Census Profile, 2021 Census of Population
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Age
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Commuting duration
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Education
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[Country]
Counts Rates
Total Men＋ Women＋ Total Men＋ Women＋
Religion
Total - Religion for the population in private households - 25% sample data161 36,328,480 17,937,165 18,391,315 100.0 100.0 100.0
Buddhist 356,975 157,435 199,540 1.0 0.9 1.1
Christian 19,373,325 9,131,320 10,242,005 53.3 50.9 55.7
Christian, n.o.s.162 2,760,760 1,319,760 1,440,995 7.6 7.4 7.8
Anabaptist 144,145 70,095 74,050 0.4 0.4 0.4
Anglican 1,134,315 515,270 619,045 3.1 2.9 3.4
Baptist 436,940 200,325 236,615 1.2 1.1 1.3
Catholic 10,880,360 5,193,345 5,687,010 29.9 29.0 30.9
Christian Orthodox 623,010 301,055 321,955 1.7 1.7 1.8
Jehovah's Witness 137,255 59,505 77,750 0.4 0.3 0.4
Latter Day Saints 87,725 41,365 46,360 0.2 0.2 0.3
Lutheran 328,045 150,115 177,925 0.9 0.8 1.0
Methodist and Wesleyan (Holiness) 100,655 46,640 54,020 0.3 0.3 0.3
Pentecostal and other Charismatic 399,025 180,870 218,155 1.1 1.0 1.2
Presbyterian 301,400 136,440 164,960 0.8 0.8 0.9
Reformed 79,870 39,250 40,620 0.2 0.2 0.2
United Church 1,214,185 531,740 682,445 3.3 3.0 3.7
Other Christian and Christian-related traditions 745,650 345,540 400,110 2.1 1.9 2.2
Hindu 828,195 430,135 398,060 2.3 2.4 2.2
Jewish 335,295 164,220 171,070 0.9 0.9 0.9
Muslim 1,775,715 904,205 871,510 4.9 5.0 4.7
Sikh 771,790 394,345 377,445 2.1 2.2 2.1
Traditional (North American Indigenous) spirituality 80,685 38,460 42,230 0.2 0.2 0.2
Other religions and spiritual traditions 229,015 97,645 131,370 0.6 0.5 0.7
No religion and secular perspectives 12,577,475 6,619,395 5,958,080 34.6 36.9 32.4

Note: Gender

Gender refers to an individual's personal and social identity as a man, woman or non-binary person (a person who is not exclusively a man or a woman).

Gender includes the following concepts:

  • gender identity, which refers to the gender that a person feels internally and individually;
  • gender expression, which refers to the way a person presents their gender, regardless of their gender identity, through body language, aesthetic choices or accessories (e.g., clothes, hairstyle and makeup), which may have traditionally been associated with a specific gender.

A person's gender may differ from their sex at birth, and from what is indicated on their current identification or legal documents such as their birth certificate, passport or driver's licence. A person's gender may change over time.

Some people may not identify with a specific gender.

Given that the non-binary population is small, data aggregation to a two-category gender variable is sometimes necessary to protect the confidentiality of responses provided. In these cases, individuals in the category "non-binary persons" are distributed into the other two gender categories and are denoted by the "＋" symbol.

"Men＋" includes men (and/or boys), as well as some non-binary persons.

"Women＋" includes women (and/or girls), as well as some non-binary persons.

Source

Source: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census of Population.

How to cite

How to cite: Statistics Canada. 2023. (table). Census Profile. 2021 Census of Population. Statistics Canada Catalogue no. 98-316-X2021001. Ottawa. Released November 15, 2023.
https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2021/dp-pd/prof/index.cfm?Lang=E (accessed June 11, 2024).

Note(s):

Footnote 161

'Religion' refers to the person's self-identification as having a connection or affiliation with any religious denomination, group, body, or other religiously defined community or system of belief. Religion is not limited to formal membership in a religious organization or group. This variable shows the aggregated responses to the religion question. For infants or children, religion refers to the specific religious group or denomination in which they are being raised, if any. Persons without a religious connection or affiliation can self-identify as atheist, agnostic or humanist, or can provide another applicable response. For more information on religion variables, including information on their classifications, the questions from which they are derived, data quality and their comparability with other sources of data, please refer to the Religion Reference Guide, Census of Population, 2021.

Footnote 162

The abbreviation "n.o.s." means "not otherwise specified." This category includes responses of "Christian," not otherwise specified (e.g., "Christian," "Christianity").

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