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British Columbians are least likely to be religious
This chart shows vertical bars for 1985, 1995 and 2004 for Canada and five regions: Atlantic Canada, Quebec, Ontario, Prairies and British Columbia. Each bar is divided into two parts representing the percentage of the population aged 15 and over in the region that has no religious affiliation and the percentage of the population aged 15 and over in the region that has a religious affiliation, but does not attend religious services. Combined, these two parts represent the percentage of the population aged 15 and over in a region who do not attend religious services. The chart shows that regardless of region, the percentage with no religious affiliation has increased between 1985 and 2004. Over this time period, Quebec residents were least likely to report no religious affiliation (9% in 2004) but were most likely in 1995 and 2004 to report having a religious affiliation and not attending religious services. British Columbians were most likely to not attend religious services at 57% in all three years, 1985, 1995 and 2004, while residents of Atlantic Canada were least likely to not attend religious services, 33% in 2004 up from 19% in 1985.
Source: Statistics Canada, General Social Survey.