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{{Short description|Religious community}}
{{Infobox religious group
| group            = Christianity in Canada<br>{{flagicon|Canada}}	
| image            = Christian Distribution in Canada, 2021 Census.jpg
| caption          = Population distribution of Christian Canadians by census division, 2021 census
| population       = '''19,373,330'''<ref name="religion2021"/><br /> '''53.3%''' of the total Canadian population (2021)
| popplace         = <!-- Only list top five provinces/territories with highest populations of Christians per latest census (2021) data -->
| region1          = [[Ontario]]
| pop1             = 7,315,815 (52.14%)
| region2          = [[Quebec]] 
| pop2             = 5,385,240 (64.82%)
| region3          = [[Alberta]] 
| pop3             = 2,009,820 (48.11%)
| region4          = [[British Columbia]]
| pop4             = 1,684,870 (34.27%)
| region5          = [[Manitoba]] 
| pop5             = 708,850 (54.23%)
| langs            = [[Canadian English]] • [[Canadian French]]<br />{{smaller|Other [[Languages of Canada]]}}
|related-c={{hlist|[[Christianity in the United States|American Christians]] • [[Christianity in Australia|Australian Christians]] • [[Christianity in the United Kingdom|British Christians]] • [[Christianity in New Zealand|New Zealander Christians]]}}
|flag=Christian cross.svg|flag_size=25px}}
[[File:Canadian religious affiliation in 2021.png|thumb|upright=1.3|A map of Canada by province and territory showing the distribution of the population by religious affiliation in 2021]]
[[Christianity]] is the most adhered-to [[religion in Canada]], with 19,373,330 Canadians, or 53.3%, identifying themselves as of the 2021 census.<ref name="religion2021"/><ref>{{Cite web |last=Government of Canada |first=Statistics Canada |date=2022-02-09 |title=Profile table, Census Profile, 2021 Census of Population - Canada [Country] |url=https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2021/dp-pd/prof/index.cfm?Lang=E |access-date=2022-10-26 |website=www12.statcan.gc.ca}}</ref> The [[preamble to the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms]] refers to God. The [[French colonization of the Americas|French colonization]] beginning in the 17th century established a Roman Catholic [[French language|francophone]] population in [[New France]], especially [[Acadia]] and [[Lower Canada]] (now [[Nova Scotia]], [[New Brunswick]] and [[Quebec]]). [[British colonization of the Americas|British colonization]] brought waves of [[Anglicans]] and other [[Protestants]] to [[Upper Canada]], now [[Ontario]]. The [[Russian Empire]] spread [[Eastern Orthodox Church|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 [[Austria-Hungary|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.

==Demographics, concentration, and life==
The majority of Canadian Christians attend [[church service]]s infrequently. Cross-national surveys of religiosity rates such as the Pew Global Attitudes Project indicate that, on average, Canadian Christians are less observant than those of the United States but are still more overtly religious than their counterparts in Western Europe. In 2002, 30% of Canadians reported to Pew researchers that religion was "very important" to them. A 2005 Gallup poll showed that 28% of Canadians consider religion to be "very important" (55% of Americans and 19% of Britons say the same).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.gallup.com/poll/20986/Can-Reagan-Revolution-Happen-Canada.aspx |title=Can a "Reagan Revolution" Happen in Canada? |publisher=Gallup.com |date=January 20, 2006 |access-date=December 10, 2010}}</ref> Regional differences within Canada exist, however, with [[British Columbia]] and [[Quebec]] reporting especially low metrics of traditional religious observance, as well as a significant urban-rural divide, while [[Alberta]] and rural [[Ontario]] saw high rates of religious attendance. The rates for weekly church attendance are contested, with estimates running as low as 11% as per the latest Ipsos-Reid poll and as high as 25% as per ''[[Christianity Today]]'' magazine. This American magazine reported that three polls conducted by [[Focus on the Family]], Time Canada and the Vanier Institute of the Family showed church attendance increasing for the first time in a generation, with weekly attendance at 25 per cent. This number is similar to the statistics reported by premier Canadian sociologist of religion, Prof. [[Reginald Bibby]] of the [[University of Lethbridge]], who has been studying Canadian religious patterns since 1975. Although lower than in the US, which has reported weekly church attendance at about 40% since the Second World War, weekly church attendance rates are higher than those in Northern Europe.

[[File:St James Church Toronto.jpg|thumb|[[Cathedral Church of St. James (Toronto)|St. James Church]], an Anglican cathedral in [[Old Toronto]].]]

As well as the large churches&nbsp;— Roman Catholic, United, and Anglican, which together count more than half of the Canadian population as nominal adherents&nbsp;— Canada also has many smaller Christian groups, including [[Eastern Orthodox Church|Orthodox Christianity]]. The Egyptian population in [[Ontario]] and [[Quebec]] ([[Greater Toronto]] in particular) has seen a large influx of the [[Coptic Orthodox Church|Coptic Orthodox]] population in just a few decades. The relatively large [[Ukrainians|Ukrainian]] population of [[Manitoba]] and [[Saskatchewan]] has produced many followers of the [[Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church|Ukrainian Catholic]] and [[Ukrainian Orthodox Church of Canada|Ukrainian Orthodox Churches]], while southern Manitoba has been settled largely by Mennonites. The concentration of these smaller groups often varies greatly across the country. Baptists are especially numerous in the [[Canadian Maritimes|Maritimes]]. The Maritimes, prairie provinces, and [[southwestern Ontario]] have significant numbers of [[Lutherans]]. Southwest [[Ontario]] has seen large numbers of German and Russian immigrants, including many [[Mennonites]] and [[Hutterites]], as well as a significant contingent of Dutch Reformed. [[Alberta]] has seen considerable immigration from the American plains, creating a significant [[Mormon]] minority in that province. [[The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints]] claimed to have 178,102 members (74,377 of whom in Alberta) at the end of 2007.<ref>[https://newsroom.churchofjesuschrist.org/ldsnewsroom/eng/contact-us/canada-alberta Alberta] . LDS Newsroom.</ref> And according to the [[Jehovah's Witnesses]] year report there are 111,963 active members (members who actively preach) in Canada.

