Table A3.5
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 (2005/2006 to 2009/2010)

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Table A3.5
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 (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 A3.5 Note 1
thousands
Canada 43,787 12,816 5,424 749 3,636 2,820 378 591 1,210 1,121 252 14,791
Newfoundland and Labrador 440 133 180 1 17 3 0 1 1 0 1 102
Prince Edward Island 163 51 39 1 9 4 0 3 1 0 0 54
Nova Scotia 919 250 249 6 49 23 4 4 5 1 4 327
New Brunswick 678 275 145 3 34 10 2 3 2 1 2 203
Quebec 9,642 5,210 424 193 399 760 80 79 80 27 21 2,369
Montréal 5,456 2,363 301 174 289 679 77 70 74 26 14 1,389
Ottawa - Gatineau (Ont. and Que.) 1,674 576 187 28 120 157 13 19 32 13 7 523
Ontario 17,297 4,196 2,403 368 1,488 1,399 229 274 830 493 92 5,524
Toronto 8,646 1,908 827 227 811 1,008 182 207 706 426 40 2,303
Manitoba 1,603 369 266 19 210 44 13 11 29 46 15 580
Saskatchewan 1,248 284 223 15 139 27 2 8 20 14 23 493
Alberta 5,829 1,186 837 80 686 325 17 75 135 160 47 2,280
Calgary 2,165 447 267 35 244 162 9 41 70 89 12 789
Edmonton 1,890 392 256 28 218 132 5 26 55 61 12 705
British Columbia 5,824 829 629 63 590 223 30 134 107 379 44 2,796
Vancouver 3,401 525 294 45 333 188 21 117 89 299 20 1,471
Territories 143 31 29 1 14 2 0 1 1 0 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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