Demographics
| Ethnic Origin | Population | Percent |
|---|---|---|
| Canadian | 132,210 | 58.3% |
| French | 68,325 | 30.1% |
| Irish | 14,115 | 6.2% |
| English | 8,075 | 3.6% |
| Italian | 7,870 | 3.5% |
| First Nations | 6,780 | 3% |
| Scottish | 6,635 | 2.9% |
| Québécois | 5,630 | 2.5% |
| Haitian | 5,140 | 2.3% |
| German | 4,870 | 2.1% |
| Spanish | 3,315 | 1.5% |
| Chinese | 3,080 | 1.4% |
| Portuguese | 2,590 | 1.1% |
| Historical populations | ||
|---|---|---|
| Year | Pop. | ±% |
| 1871 | 3,977 | — |
| 1881 | 4,488 | +12.8% |
| 1891 | 4,895 | +9.1% |
| 1901 | 5,204 | +6.3% |
| 1911 | 6,984 | +34.2% |
| 1921 | 11,521 | +65.0% |
| 1931 | 14,094 | +22.3% |
| 1941 | 18,165 | +28.9% |
| 1951 | 58,012 | +219.4% |
| 1956 | 83,584 | +44.1% |
| 1961 | 106,166 | +27.0% |
| 1966 | 129,944 | +22.4% |
| 1971 | 157,986 | +21.6% |
| 1976 | 197,767 | +25.2% |
| 1981 | 209,557 | +6.0% |
| 1986 | 215,583 | +2.9% |
| 1991 | 226,965 | +5.3% |
| 1996 | 227,408 | +0.2% |
| 2001 | 225,761 | −0.7% |
| 2006 | 229,330 | +1.6% |
| 2011 | 231,409 | +0.9% |
| Visible minorities and Aboriginal population | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Canada 2006 Census | Population | % of Total Population | |
| Visible minority group |
South Asian | 1,610 | 0.7 |
| Chinese | 2,710 | 1.2 | |
| Black | 9,230 | 4.1 | |
| Filipino | 525 | 0.2 | |
| Latin American | 4,580 | 2 | |
| Southeast Asian | 2,340 | 1 | |
| Arab | 3,565 | 1.6 | |
| West Asian | 1,185 | 0.5 | |
| Korean | 215 | 0.1 | |
| Japanese | 105 | 0 | |
| Mixed visible minority | 655 | 0.3 | |
| Other visible minority | 115 | 0.1 | |
| Total visible minority population | 26,840 | 11.8 | |
| Aboriginal group |
First Nations | 715 | 0.3 |
| Métis | 525 | 0.2 | |
| Inuit | 10 | 0 | |
| Total Aboriginal population | 1,360 | 0.6 | |
| White | 198,620 | 87.6 | |
| Total population | 226,820 | 100 | |
According to the 2011 Canadian Census, the city of Longueuil had 231,409 people, an increase of 0.9% over 2006's figure of 229,330. Longueuil occupies 115.59 square kilometres of space, giving the city a population density of 2,002 persons per kilometre squared. There were 106,499 private dwellings, 102,067 of which were occupied by usual residents.
Of the 132,570 workers in Longueuil, the median income was $26,537, which is above Quebec's provincial average of $25,464. Among the 69,990 full-time workers, the median income was $37,521 or slightly below the provincial average.
As of the 2011 Canadian Census, French was the mother tongue language of 81.4% of Longueuil's residents while English was the first language of 7.5%. Other languages were spoken by 13.6% of the population, with the most spoken being Spanish (3.0%), Arabic (2.1%), Haitian Creole (1.2%), Romanian (0.7%), Persian (0.7%), Chinese (0.6%), Italian (0.6%) and Portuguese (0.6%). These figures include multiple responses.
People of European origins made up 87.6% of the population in 2006. The largest visible minority groups are Black (4.1%), Latin American (2%), Arab (1.6%), Chinese (1.2%), Southeast Asian (1%), and South Asian (0.7%).
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