Canada as a nation is becoming increasingly religiously diverse, especially in large urban centres such as [[Toronto]], [[Vancouver]], and [[Montreal]], where minority groups and new immigrants who make up the growth in most religious groups congregate. Two significant trends become clear when the current religious landscape is examined closely. One is the loss of 'secularized' Canadians as active and regular participants in the churches and denominations they grew up in, which were overwhelmingly [[Christians|Christian]], while these churches remain a part of Canadians' cultural identity. The other is the increasing presence of ethnically diverse immigration within the religious makeup of the country.

[[File:Notre Dame Basilica Montreal.jpg|left|thumb|[[Notre-Dame Basilica (Montreal)|Notre-Dame Basilica]], a Roman Catholic church in [[Old Montreal]] of [[Montreal]], [[Quebec]]. On its completion in 1888, it was the largest church building in North America.]]

As Mainline [[Protestant]]s and [[Roman Catholic]]s have experienced drastic losses over the past 30 years, others have been expanding rapidly: overall by 144% in 'Eastern' religions during the 1981-1991 decade.<ref>Roger O'Toole, "Religion in Canada: Its Development and Contemporary Situation" In Lori Beaman, ed., Religion and Canadian Society: Traditions, Transitions, and Innovations. (Toronto: Canadian Scholars' Press, 2006), 18.</ref> Considering Canada's increasing reliance on immigration to bolster a low birth rate, the situation is only likely to continue to diversify. This increased influx of ethnic immigrants not only affects the types of religions represented in the Canadian context but also the increasingly multicultural and multilingual makeup of individual Christian denominations. From [[Chinese people|Chinese]] [[Anglican]] or [[South Korea|Korean]] [[United Church]] communities, to the [[Lutheran]] focus on providing much needed services to immigrants new to the Canadian context and [[English language]], immigration is making changes.<ref name="BramadatSeljak2008">{{cite book|author1=Paul A. Bramadat|author2=David Seljak|title=Christianity and Ethnicity in Canada|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Z4HzXN4HQkQC&pg=PP268|year=2008|publisher=University of Toronto Press|isbn=978-0-8020-9584-8|page=268}}</ref>

For some Protestant [[Christian denomination|denominations]], adapting to a new [[secular]] context has meant adjusting to their non-institutional roles in society by increasingly focusing on [[social justice]].<ref>Roger O'Toole, "Religion in Canada: Its Development and Contemporary Situation" In Lori Beaman, ed., Religion and Canadian Society: Traditions, Transitions, and Innovations. (Toronto: Canadian Scholars' Press, 2006), 13-14.</ref> However the pull between conservative religious members and the more radical among the church members is complicated by the numbers of immigrant communities who may desire a church that fulfils a more 'institutionally complete' role as a buffer in this new country over the current tension filled debates over [[same-sex marriage]], [[ordination]] of women and homosexuals, or the role of women in the church. This of course will depend on the background of the immigrant population, as in the [[Hong Kong]] context where [[ordination]] of [[Florence Li Tim Oi]] happened long before women's ordination was ever raised on the Canadian [[Anglican]] church level.<ref>Wendy Fletcher, "Canadian Anglicanism and Ethnicity" In P. Bramadat & D. Seljak, Christianity and Ethnicity in Canada. (Toronto: Pearson Longman, 2005.), 156.</ref>

As well a [[multicultural]] focus on the churches part may include non-Christian elements (such as the inclusion of a [[Buddhist]] priest in one incident) which are unwelcome to the transplanted religious community.<ref>Greer Anne Wenh-In Ng, "The United Church of Canada: A Church Fittingly National" In P. Bramadat & D. Seljak, Christianity and Ethnicity in Canada. (Toronto: Pearson Longman, 2005), 232.</ref> Serving the needs and desires of different aspects of the Canadian and newly Canadian populations makes a difficult balancing act for the various mainline churches which are starved for money and active parishioners in a time when 16% of Canadians identify as non-religious and up to two-thirds of those who do identify with a denomination use the church only for its life-cycle rituals governing birth, marriage, and death.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www12.statcan.ca/english/census01/Products/Analytic/companion/rel/canada.cfm |title=96F0030XIE2001015 - Religions in Canada |publisher=2.statcan.ca |access-date=December 10, 2010 |archive-date=May 5, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170505034659/http://www12.statcan.ca/english/census01/products/analytic/companion/rel/canada.cfm |url-status=dead }}</ref>

[[Evangelical]] portions of the Protestant groups proclaim their growth as well but as Roger O'Tool notes they make up 7% of the Canadian population and seem to gain most of their growth from a higher birthrate.<ref>Roger O'Toole, "Religion in Canada: Its Development and Contemporary Situation" In [[Lori Beaman]], ed., Religion and Canadian Society: Traditions, Transitions, and Innovations. (Toronto: Canadian Scholars' Press, 2006), 17.</ref> What is significant is the higher participation of their members in contrast to Mainline [[Protestant]]s and [[Roman Catholic]]s. This high commitment would seem to translate into the kind of political power evangelicals in the United States enjoy but despite Canada's historically [[Christians|Christian]] background as [[Lori Beaman]] notes neatly "...[forming] the backdrop for social process"<ref>Lori Beaman, ed., Religion and Canadian Society: Traditions, Transitions, and Innovations. (Toronto: Canadian Scholars' Press, 2006), 3.</ref> explicit religiosity appears to have not effectively moved the government towards legal discrimination against gay marriage. Much as many Roman Catholics in [[Quebec]] ignore the Church's stance on [[birth control]], [[abortion]], or [[premarital sex]], the churches do not dictate much of the daily lives of regular Canadians.<ref>Roger O'Toole, "Religion in Canada: Its Development and Contemporary Situation" In Lori Beaman, ed., Religion and Canadian Society: Traditions, Transitions, and Innovations. (Toronto: Canadian Scholars' Press, 2006), 12.</ref>

