Table A3.6
Population by religion, place of residence and projection scenario, Canada, 2011 and 2036
2036 - Projected according to the alternative geographic distribution of immigrants upon arrival scenario (2000/2001 to 2004/2005)

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Table A3.6
Population by religion, place of residence and projection scenario, Canada, 2011 and 2036
2036 - Projected according to the alternative geographic distribution of immigrants upon arrival scenario (2000/2001 to 2004/2005)
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 A3.6 Note 1
thousands
Canada 43,773 12,770 5,410 749 3,632 2,855 379 591 1,245 1,116 253 14,772
Newfoundland and Labrador 439 133 180 1 17 3 0 1 1 0 1 102
Prince Edward Island 149 49 38 1 9 2 0 1 1 0 0 47
Nova Scotia 904 248 247 5 47 20 3 3 4 1 3 323
New Brunswick 663 272 143 2 32 8 1 2 2 1 2 199
Quebec 9,526 5,184 415 187 390 726 79 77 78 26 21 2,344
Montréal 5,354 2,341 293 168 282 649 76 68 72 26 13 1,367
Ottawa - Gatineau (Ont. and Que.) 1,708 583 192 28 123 166 13 20 34 13 8 529
Ontario 17,900 4,319 2,450 388 1,548 1,520 236 289 896 528 95 5,632
Toronto 9,117 2,002 859 242 857 1,098 188 220 764 458 42 2,388
Manitoba 1,480 327 252 16 196 36 11 10 22 34 15 562
Saskatchewan 1,193 266 217 12 134 22 2 7 15 10 23 484
Alberta 5,634 1,129 816 75 664 301 17 70 122 146 46 2,248
Calgary 2,070 420 258 33 233 150 9 39 63 81 12 772
Edmonton 1,820 372 249 27 210 122 5 24 49 55 12 695
British Columbia 5,744 813 623 62 583 216 30 131 104 369 44 2,770
Vancouver 3,335 512 289 44 326 182 20 114 87 291 20 1,449
Territories 141 30 28 1 14 2 0 1 1 0 2 63
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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