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 Population distribution of Christian Canadians by census division, 2021 census | |
| Total population | |
|---|---|
| 19,373,330[1] 53.3% of the total Canadian population (2021) | |
| Regions with significant populations | |
| Ontario | 7,315,815 (52.14%) |
| Quebec | 5,385,240 (64.82%) |
| Alberta | 2,009,820 (48.11%) |
| British Columbia | 1,684,870 (34.27%) |
| Manitoba | 708,850 (54.23%) |
| Languages | |
| Canadian English • Canadian French Other Languages of Canada | |
| Related ethnic groups | |
Christianity is the most adhered-to religion in Canada, with 19,373,330 Canadians, or 53.3%, identifying themselves as of the 2021 census.[1][2] The preamble to the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms refers to God. The French colonization beginning in the 17th century established a Roman Catholic francophone population in New France, especially Acadia and Lower Canada (now Nova Scotia, New Brunswick and Quebec). British colonization brought waves of Anglicans and other Protestants to Upper Canada, now Ontario. The Russian Empire spread Orthodox Christianity in a small extent to the tribes in the far north and western coasts, particularly hyperborean nomads like the Inuit. Orthodoxy would arrive in mainland Canada with immigrants from the eastern and southern Austro-Hungarian Empire and western Russian Empire starting in the 1890s; then refugees from the Soviet Union, Eastern Bloc, Greece and elsewhere during the last half of the 20th century.
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religion2021was invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ Government of Canada, Statistics Canada (2022-02-09). "Profile table, Census Profile, 2021 Census of Population - Canada [Country]". www12.statcan.gc.ca. Retrieved 2022-10-26.