[[File:Percent Christians per Canadian Province gradient map (2021).svg|thumb|Percentage of Christians per Canadian province or territory based on 2021 Census data
{{legend|#023858|80-89.9% Christian}}
{{legend|#045a8d|70-79.9% Christian}}
{{legend|#0570b0|60-69.9% Christian}}
{{legend|#3690c0|50-59.9% Christian}}
{{legend|#74a9cf|40-49.9% Christian}}
{{legend|#a6bddb|30-39.9% Christian}}]]

There was a major religious revival in Toronto in the 1990s known as the [[Toronto Blessing]] at a small [[Vineyard Church]] near the [[Toronto Pearson International Airport]]. This religious event was the largest tourist attraction to Toronto<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.christianitytoday.com/ct/2014/march-web-only/enduring-revival.html|title=Christianity Today- The Enduring Revival|website=www.google.com|access-date=November 6, 2016}}</ref> in the year 1994. This event was characterized by unusual religious ecstasy such as being [[slain in the Spirit]], [[Holy laughter|laughing uncontrollably]], and other odd behavior.

A 2015 study estimates some 43,000 believers in Christ from a Muslim background in Canada, most of whom belong to the evangelical tradition.<ref>{{cite journal|last1=Miller|first1=Duane|last2=Johnstone|first2=Patrick|title=Believers in Christ from a Muslim Background: A Global Census|journal=IJRR|date=2015|volume=11|issue=10|url=https://www.academia.edu/16338087|access-date=February 14, 2016}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Province/Territory<br /> !! Christians
|-
| {{flagu|Newfoundland and Labrador}} || 82.44%<ref name="religion2021NL">{{cite web|url=https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2021/dp-pd/prof/details/page.cfm?Lang=E&SearchText=Newfoundland%20and%20Labrador&DGUIDlist=2021A000210&GENDERlist=1,2,3&STATISTIClist=1&HEADERlist=0 |title=Religions in Newfoundland and Labrador—Census 2021 |date=October 26, 2022 |publisher=Statistics Canada/Statistique Canada}}</ref>
|-
| {{flagu|Nunavut}} || 73.53%<ref name="religion2021NU">{{cite web|url=https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2021/dp-pd/prof/details/page.cfm?Lang=E&SearchText=Nunavut&DGUIDlist=2021A000262&GENDERlist=1,2,3&STATISTIClist=1&HEADERlist=0 |title=Religions in Nunavut—Census 2021 |date=October 26, 2022 |publisher=Statistics Canada/Statistique Canada}}</ref>
|-
| {{flagu|Prince Edward Island}} || 67.62%<ref name="religion2021PEI">{{cite web|url=https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2021/dp-pd/prof/details/page.cfm?Lang=E&SearchText=Prince%20Edward%20Island&DGUIDlist=2021A000211&GENDERlist=1,2,3&STATISTIClist=1&HEADERlist=0 |title=Religions in Prince Edward Island—Census 2021 |date=October 26, 2022 |publisher=Statistics Canada/Statistique Canada}}</ref>
|-
| {{flagu|New Brunswick}} || 67.52%<ref name="religion2021NB">{{cite web|url=https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2021/dp-pd/prof/details/page.cfm?Lang=E&SearchText=New%20Brunswick&DGUIDlist=2021A000213&GENDERlist=1,2,3&STATISTIClist=1&HEADERlist=0 |title=Religions in New Brunswick—Census 2021 |date=October 26, 2022 |publisher=Statistics Canada/Statistique Canada}}</ref>
|-
| {{flagu|Quebec}} || 64.82%<ref name="religion2021QC">{{cite web|url=https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2021/dp-pd/prof/details/page.cfm?Lang=E&SearchText=Quebec&DGUIDlist=2021A000224&GENDERlist=1,2,3&STATISTIClist=1&HEADERlist=0 |title=Religions in Quebec—Census 2021 |date=October 26, 2022 |publisher=Statistics Canada/Statistique Canada}}</ref>
|-
| {{flagu|Nova Scotia}} || 58.18%<ref name="religion2021NS">{{cite web|url=https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2021/dp-pd/prof/details/page.cfm?Lang=E&SearchText=Nova%20Scotia&DGUIDlist=2021A000212&GENDERlist=1,2,3&STATISTIClist=1&HEADERlist=0 |title=Religions in Nova Scotia—Census 2021 |date=October 26, 2022 |publisher=Statistics Canada/Statistique Canada}}</ref>
|-
| {{flagu|Saskatchewan}} || 56.31%<ref name="religion2021SK">{{cite web|url=https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2021/dp-pd/prof/details/page.cfm?Lang=E&SearchText=Saskatchewan&DGUIDlist=2021A000247&GENDERlist=1,2,3&STATISTIClist=1&HEADERlist=0 |title=Religions in Saskatchewan—Census 2021 |date=October 26, 2022 |publisher=Statistics Canada/Statistique Canada}}</ref>
|-
| {{flagu|Manitoba}} || 54.23%<ref name="religion2021MB">{{cite web|url=https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2021/dp-pd/prof/details/page.cfm?Lang=E&SearchText=Manitoba&DGUIDlist=2021A000246&GENDERlist=1,2,3&STATISTIClist=1&HEADERlist=0 |title=Religions in Manitoba—Census 2021 |date=October 26, 2022 |publisher=Statistics Canada/Statistique Canada}}</ref>
|-
| {{flagu|Northwest Territories}} || 55.16%<ref name="religion2021NWT">{{cite web|url=https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2021/dp-pd/prof/details/page.cfm?Lang=E&SearchText=Northwest%20Territories&DGUIDlist=2021A000261&GENDERlist=1,2,3&STATISTIClist=1&HEADERlist=0 |title=Religions in the Northwest Territories—Census 2021 |date=October 26, 2022 |publisher=Statistics Canada/Statistique Canada}}</ref>
|-
| style="background:silver" | {{flagu|Canada}} || style="background:silver" | 53.33%<ref name="religion2021d">{{cite web|url=https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2021/dp-pd/prof/details/page.cfm?LANG=E&GENDERlist=1,2,3&STATISTIClist=1,4&DGUIDlist=2021A000011124&HEADERlist=0&SearchText=Canada |title=Religions in Canada—Census 2021 |date=October 26, 2022 |publisher=Statistics Canada/Statistique Canada}}</ref>
|-
| {{flagu|Ontario}} || 52.14%<ref name="religion2021ON">{{cite web|url=https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2021/dp-pd/prof/details/page.cfm?Lang=E&SearchText=Ontario&DGUIDlist=2021A000235&GENDERlist=1,2,3&STATISTIClist=1&HEADERlist=0 |title=Religions in Ontario—Census 2021 |date=October 26, 2022 |publisher=Statistics Canada/Statistique Canada}}</ref>
|-
| {{flagu|Alberta}} || 48.11%<ref name="religion2021AB">{{cite web|url=https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2021/dp-pd/prof/details/page.cfm?Lang=E&SearchText=Alberta&DGUIDlist=2021A000248&GENDERlist=1,2,3&STATISTIClist=1&HEADERlist=0 |title=Religions in Alberta—Census 2021 |date=October 26, 2022 |publisher=Statistics Canada/Statistique Canada}}</ref>
|-
| {{flagu|Yukon}} || 35.01%<ref name="religion2021YK">{{cite web|url=https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2021/dp-pd/prof/details/page.cfm?Lang=E&SearchText=Yukon&DGUIDlist=2021A000260&GENDERlist=1,2,3&STATISTIClist=1&HEADERlist=0 |title=Religions in Yukon—Census 2021 |date=October 26, 2022 |publisher=Statistics Canada/Statistique Canada}}</ref>
|-
| {{flagu|British Columbia}} || 34.27%<ref name="religion2021BC">{{cite web|url=https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2021/dp-pd/prof/details/page.cfm?Lang=E&SearchText=British%20Columbia&DGUIDlist=2021A000259&GENDERlist=1,2,3&STATISTIClist=1&HEADERlist=0 |title=Religions in British Columbia—Census 2021 |date=October 26, 2022 |publisher=Statistics Canada/Statistique Canada}}</ref>
|}

