Table A3.7
Population by religion, place of residence and projection scenario, Canada, 2011 and 2036
2036 - Projected according to the alternative composition of immigration by country of birth scenario (2005/2006 to 2009/2010)

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Table A3.7
Population by religion, place of residence and projection scenario, Canada, 2011 and 2036
2036 - Projected according to the alternative composition of immigration by country of birth scenario (2005/2006 to 2009/2010)
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 A3.7 Note 1
thousands
Canada 43,777 12,740 5,448 796 3,642 2,710 379 622 1,184 1,107 248 14,900
Newfoundland and Labrador 444 134 181 1 17 4 0 1 1 0 1 104
Prince Edward Island 168 52 40 1 10 3 0 3 1 0 1 58
Nova Scotia 921 248 250 6 49 25 4 4 4 1 4 328
New Brunswick 687 277 147 3 35 10 1 2 2 1 2 206
Quebec 9,521 5,182 394 208 382 731 79 80 79 29 21 2,336
Montréal 5,350 2,340 274 188 275 654 76 71 73 29 13 1,358
Ottawa - Gatineau (Ont. and Que.) 1,632 565 181 28 116 142 13 19 30 12 7 518
Ontario 16,928 4,084 2,371 370 1,444 1,287 226 279 805 484 90 5,488
Toronto 8,355 1,816 803 228 775 930 180 210 685 418 38 2,273
Manitoba 1,690 388 286 23 226 47 16 12 27 42 15 607
Saskatchewan 1,380 331 247 24 156 30 4 11 17 12 24 524
Alberta 6,184 1,232 880 95 727 375 19 90 150 178 48 2,391
Calgary 2,348 473 285 43 262 189 10 50 76 99 13 847
Edmonton 2,005 403 269 33 231 151 6 31 61 68 12 741
British Columbia 5,706 779 624 64 582 196 29 139 98 360 42 2,793
Vancouver 3,297 481 289 45 326 163 20 121 81 283 19 1,469
Territories 147 32 29 1 14 2 0 1 1 1 2 65
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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