Demographics

thumb|left|Roberval City Hall, a [[National Historic Sites of Canada|National Historic Site of Canada]]

In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Roberval had a population of living in of its total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of . With a land area of , it had a population density of in 2021.

In 2021, the median age was 52.4, as opposed to 41.6 for all of Canada. French was the mother tongue of 98.0% of residents in 2021. The next most common mother tongues were Atikamekw at 0.8%, followed by Arabic, English, and Spanish at 0.3%. 0.2% reported both English and French as their first language. Additionally there were 0.5% who reported both French and a non-official language as their mother tongue.

As of 2021, Indigenous peoples comprised 11.0% of the population, most of whom were First Nations, and visible minorities contributed 0.8%. The largest visible minority groups in Dolbeau-Mistassini are Latin American (0.3%) and Black (0.2%).

In 2021, 79.8% of the population identified as Catholic, a 14.6% decrease from 2011, while 13.6% said they had no religious affiliation. Baptists were the largest religious minority, making up 0.3% of the population.

Counting both single and multiple responses, the most commonly identified ethnocultural ancestries were:

{| class="wikitable" style="float:left;"

!Ethnic origin

!2021

|-

|Canadian

|42.2%

|-

|French

|18.1%

|-

|Québécois

|15.9%

|-

|French Canadian

|10.9%

|-

|First Nations

|6.1%

|-

|Innu

|3.5%

|-

|Métis

|1.4%

|}

<small>(Percentages may total more than 100% due to rounding and multiple responses).</small>

Education

Roberval has two primary schools: Notre-Dame et Benoît-Duhamel and a secondary school la Cité Étudiante. There are also two centres for adult training: Ste-Ursules et le Centre de formation professionnelle (CFP).

The Ursulines

Founded in 1882 by Sister Saint-Raphaël, the Ursuline convent was the first domestic sciences school in Canada. There was also an agricultural school.

Fires in 1897 and 1919 led to rebuilding and improvement of facilities.

Following a fire in 2005, a portion of the convent was replaced by the Jardin des Ursulines, a craft vendors market. In 2011, after 129 years of service to the community, the Ursuline community left Roberval.

See also

  • Roberval—Lac-Saint-Jean, a Canadian federal electoral district
  • Ouiatchouaniche River
  • Ouiatchouan River
  • List of towns in Quebec

References

  • Ville de Roberval
  • La Traversée du lac St-Jean