{| class="wikitable"
|+ Christian denominations in Canada
! style="text-align:center;"|<big>Christian Denominations</big>
! style="text-align:center;"|<big>2001</big>
! %
! style="text-align:center;"|<big>2011</big>
! %
! style="text-align:center;"|<big>2021</big>
! %
|-
!align=left |Christian ||22,851,825 ||77.0 || 22,102,700 || 67.3 ||19,373,330|| 53.3 
|-
!align=left | – [[Catholic Church in Canada|Roman Catholic]]|| 12,793,125|| 43.2 || 12,810,705 || 39.0 ||10,799,070 || 29.9 
|-
!align=left | – [[Protestantism|Total Protestant]] ||  8,223,580 || 27.8|| 6,953,190 || 21.2 || 4,781,700 || 13.2
|-
|  style="text-align:left; text-indent:30px;"| – [[United Church of Canada]] ||2,839,125|| 9.6 || 2,007,610 || 6.1 || 1,214,185 || 3.3 
|-
|  style="text-align:left; text-indent:30px;"| – [[Anglican Church of Canada|Anglican]]|| 2,035,495|| 6.9 || 1,631,845 || 5.0 || 1,134,310 || 3.1 
|-
|  style="text-align:left; text-indent:30px;"| – [[Baptists in Canada|Baptist]]|| 729,470|| 2.5 || 635,840 || 1.9 || 436,940 || 1.2 
|-
|  style="text-align:left; text-indent:30px;"| – Protestant, n.o.s. || 549,205 || 1.9 || 550,965 || 1.7 || 398,215 || 1.1 
|-
|  style="text-align:left; text-indent:30px;"| – [[Pentecostalism|Pentecostal]]|| 369,475 || 1.2 || 478,705 || 1.5 || 392,570 || 1.1 
|-
|  style="text-align:left; text-indent:30px;"| – [[Lutheranism|Lutheran]] || 606,590|| 2.0 || 478,185 || 1.5 || 328,045 || 0.9 
|-
|  style="text-align:left; text-indent:30px;"| – [[Presbyterianism|Presbyterian]]|| 409,830|| 1.4 || 472,385 || 1.4 || 301,400 || 0.8 
|-
|  style="text-align:left; text-indent:30px;"| – [[Mennonite]]|| 191,465 || 0.6 || 175,880 || 0.5 || 130,585 || 0.4 
 |-
|  style="text-align:left; text-indent:30px;"| – [[Evangelicalism|Evangelical, n.o.s.]]||  ||  || 92,655 || 0.3 || 94,800 || 0.3
|-
|  style="text-align:left; text-indent:30px;"| – Reformed || 115,735 || 0.4 || 102,830 || 0.3 || 79,870 || 0.2
|-
|  style="text-align:left; text-indent:30px;"| – [[Seventh-day Adventist Church|Seventh-day Adventist]] ||  ||  || 66,940 || 0.2 || 68,305 || 0.2
|-
|  style="text-align:left; text-indent:30px;"| – [[The Salvation Army|Salvation Army]]|| 87,790 || 0.3 || 70,955 || 0.2 || 51,930 || 0.1
|-
|  style="text-align:left; text-indent:30px;"| – [[Alliance World Fellowship|Christian and Missionary Alliance]]|| 66,285 || 0.2 || 50,725 || 0.2 || 31,500 || 0.1
|-
|  style="text-align:left; text-indent:30px;"| – [[Methodism|Methodist, n.i.e.]]<sup>1</sup>|| 25,730 || 0.1 || 22,750 || 0.1 || 18,965 || 0.1
|-
|  style="text-align:left; text-indent:30px;"| – [[Wesleyan Church]]|| 11,630 || 0.04 || 13,295 || 0.04 || 10,525 || 0.03
|-
|  style="text-align:left; text-indent:30px;"| – [[Charismatic movement|Charismatic]]|| 3,220 || 0.01 || 1,965 || <0.01 || 6,455 || 0.02
|-
|  style="text-align:left; text-indent:30px;"| – [[Free Methodist Church]]|| 14,110 || 0.05 || 10,560 || 0.03 || 6,430 || 0.02
|-
|  style="text-align:left; text-indent:30px;"| – [[Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee)|Church of God]]|| 11,215 || 0.04 || 7,290 || 0.02 || 6,335 || 0.02
|-
|  style="text-align:left; text-indent:30px;"| – Brethren<sup>2</sup>|| 20,590 || 0.07 || 18,110 || 0.06 || 5,665 || 0.02
|-
|  style="text-align:left; text-indent:30px;"| – [[Church of the Nazarene|Church of Nazarene]]|| 13,955 || 0.05 || 9,015 || 0.03 || 5,655 || 0.02
|-
|  style="text-align:left; text-indent:30px;"| – [[Evangelical Free Church of Canada|Evangelical Free Church]]|| 9,115 || 0.03 || 6,540 || 0.02 || 5,525 || 0.02
|-
|  style="text-align:left; text-indent:30px;"| – [[Anabaptist|Anabaptist, n.i.e.<sup>3</sup>]]|| || || || || 5,365 || 0.03
|-
|  style="text-align:left; text-indent:30px;"| – [[Evangelical Missionary Church]]|| 66,705 || 0.2 || 7,820 || 0.02 || 5,165 || 0.01
|-
|  style="text-align:left; text-indent:30px;"| – [[Associated Gospel Churches of Canada|Associated Gospel Churches]]|| 7,730 || 0.03 || 5,700 || 0.02 || 4,625 || 0.1
|-
