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Table 29.7 Population projections by religious denomination, 2006 and 2031
Table summary
This table displays the results of table 29.7 population projections by religious denomination 2006 and 2031, calculated using thousands and % units of measure (appearing as column headers).
  2006 2031
  thousands % thousands %
Total 32,522 100.0 42,078 100.0
Christian religious denominations 24,340 74.8 27,285 64.8
Catholic 13,830 42.5 15,389 36.6
Protestant 8,970 27.6 8,973 21.3
Christian Orthodox 566 1.7 978 2.3
Other ChristiansNote 1 974 3.0 1,944 4.6
Non-Christian religious denominations 2,501 7.7 6,013 14.3
Muslim 884 2.7 2,870 6.8
Jewish 348 1.1 421 1.0
Buddhist 358 1.1 607 1.4
Hindu 406 1.2 1,024 2.4
Sikh 384 1.2 906 2.2
Other religions 122 0.4 185 0.4
No religion 5,680 17.5 8,780 20.9
Note: The 2006 data on religious denomination have been projected from 2001. The medium-growth projection scenario for 2031 combines medium fertility, life expectancy, immigration, immigration observed from 2001 to 2006 and medium internal migration.
1. Includes people who report Christian, Apostolic, Born-again Christian and Evangelical.
Source: Statistics Canada, Catalogue no. 91-551-X.
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