Religions in Canada / BC - Stats Can 2011 Data

[Wetcoaster]

Nationally religion breaks down as follows:

— More than 22.1 million people — two-thirds of Canadians — said they were affiliated with a Christian religion, including 12.7 million Roman Catholics, the largest single group.

— 7.8 million people, 23.9 per cent of the population, reported having no religious affiliation.

— Slightly more than one million people, or 3.2 per cent of the population, identified themselves as Muslim, while Hindus represented 1.5 per cent, Sikhs 1.4 per cent, Buddhists 1.1 per cent and Jews one per cent.

http://www.montrealgazette.com/technology/Highlights+from+Statistics+Canadas+2011+National/8354065/story.html#ixzz2SiSLk6Zu

Provincially:

http://www.theprovince.com/news/household-survey/religion-in-canada.html (interactive graphs by province at the link).

BC bucks the national trends:

We are the lowest in terms of affiliation with the Catholic Church at 15% - nationally 39% and Quebec 74.7%

No religious affiliation - BC almost doubles the national number (second to sparsely populated Nunavut) at 44.1% vs 23.9% nationally.

Distribution of religious groups in British Columbia (national numbers in brackets)

Catholic - 15.0% (39%)

No religious affiliation - 44.1% (23.9%)

Other Christian - 12.4% (%)

United - 5.1% (6.1%)

Anglican - 4.9% (5%)

Muslim - 1.8% (3.2%)

Baptist - 2.1% (1.9%)

Christian Orthodox - 0.9% (1.7%)

Hindu - 1.1% (1.5%)

Pentecostal - 1.3% (1.5%)

Lutheran - 1.7% (1.5%)

Presbyterian - 1.0% (1.4%)

Sikh - 4.7% (1.4%)

Buddhist - 2.1% (1.1%)

Jewish - 0.5% (1%)

Other religions - 0.8% (0.4%)

Aboriginal Spirituality - 0.2% (0.2%)

[inane]

The actual survey:

“Most of the people living on reserves are First Nations registered Indians, and consequently, the impact of the incomplete enumeration will be greatest on data for this population,” the note says.

[silverpig]

Scrapping the long-form census was a terrible decision.

On the other hand, I was quite surprised to see the "no religious affiliation" group come out on top in BC at 44%.

[aGENT]

On the other hand, I was quite surprised to see the "no religious affiliation" group come out on top in BC at 44%.

[TOMapleLaughs]

Cool.

[GLASSJAW]

Makes no difference to me, because I'm not a bigot

[Monty]

Those are stats.

[Dogbyte]

Good to see BC is good at something, cause it ain't hockey.

[key2thecup]

Makes no difference to me, because I'm not a bigot

[Wetcoaster]

Good to see BC is good at something, cause it ain't hockey.

[Magikal]

Atheism FTW!

[inane]

Actually over the past few years the Canucks have been very good - in fact an elite team.

[vavoom]

Actually over the past few years the Canucks have been very good - in fact an elite team.

[Wetcoaster]

Elite teams don't lose in the first round twice in a row going 1-8. But anyway...

[inane]

Yes they do.

[aGENT]

If elite is going 1-8 in the playoffs over the last two years, what do you call the other teams that have done better? Super-elite?

Actually, never mind. Let's stay on topic.

[Miss Korea Bob.Loblaw]

Atheists and agnostics did not take over BC over the last five years. They just took over the NHS.

[Gross-Misconduct]

Scrapping the long-form census was a terrible decision.

On the other hand, I was quite surprised to see the "no religious affiliation" group come out on top in BC at 44%.

[Wetcoaster]

Liberal MLA Mary Polak doesn't belong to the "no religous affiliation group". She's Catholic. She says it's because of her Catholic faith that she believes all homosexuals are sinners.

[Gross-Misconduct]

Her campaign manager Todd Hauptmann who is gay and recently resigned has a different take on things - it was voters and supporters not Mary Polak herself.

BC Transportation Minister Mary Polak’s campaign manager resigned suddenly Tuesday, due to anti-homosexual sentiments he’d been feeling in her Langley riding.

Todd Hauptman, who is gay, issued a release Tuesday explaining he was leaving Polak’s campaign.

He said Polak has shown him “respect and love” and he has been conflicted about his role in her campaign for the past few weeks.

“The very base of voters who will likely help Mary get re-elected in just one-week’s time are made up of individuals who hold hateful attitudes towards the community I am apart of,” wrote Hauptman.