|  style="text-align:left; text-indent:30px;"| – [[Brethren in Christ Church|Brethren in Christ Church of Canada]]|| 20,590 || 0.07 || 18,110 || 0.06 || 3,695 || 0.01
|-
|  style="text-align:left; text-indent:30px;"| – [[Moravian Church]]|| 5,330 || 0.02 || 5,020 || 0.02 || 3,655 || 0.01
|-
|  style="text-align:left; text-indent:30px;"| – [[Amish]]||  || || 3,310 || 0.01 || 3,530 || 0.01
|-
|  style="text-align:left; text-indent:30px;"| – [[Messianic Judaism|Messianic Jewish]]|| || ||  ||  || 2,845 || 0.01
|-
|  style="text-align:left; text-indent:30px;"| – [[Quakers]]|| 2,980 || 0.01 || 2,720 || 0.01 || 2,190 || 0.01
|-
|  style="text-align:left; text-indent:30px;"| – [[Interdenominationalism|Interdenominational Christian]]|| 3,050 || 0.01 || 1,820 || 0.01 || 2,025 || 0.01
|-
|  style="text-align:left; text-indent:30px;"| – [[Mar Thoma Syrian Church|Marthomite]]||  ||  || || || 1,735 || <0.01
|-
|  style="text-align:left; text-indent:30px;"| – [[Christian Science]]||  ||  ||  ||  || 1,600 || <0.01
|-
|  style="text-align:left; text-indent:30px;"| – [[United Methodist Church]]||  || || || || 1,475 || <0.01
|-
|  style="text-align:left; text-indent:30px;"| – [[Evangelical Covenant Church|Wesleyan Church]]||  || || || || 1,220 || <0.01
|-
|  style="text-align:left; text-indent:30px;"| – [[Congregational Church|Congregational]]|| 6,150 || 0.02 || 2,510 || 0.01 || 1,150 || <0.01
|-
|  style="text-align:left; text-indent:30px;"| – [[Apostolic Christian Church (Nazarene)]] || || || || || 995 || <0.01
|-
|  style="text-align:left; text-indent:30px;"| – [[Calvinism|Calvinist, n.o.s.]]|| || || || || 780 || <0.01
|-
|  style="text-align:left; text-indent:30px;"| – [[The New Church|Swedenborgian]]|| 1,015 || <0.01 || 830 || <0.01 || 585 || <0.01
|-
|  style="text-align:left; text-indent:30px;"| – [[Grace Communion International|Grace Communion Church]]|| || || 605 || <0.01 || 330 || <0.01
|-
!align=left | – Other Christians || 1,835,120 || 6.2 || 2,338,805 || 7.1 || 3,792,560 || 10.4
|-
|align=left | – Christian, n.o.s. || || || || || 2,760,755 || 7.6
|-
|align=left | – [[Eastern Orthodox Church|Eastern Orthodox]]|| 495,245|| 1.7 || 550,690 || 1.7 || 623,005 || 1.7 
|-
|align=left | – [[Jehovah's Witnesses|Jehovah's Witness]] || 154,745 || 0.5 || 137,775 || 0.4 || 137,225 || 0.4
|-
|align=left | – [[Latter Day Saint Movement|Latter Day Saint(Mormonism)]]|| 104,745 || 0.4 || 105,365 || 0.3 || 87,725 || 0.2
|-
|align=left | – [[Nondenominational Christianity|Non-Denominational Christian]]|| 40,545 || 0.1 || 43,590 || 0.1 || 54,455 || 0.1
|-
|align=left | – [[Iglesia ni Cristo]] ||  || || 4,980 || 0.02 || 20,095 || 0.1
|-
|align=left | – [[Churches of Christ]]<sup>4</sup>|| 15,340 || 0.05 || 15,820 || 0.05 || 6,880|| 0.02
|-
|align=left | – Apostolic, n.o.s.||  ||  || || || 6,800 || 0.02
|-
|align=left | – [[New Apostolic Church]]|| 6,370|| 0.02 || 5,220 || 0.02 || 3,755 || 0.01
|-
|align=left | – [[Plymouth Brethren]]|| 5,485 || 0.02 || 5,370 || 0.02 || 3,515 || 0.01
|-
|align=left | – [[Christadelphian]]|| 3,055 || 0.01 || 3,000 || 0.01 || 2,390 || 0.01
|-
|align=left | – [[Doukhobors|Doukhobor]]|| 3,800 || 0.01 || 2,290 || 0.01 || 1,675 || <0.01
|-
|align=left | – [[Mission of the Holy Spirit|Mission de l'Esprit Saint]]|| 775 || <0.01 || 515 || <0.01 || 775 || <0.01
|-
|align=left | – Christian, not included elsewhere|| 780,450|| 2.6 || 1,475,575 || 4.5 || 12,220 || 0.03
|-
!align=left|No religious affiliation|| 4,900,095 || 16.5 || 7,850,605 || 23.9 || 12,577,475 || 34.6 
|-
!align=left|Non-Christian Religions || 1,887,115 || 6.4||2,703,200|| 8.1 || 4,377,675 || 12.1 
|-
| colspan="7" style="text-align:left; font-size:90%;"|<sup>1</sup> includes people who reported "Methodist"
|-
| colspan="7" style="text-align:left; font-size:90%;"|<sup>2</sup> includes those who reported "Brethren in Christ"
|-
| colspan="7" style="text-align:left; font-size:90%;"|<sup>3</sup> includes those who reported "Anabaptist" 
|-
| colspan="7" style="text-align:left; font-size:90%;"|<sup>4</sup> includes those who reported "Disciples of Christ"
|}

