Table A3.2
Population by religion, place of residence and projection scenario, Canada, 2011 and 2036
2036 - Projected according to the reference scenario

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Table A3.2
Population by religion, place of residence and projection scenario, Canada, 2011 and 2036
2036 - Projected according to the reference scenario
Table summary
This table displays the results of Population by religion. The information is grouped by Region (appearing as row headers), Total, Christian religions, Religions other than Christian, No religious affiliation , Catholic, Protestant, Christian Orthodox, Other Christian, Muslim, Jewish, Buddhist, Hindu, Sikh and Other religions, calculated using thousands units of measure (appearing as column headers).
Region Total Christian religions Religions other than Christian No religious affiliation
Catholic Protestant Christian Orthodox Other Christian Muslim Jewish Buddhist Hindu Sikh Other religionsTable A3.2 Note 1
thousands
Canada 43,816 12,883 5,446 748 3,650 2,775 375 589 1,211 1,128 250 14,760
Newfoundland and Labrador 443 134 181 1 17 3 0 1 2 0 1 103
Prince Edward Island 168 52 39 1 9 5 0 3 2 0 0 56
Nova Scotia 921 250 249 6 49 23 4 4 5 1 4 327
New Brunswick 688 277 145 3 35 11 2 3 2 1 2 206
Quebec 9,526 5,183 415 187 390 726 79 77 77 26 21 2,345
Montréal 5,356 2,341 293 168 282 649 76 69 72 26 13 1,368
Ottawa - Gatineau (Ont. and Que.) 1,646 569 184 27 117 149 13 19 31 13 7 518
Ontario 16,944 4,125 2,376 357 1,453 1,329 225 265 792 474 90 5,457
Toronto 8,368 1,853 809 219 783 955 179 200 673 409 38 2,250
Manitoba 1,690 399 277 22 221 50 14 12 34 55 15 593
Saskatchewan 1,378 327 237 20 151 38 3 11 32 21 23 514
Alberta 6,201 1,296 876 90 730 376 18 83 161 187 48 2,337
Calgary 2,348 499 284 41 263 188 10 46 82 104 13 818
Edmonton 2,022 429 268 31 233 153 6 28 66 71 12 724
British Columbia 5,709 809 621 61 580 213 29 129 103 362 43 2,757
Vancouver 3,301 508 287 43 324 178 20 113 85 285 20 1,438
Territories 147 32 29 1 15 2 0 1 1 1 2 64
Note 1.

Results for the "other religions" category should be used with caution. Due to limitations in data comparability between 2001 and 2011, intragenerational religious mobility was not modelled for this category in this scenario.

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Sources: Statistics Canada, 2011 National Household Survey (adjusted) and Demosim 2017.
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