Interreligious unions are increasing

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Table A.2 Interreligious unions are increasing
	Population in couples	Total	Religious Groups
	Quebec Catholics	Catholics outside Quebec	Protestants	Other Religions¹	No Religion
	('000s)	(Percent of population in couples in interreligious unions)
2001	14,120	19	3	27	21	16	25
1991	12,840	17	2	25	17	16	27
1981	11,221	15	2	21	14	16	38
2001
Gender
Male	7,064	19	3	26	19	16	32
Female	7,056	19	3	29	23	16	17
Age
15-29	1,374	25	5	37	33	20	28
30-44	5,169	23	4	32	28	17	26
45-59	4,529	18	3	26	21	16	2
60+	3,048	11	2	15	11	11	24
Marital Status
Married	11,803	18	3	25	19	14	24
Common-law union	2,317	25	3	43	42	50	28
Religion
No religion	2,005	25	…	…	…	…	25
Catholic	6,200	16	3	27	…	…	…
Protestant	4,484	21	…	…	21	…	…
Mainline Protestant²	3,155	23	…	…	23	…	…
Conservative Protestant³	871	13	…	…	13	…	…
Other Protestant	458	25	…	…	25	…	…
Orthodox Christian	243	26	…	…	…	26	…
Christian n.i.e.	324	18	…	…	…	18	…
Muslim	239	9	…	…	…	9	…
Jewish	160	17	…	…	…	17	…
Buddhist	143	19	…	…	…	19	…
Hindu	146	9	…	…	…	9	…
Sikh	137	3	…	…	…	3	…
Other Eastern religions	17	27	…	…	…	27	…
Other religions	22	46	…	…	…	46	…
Highest level of schooling
Less than high school graduation	3,807	14	2	19	16	10	21
High school diploma or some postsecondary	3,297	20	3	30	23	16	25
Trades or college certificate or diploma	4,136	22	3	31	23	21	29
University educated	2,879	21	5	30	24	17	25
Home Language
English only	9,253	26	23	34	21	26	28
French only	3,080	3	2	3	28	27	23
Other only	1,557	8	5	7	12	6	11
English & French	43	22	15	18	54	33	22
English & other	162	9	8	8	16	7	16
French & other	20	9	8	7	16	7	29
English, French & other	5	11	5	14	19	14	28
Generational status
First (Immigrants)	3,480	16	8	17	19	11	19
Second⁴	2,093	24	8	32	20	27	29
Third⁵	8,547	19	2	31	22	27	28
Size of community
Rural and small town Canada	3,084	16	2	26	16	23	26
under 25,000	378	20	1	26	21	23	27
25,000-249,999	2,605	20	1	30	21	23	27
250,000-999,999	2,980	23	2	30	23	19	27
1,000,000 and over	5,072	18	5	24	27	13	23
Concentration of co-religionists⁶
Low - Less than 20%	2,823	24	…	39	34	16	30
Moderate - 20% to 49%	8,221	22	2	27	21	…	21
High - 50% or more	3,075	7	3	20	15	…	13
Census metropolitan areas (CMA)
Montréal	1,532	9	5	…	35	14	24
Ottawa-Gatineau	491	23	5	25	33	19	31
Toronto	2,142	20	…	21	25	12	24
Calgary	443	27	…	37	25	17	26
Edmonton	428	27	…	32	24	21	27
Vancouver	907	23	…	35	24	15	19
1. Includes Orthodox Christian, Christian n.i.e., Jewish, Muslim, Buddhist, Hindu, Sikh, Other Eastern religions and other religions. 2. Mainline Protestant includes Anglican, Lutheran, Presbyterian, United Church. 3. Conservative Protestant includes Baptist, Pentecostal, Nazarene, Evangelical Free, Mennonite, Salvation Army, Reformed, Christian and Missionary Alliance and other smaller groups. 4. Includes people born in Canada who have at least one parent born outside Canada. 5. Includes people born in Canada whose parents were both born in Canada. 6. This is the percentage of the population aged 20 to 59 of the opposite sex of the respondent in the same Census Metropolitan Area or Census Agglomeration that is in the same broad religious group as the respondent (co-religionist).
Source: Statistics Canada, Censuses of Population.

Table A.2 Interreligious unions are increasing

Population in couples

Total

Religious Groups

Quebec Catholics

Catholics outside Quebec

Protestants

Other Religions¹

No Religion

('000s)

(Percent of population in couples in interreligious unions)

2001

14,120

1991

12,840

1981

11,221

2001

Gender

Male

7,064

Female

7,056

Age

15-29

1,374

30-44

5,169

45-59

4,529

60+

3,048

Marital Status

Married

11,803

Common-law union

2,317

Religion

No religion

2,005

…

Catholic

6,200

…

Protestant

4,484

…

Mainline Protestant²

3,155

…

Conservative Protestant³

871

…

Other Protestant

458

…

Orthodox Christian

243

…

Christian n.i.e.

324

…

Muslim

239

…

Jewish

160

…

Buddhist

143

…

Hindu

146

…

Sikh

137

…

Other Eastern religions

…

Other religions

…

Highest level of schooling

Less than high school graduation

3,807

High school diploma or some postsecondary

3,297

Trades or college certificate or diploma

4,136

University educated

2,879

Home Language

English only

9,253

French only

3,080

Other only

1,557

English & French

English & other

162

French & other

English, French & other

Generational status

First (Immigrants)

3,480

Second⁴

2,093

Third⁵

8,547

Size of community

Rural and small town Canada

3,084

under 25,000

378

25,000-249,999

2,605

250,000-999,999

2,980

1,000,000 and over

5,072

Concentration of co-religionists⁶

Low - Less than 20%

2,823

…

Moderate - 20% to 49%

8,221

…

High - 50% or more

3,075

…

Census metropolitan areas (CMA)

Montréal

1,532

…

Ottawa-Gatineau

491

Toronto

2,142

…

Calgary

443

…

Edmonton

428

…

Vancouver

907

…

1. Includes Orthodox Christian, Christian n.i.e., Jewish, Muslim, Buddhist, Hindu, Sikh, Other Eastern religions and other religions.
2. Mainline Protestant includes Anglican, Lutheran, Presbyterian, United Church.
3. Conservative Protestant includes Baptist, Pentecostal, Nazarene, Evangelical Free, Mennonite, Salvation Army, Reformed, Christian and Missionary Alliance and other smaller groups.
4. Includes people born in Canada who have at least one parent born outside Canada.
5. Includes people born in Canada whose parents were both born in Canada.
6. This is the percentage of the population aged 20 to 59 of the opposite sex of the respondent in the same Census Metropolitan Area or Census Agglomeration that is in the same broad religious group as the respondent (co-religionist).

Source: Statistics Canada, Censuses of Population.