== Major denominational families ==
{{Denominations of Canada}}
Christian denominations in Canada are usually divided into two large groups: [[Protestantism]] and the [[Catholic Church]]. There are also Christian denominations that do not fall within either of these groups, such as [[Eastern Orthodox Church|Eastern Orthodoxy]] and [[Oriental Orthodoxy]], but they are much smaller.

=== Protestantism ===
{{Main|Protestantism in Canada}}

[[Protestantism]] in Canada has existed ever since parts of northern Canada were colonized by the English.

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:right"
|+ Christian Denominations in Canada
|-
| rowspan=2 |
! style="text-align:center;" colspan="2"|<big>1991</big><sup>1</sup>
! style="text-align:center;" colspan="2"|<big>2001</big>
! style="text-align:center;" colspan="2"|<big>2011</big><sup>2</sup>
|-
! Number !! % !! Number !! % !! Number !! %
|-
!align=left |Total Population || 26,944,040 || ||29,639,035 || || 32,852,300 ||
|-
!align=left |Christian ||22,503,360 ||83 ||22,851,825 ||77 || 22,102,700 || 67.3
|-
!align=left | Total Protestant || 9,427,675|| 34.9|| 8,654,845 ||29.2 
|-
|  style="text-align:left; text-indent:30px;"| - [[United Church of Canada]] ||3,093,120||11.5 ||2,839,125|| 9.6 || 2,007,610 || 6.1
|-
|  style="text-align:left; text-indent:30px;"| - [[Anglican Church of Canada]]||2,188,110|| 8.1|| 2,035,495|| 6.9 || 1,631,845 || 5.0
|-
|  style="text-align:left; text-indent:30px;"|- [[Baptists in Canada|Baptist]]|| 663,360||2.5 || 729,470|| 2.5 || 635,840 || 1.9
|-
|  style="text-align:left; text-indent:30px;"| - [[Lutheranism|Lutheran]]|| 636,205||2.4 || 606,590|| 2.0 || 478,185 || 1.5
|-
|  style="text-align:left; text-indent:30px;"| - Protestant, not included elsewhere<sup>3</sup>|| 628,945 ||2.3|| 549,205|| 1.9 
|-
|  style="text-align:left; text-indent:30px;"| - [[Presbyterianism|Presbyterian]]|| 636,295||2.4 || 409,830|| 1.4 || 472,385 || 1.4
|-
!align=left | [[Catholic Church in Canada|Roman Catholic]]||12,203,625|| 45.2|| 12,793,125|| 43.2 || 12,728,900 || 38.7
|-
!align=left | [[Eastern Orthodox Church|Eastern Orthodox]] || 387,395|| 1.4|| 495,245|| 1.7 || 550,690 || 1.7
|-
!align=left | Christian, not included elsewhere<sup>4</sup>|| 353,040|| 1.3|| 780,450|| 2.6
|-
!align=left|No Religious Affiliation|| 3,397,000|| 12.6|| 4,900,095 || 16.5 || 7,850,600 || 23.9
|-
!align=left|Other || 1,093,690 || 4.1 || 1,887,115 || 6.4||2,703,200|| 8.1
|-
| colspan="7" style="text-align:left; font-size:90%;"|<sup>1</sup>For comparability purposes, 1991 data are presented according to 2001 boundaries.<br /><sup>2</sup>The 2011 data is from the National Household Survey<ref>{{cite web
| title =2011 National Household Survey: Immigration, place of birth, citizenship, ethnic origin, visible minorities, language and religion
| url =http://www.statcan.gc.ca/daily-quotidien/130508/dq130508b-eng.htm?HPA
| date =2013-05-08
| access-date =2015-07-15 }}</ref> and so numbers are estimates.<br /><sup>3</sup>Includes persons who report only "Protestant".<br /><sup>4</sup>Includes persons who report "Christian", and those who report "Apostolic", "Born-again Christian" and "Evangelical".
|}

==== Anabaptism ====
{{Main|Anabaptists}}

=====Amish=====
{{Main|Amish}}
The Amish population in Canada as of 2018, is 5,375.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://groups.etown.edu/amishstudies/files/2018/08/Population_Change_2009-2018.pdf|title=Amish Population Change, 2009-2018 (Alphabetical Order)|website=Groups.etown.edu|access-date=August 14, 2018}}</ref> There are Amish settlements in four provinces: [[Ontario]], [[Prince Edward Island]], [[Manitoba]], and [[New Brunswick]]. The majority of Old Order settlements is located in the province of Ontario, namely [[Oxford County, Ontario|Oxford]] ([[Norwich Township, Ontario|Norwich Township]]) and [[Norfolk County, Ontario|Norfolk]] counties. A small community is also established in [[Bruce County, Ontario|Bruce County]] ([[Huron-Kinloss|Huron-Kinloss Township]]) near [[Lucknow, Ontario|Lucknow]].

