Table 5
Population by religious denomination and projection scenario, Canada, 2006 and 2031

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Religious denomination 2006 2031
Low growth Reference scenario High growth
thousands percent thousands percent thousands percent thousands percent
Total 32,522 100.0 39,251 100.0 42,078 100.0 45,008 100.0
Christian religious denominations 24,340 74.8 25,774 65.7 27,285 64.8 28,848 64.1
Catholic 13,830 42.5 14,589 37.2 15,389 36.6 16,228 36.1
Protestant 8,970 27.6 8,513 21.7 8,973 21.3 9,445 21.0
Christian Orthodox 566 1.7 873 2.2 978 2.3 1,078 2.4
Other Christians1 974 3.0 1,800 4.6 1,944 4.6 2,097 4.7
Non-Christian religious denominations 2,501 7.7 5,271 13.4 6,013 14.3 6,776 15.1
Muslim 884 2.7 2,472 6.3 2,870 6.8 3,281 7.3
Jewish 348 1.1 391 1.0 421 1.0 450 1.0
Buddhist 358 1.1 549 1.4 607 1.4 666 1.5
Hindu 406 1.2 897 2.3 1,024 2.4 1,159 2.6
Sikh 384 1.2 792 2.0 906 2.2 1,020 2.3
Other religions 122 0.4 170 0.4 185 0.4 200 0.4
No religion 5,680 17.5 8,206 20.9 8,780 20.9 9,383 20.8
1. Includes persons who report "Christian", "Apostolic", "Born-again Christian" and "Evangelical".
Note: 2006 data on religious denomination have been projected from 2001.
Source: Statistics Canada, Demography Division.
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