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About one in five adults infrequently engage in or never attend religious services, but do regular religious practices on their own
This is a pie chart with five slices showing percentages of the population aged 15 and over in various combinations of public and private religious practices. The first slice shows that 17% of the population aged 15 and over has no religion. The second slice shows that 25% of the population has infrequent public and private religious practices.1 The third slice shows that 21% of the population infrequently or never attends religious services, but does religious practices on their own at least once a month. The fourth slice shows that 4% of the population attend religious services at least once a month, but does religious practices on their own infrequently or never. The fifth slice shows that 32% of the population regularly does public and private religious practices at least once a month.
1. Infrequent public and private practice, infrequently or never attends religious services or does religious practices on their own.
Source: Statistics Canada, Ethnic Diversity Survey, 2002.