===== Hutterites =====
[[File:Hutterer-Neue Kolonie.jpg|thumb|right|A Hutterite colony in Manitoba]]
{{Main|Hutterite}}

In mid-1870s Hutterites moved from Europe to the [[Dakota Territory]] in the United States to avoid military service and other persecutions.<ref>[http://www.hutterites.org/history/journey-to-america/ Journey to America], Hutterian Brethren. Retrieved April 25, 2014</ref> During [[World War I]] Hutterites suffered from persecutions in the United States because they are pacifist and refused military service.<ref>Smith, C. Henry (1981). Smith's Story of the Mennonites (Revised and expanded by Cornelius Krahn ed.). Newton, Kansas: Faith and Life Press. p. 545. {{ISBN|0-87303-069-9}}.</ref><ref name="wwi"/> They then moved almost all of their communities to Canada in the Western provinces of Alberta and Manitoba in 1918.<ref name="wwi">[http://www.hutterites.org/history/world-war-1/ World War 1], Hutterian Brethren. Retrieved April 25, 2014</ref> In the 1940s, there were 52 Hutterite colonies in Canada.<ref name="wwi"/>

Today, more than 75% of the world's Hutterite colonies are located in Canada, mainly in Alberta, Manitoba and Saskatchewan, the rest being almost exclusively in the United States.<ref>[http://www.cedrontech.com/directory/ A directory of Hutterite colonies]. Retrieved on April 25, 2014</ref> The Hutterite population in North America is about 45,000 people.<ref>[http://www.hutterites.org/history/ww1-beyond/ WW1 & Beyond], Hutterian Brethren. Retrieved April 25, 2014</ref>

===== Mennonites =====

Mennonites first arrived in Canada in 1786 from [[Pennsylvania]], but following Mennonites arrived directly from Europe.<ref name="USA2012">{{cite book |author=National Council of Ch of Christ in USA|title=Yearbook of American & Canadian Churches 2012 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=5DWeLz28b88C&pg=PT406 |year=2012 |publisher=Abingdon Press |isbn=978-1-4267-5610-8 |pages=406–}}</ref> The [[Canadian Conference of Mennonite Brethren Churches]] had 37,000 members across 250 congregations,<ref>{{cite book |last=Kraybill |first=Donald B. |author-link=Donald Kraybill |year=2010 |title=Concise Encyclopedia of Amish, Brethren, Hutterites, and Mennonites |location=Baltimore, Maryland |publisher=Johns Hopkins University Press |isbn=978-0-8018-9911-9 |page=132 }}</ref> and the [[Mennonite Church Canada]] had about 35,000 members in 212 congregations in 1998.<ref name="Kraybill2010">{{cite book |author=Donald B. Kraybill |title=Concise Encyclopedia of Amish, Brethren, Hutterites, and Mennonites |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-fYQjwmOafoC&pg=PA54 |year=2010 |publisher=Johns Hopkins University Press |isbn=978-0-8018-9911-9 |page=54}}</ref>

=== Roman Catholicism ===
{{Main|Roman Catholicism in Canada}}
[[File:St John's Basilica.jpg |thumb|Front of the Basilica of St. John the Baptist in St. John's, Newfoundland]]
The Catholic Church in Canada, under the spiritual leadership of the Pope and the [[Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops]], has the largest number of adherents to a religion in Canada, with 38.7% of Canadians (13.07 million) reported as Catholics in the 2011 National Household Survey, in 72 [[list of Roman Catholic dioceses in Canada|dioceses]] across the provinces and territories, served by about 8,000 priests. It was the first European faith in what is now Canada, arriving in 1497 when [[John Cabot]] landed on [[Island of Newfoundland|Newfoundland]] and raised the Venetian and Papal banners, claiming the land for his sponsor King [[Henry VII of England]], while recognizing the religious authority of the Roman Catholic Church.<ref name="P D'Epiro, M.D. Pinkowish pp. 179">P D'Epiro, M.D. Pinkowish, "Sprezzatura: 50 ways Italian genius shaped the world" pp. 179–180</ref>

=== Eastern Orthodoxy ===
{{Main|Eastern Orthodoxy in North America}}
[[File:Outside of HTUOC.jpg|thumb|Front of the [[Holy Trinity Ukrainian Orthodox Cathedral]] in Vancouver]]
Adherents of [[Eastern Orthodox]] Christianity in Canada belong to several ecclesiastical jurisdictions. Historically, Eastern Orthodoxy was introduced to Canada during the course of 19th century, mainly through emigration of Christians from [[Eastern Europe]] and the [[Middle East]]. Honoring such diverse heritage, Eastern Orthodoxy in Canada is traditionally organized in accordance with patrimonial jurisdictions of [[autocephalous]] Eastern Orthodox Churches, each of them having its own hierarchy with dioceses and parishes. According to 2021 census data, [[Greek Orthodox]] community constitutes the largest Eastern Orthodox community in Canada, with 204,025 adherents. It is followed by other communities: [[Russian Orthodox Church|Russian Orthodox]] (28,245), Ukrainian Orthodox (25,975), [[Serbian Orthodox Eparchy of Canada|Serbian Orthodox]] (25,445), [[Romanian Orthodox Eparchy of Canada|Romanian Orthodox]] (16,120), [[Macedonian Orthodox Eparchy of America and Canada|Macedonian Orthodox]] (6,050), [[Bulgarian Eastern Orthodox Diocese of the USA, Canada and Australia|Bulgarian Orthodox]] (3,825), [[Antiochian Orthodox Christian Archdiocese of North America|Antiochian Orthodox]] (2,140) and several other minor communities within Eastern Orthodoxy.<ref name="www12.statcan.gc.ca">{{cite web|url=https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/t1/tbl1/en/tv.action?pid=9810034201|title=2021 National Household Survey: Data tables – Religion by visible minority and generation status: Canada, provinces and territories, census metropolitan areas and census agglomerations with parts|first=Government of Canada, Statistics|last=Canada|website=www12.statcan.gc.ca}}</ref>

