Religion in Canada

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Information from Statistics Canada

Summary Tables
A series of summary tables from the 2001 Census listing Canadian population by religion, by province and territory.

Religions in Canada
A series of summary articles analyzing religious trends in Canada, based on the 2001 Census. Includes a link to more detailed provincial and territorial analysis.

Major denominations in Canada, 2001 and 1991
A statistical comparison of the number of adherents in major Canadian denominations in 2001 and 1991, based on the 2001 Census.

Top 10 religious denominations in Canada, 2001
A chart of the top 10 denominations in Canada, based on the 2001 Census.

The Atlas of Canada – Religion: Religious Affiliation, 2001 Map.
An interactive map of Canada, searchable by religious affiliation and geographical region.

Information from other sources

State of the Canadian church in 2008
A seven-part series of articles from canadianchristianity.com drawing on extensive interviews from people like sociologist Reginald Bibby, pollster Andrew Grenville, Regent College professor John Stackhouse and many others. Articles were written by Jim Coggins, and include:

• Part I: A nation of believers?
• Part II: Shifting traditions
  
• Part III: Are Christians in danger of becoming a persecuted minority?
  
• Part IV: The impact of immigration on the church
  
• Part V: The growth of evangelicalism
  
• Part VI: Those pesky moral, social issues
  
• Part VII: Strengths, weaknesses and challenges
  

Adherents.com
This site offers published membership/adherent statistics and congregation statistics for over 4,200 religions, churches, denominations, religious bodies, faith groups, etc. using data from both primary research sources (government census reports, statistical sampling surveys and organizational reporting), as well as citations from secondary literature which mention adherent statistics.

Reginald W. Bibby
Official website of University of Lethbridge sociologist Reginald Bibby, author of Fragmented Gods (1987), Unknown Gods (1993), There's Got to Be More! (1995), Restless Gods (2002), and Restless Churches (2004), and more.

 

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