Table A3.9
Population by religion, place of residence and projection scenario, Canada, 2011 and 2036
2036 - Projected according to the low-growth scenario

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Table A3.9
Population by religion, place of residence and projection scenario, Canada, 2011 and 2036
2036 - Projected according to the low-growth 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 A3.9 Note 1
thousands
Canada 39,778 11,915 5,039 639 3,273 2,218 339 505 977 923 231 13,720
Newfoundland and Labrador 427 130 176 1 16 2 0 1 1 0 1 99
Prince Edward Island 155 50 38 1 9 3 0 2 1 0 0 51
Nova Scotia 876 240 239 5 45 18 3 3 4 1 3 314
New Brunswick 655 267 140 2 32 8 1 2 2 1 2 197
Quebec 8,856 4,961 367 159 347 581 72 69 66 22 19 2,191
Montréal 4,849 2,206 255 143 247 519 70 61 62 22 12 1,254
Ottawa - Gatineau (Ont. and Que.) 1,500 533 167 23 104 119 12 16 25 10 7 483
Ontario 15,249 3,767 2,207 310 1,293 1,066 205 228 648 392 82 5,051
Toronto 7,237 1,629 723 187 676 765 162 170 549 337 33 2,005
Manitoba 1,499 340 252 18 198 38 12 10 25 39 14 554
Saskatchewan 1,246 289 221 16 139 28 2 8 22 15 22 483
Alberta 5,581 1,136 805 75 658 299 16 71 124 150 45 2,201
Calgary 2,065 426 255 33 233 150 9 39 64 84 12 760
Edmonton 1,806 375 246 27 209 122 5 24 50 57 12 681
British Columbia 5,096 706 567 51 523 171 26 110 84 301 39 2,518
Vancouver 2,848 428 253 35 283 142 18 95 69 237 17 1,270
Territories 138 30 28 1 14 1 0 1 1 0 2 61
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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