the May 2001 census, it showed
that the city was homogenous (White) European,
chiefly of French, Italian, British, and
Irish origins. Smaller groups like Blacks,
Arabs, and Asians make up a very small
fraction. According to the census, over
90% of the population is Roman Catholic,
along with sizable Jewish and Protestant
populations.
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