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Canadian census results on religion
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All statistics are taken from the Census of Canada.
Top Religious Denominations in Canada
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2001 |
1991 |
1981 |
1971 |
1961 |
1951 |
1941 |
1931 |
1921 |
1911 |
1901 |
1891 |
| Number |
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Number |
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Number |
% |
Number |
% |
Number |
% |
Number |
% |
Number |
% |
Number |
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Number |
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Number |
% |
Number |
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Number |
% |
| Roman Catholic |
12,936,905 |
43.6 |
12,203,620 |
45.2 |
11,210,390 |
46.5 |
9,974,895 |
46.2 |
8,342,826 |
45.7 |
6,069,496 |
43.3 |
4,806,431 |
41.8 |
4,285,388 |
41.3 |
3,389,636 |
38.6 |
2,833,041 |
39.3 |
2,229,600 |
41.5 |
2,009,201 |
41.6 |
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| United Church of Canada¹ |
2,839,125 |
9.6 |
3,093,120 |
11.5 |
3,758,015 |
15.6 |
3,768,800 |
17.5 |
3,664,008 |
20.1 |
2,867,271 |
20.5 |
2,208,658 |
19.2 |
2,017,375 |
19.4 |
8,739 |
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| - Methodist Church of Canada¹ |
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1,159,458 |
13.2 |
1,079,892 |
15.0 |
916,886 |
17.1 |
861,666 |
17.8 |
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| Presbyterian¹ |
409,830 |
1.4 |
636,295 |
2.4 |
812,105 |
3.4 |
872,335 |
4.0 |
818,558 |
4.5 |
781,747 |
5.6 |
830,597 |
7.2 |
872,428 |
8.4 |
1,409,407 |
16.0 |
1,115,324 |
15.5 |
842,442 |
15.7 |
770,119 |
15.9 |
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| Anglican Church of Canada² |
2,035,495 |
6.9 |
2,188,110 |
8.1 |
2,436,375 |
10.1 |
2,543,180 |
11.8 |
2,409,068 |
13.2 |
2,060,720 |
14.7 |
1,754,368 |
15.2 |
1,635,615 |
15.8 |
1,407,994 |
16.0 |
1,043,017 |
14.5 |
680,620 |
12.7 |
661,608 |
13.7 |
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| No religion |
4,796,325 |
16.2 |
3,333,245 |
12.3 |
1,752,380 |
7.3 |
929,575 |
4.3 |
94,763 |
.5 |
59,679 |
.4 |
19,161 |
.2 |
21,155 |
.2 |
21,819 |
.2 |
26,027 |
.4 |
4,810 |
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¹ Includes data on significant churches before the creation of the United Church in 1925.
² Before 1955 noted as the Church of England in Canada. |
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