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Religion in Canada:
Data and Visualizations from Pew Research and Statistics Canada:
Data Set #1:
Data Set #1:
The share of the population with a Christian religion has been decreasing for 20 years, while the shares for other religions or no religious affiliation have been rising.
The share of the population with a Christian religion has been decreasing for 20 years, while the shares for other religions or no religious affiliation have been rising.
In 2021, over 19.3 million people reported a Christian religion, representing just over half of the Canadian population (53.3%). However, this proportion is down from 67.3% in 2011 and 77.1% in 2001.
Approximately 12.6 million people, or more than one-third of Canada's population, reported having no religious affiliation. The proportion of this population has more than doubled in 20 years, going from 16.5% in 2001 to 34.6% in 2021.
Data Set #2:
Data Set #2:
In 20 years, the proportions of the population who reported being Muslim, Hindu or Sikh have doubled
Collectively, these smaller religious groups account for more than one-in-ten Canadians (11%) as of 2021, up from not quite one-in-twenty (4%) in 1971
Data Set #3:
Data Set #3:
Relatively few Canadians engage frequently in traditional religious practices, such as daily prayer or weekly worship.
Relatively few Canadians engage frequently in traditional religious practices, such as daily prayer or weekly worship.
Around a third (36%) said they never pray, and about half said they seldom (24%) or never (25%) go to church or other worship services.
Still, more than half of all Canadians (55%) in a 2018 survey said religion remains at least somewhat important in their lives
Data Set 4:
Data Set 4:
Recent generations of Canadians are significantly less affiliated than earlier generations.
Recent generations of Canadians are significantly less affiliated than earlier generations.
Data Set #5
Data Set #5
About 20% of Canada’s current population was born in some other country. With such a large presence, immigrants have had a substantial impact on Canada’s religious landscape
About 20% of Canada’s current population was born in some other country. With such a large presence, immigrants have had a substantial impact on Canada’s religious landscape
In the 1970s and 1980s, Canada’s foreign-born population was smaller, largely European and overwhelmingly Christian. In recent years, however, rising numbers of immigrants – nearly half of Canada’s immigrant population – have come from Asia, Africa and the Middle East
As the geographic origins of Canadian immigrants have shifted, so has their religious makeup.
A majority of immigrants who arrived during the 1970s were either Catholic or Protestant.
Since 2001, about four-in-ten (39%) new Canadian immigrants have belonged to religious traditions such as Eastern Orthodox Christianity, Islam, Buddhism, Sikhism, Hinduism, and Judaism.
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