=== Oriental Orthodoxy ===
{{main|Oriental Orthodoxy in North America}}
Adherents of [[Oriental Orthodox]] Christianity in Canada also belong to several ethnic communities and ecclesiastical jurisdictions. According to 2011 census data, [[Coptic Orthodox Church in Canada|Coptic Orthodox]] community constitutes the largest Oriental Orthodox community in Canada, with 16,255 adherents. It is followed by other communities: Armenian Orthodox (13,730), Ethiopian Orthodox (3,025), Syriac Orthodox (3,060) and several other minor communities within Oriental Orthodoxy.<ref name="www12.statcan.gc.ca"/>

=== Latter-day Saints ===
{{Main|The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Canada}}

[[The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints]] (LDS Church) has had a presence in Canada since its organization in New York State in 1830.<ref name="Card1990">{{cite book|author=Brigham Young Card|title=The Mormon Presence in Canada|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=GY4D9JhK69wC&pg=PA19|year=1990|publisher=University of Alberta|isbn=978-0-88864-212-7|page=19}}</ref> Canada has been used as a refuge territory by members of the LDS Church to avoid the anti-polygamy prosecutions by the United States government.<ref name="Finkelman2006">{{cite book|author=Paul Finkelman|title=Encyclopedia of American Civil Liberties|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=TXoKAgAAQBAJ&pg=PA1039|year=2006|publisher=Routledge|isbn=978-1-135-94705-7|page=1039}}</ref> The first LDS Church in Canada was established in 1895 in what would become Alberta; it was the first stake of the Church to be established outside the United States.<ref name="Bryan2011">{{cite book|author=Liz Bryan|title=Country Roads of Alberta: Exploring the Routes Less Travelled|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=e_Mr62z2ba4C&pg=PT82|year=2011|publisher=Heritage House|isbn=978-1-926613-02-4|page=82}}</ref> The LDS Church has founded several communities in Alberta.

In 2011, the LDS Church of Canada claimed around 200,000 members; the 2011 Canadian National Household Survey calculates around 100,000.<ref name="NHS-2011">{{cite web|title=2011 National Household Survey|url=http://www12.statcan.gc.ca/nhs-enm/2011/dp-pd/dt-td/Rp-eng.cfm?LANG=E&APATH=3&DETAIL=0&DIM=0&FL=A&FREE=0&GC=0&GID=0&GK=0&GRP=0&PID=105399&PRID=0&PTYPE=105277&S=0&SHOWALL=0&SUB=0&Temporal=2013&THEME=95&VID=0&VNAMEE=&VNAMEF=|publisher=Statistics Canada|access-date=February 3, 2016}}</ref> It has congregations in all Canadian provinces and territories and possess at least one temple in six of the ten provinces, including the oldest LDS temple outside the United States. Alberta is the province with the most members of the LDS Church in Canada, having approximately 40% of the total of Canadian LDS Church members and representing 2% of the total population of the province (the National Household survey has Alberta with over 50% of the Canadian Mormons and 1.6% of the province's population<ref name="NHS-2011"/>), followed by Ontario and British Columbia.<ref>''Deseret News Church Almanac, 2011''</ref>
==Ethnic group==

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:right"
|+ Christian Canadians<br>[[Ethnic]] groups (2001−2021)
|-
| rowspan=2 |
! style="text-align:center;" colspan="2"|<big>2021</big><br><ref name="religion2021">{{Cite web  |date=October 26, 2022 |title= Religion by visible minority and generation status: Canada, provinces and territories, census metropolitan areas and census agglomerations with parts |url=https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/t1/tbl1/en/tv.action?pid=9810034201|publisher=Statistics Canada}}</ref><ref name="religion2021B">{{Cite web |publisher=Government of Canada |author=Statistics Canada |date=2022-10-26 |title=Religion by Indigenous identity: Canada, provinces and territories |url=https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/t1/tbl1/en/tv.action?pid=9810028801 |access-date=2022-10-29}}</ref>
! style="text-align:center;" colspan="2"|<big>2011</big><br><ref name="religion2011B">{{Cite web |publisher=Government of Canada |author=Statistics Canada |date=2019-01-23 |title=2011 National Household Survey: Data tables Religion (19), Age Groups (10), Sex (3), Selected Demographic, Cultural, Labour Force and Educational Characteristics (268) for the Population in Private Households of Canada, Provinces, Territories, Census Metropolitan Areas and Census Agglomerations, 2011 National Household Survey |url=https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/nhs-enm/2011/dp-pd/dt-td/Rp-eng.cfm?LANG=E&APATH=3&DETAIL=0&DIM=0&FL=A&FREE=0&GC=0&GID=0&GK=0&GRP=0&PID=107554&PRID=0&PTYPE=105277&S=0&SHOWALL=0&SUB=0&Temporal=2013&THEME=95&VID=0&VNAMEE=&VNAMEF= |access-date=2022-10-29}}</ref>
! style="text-align:center;" colspan="2"|<big>2001</big><br><ref name="religion2001B">{{Cite web |publisher=Government of Canada |author=Statistics Canada |date=2013-12-23 |title=2001 Census Topic-based tabulations Religion (95) and Visible Minority Groups (15) for Population, for Canada, Provinces, Territories, Census Metropolitan Areas and Census Agglomerations, 2001 Census - 20% Sample Data |url=https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/English/census01/products/standard/themes/Rp-eng.cfm?LANG=E&APATH=3&DETAIL=1&DIM=0&FL=A&FREE=1&GC=0&GID=0&GK=0&GRP=1&PID=55825&PRID=0&PTYPE=55440&S=0&SHOWALL=No&SUB=0&Temporal=2006&THEME=56&VID=0&VNAMEE=&VNAMEF= |access-date=2022-10-29}}</ref>
|-
!Population
!% 
!Population
!
!Population
!%
|-
| style="text-align:left"| [[European Canadians|European]]
| 14,908,365
| {{Percentage | 14908365 | 19373330 | 2 }}
| 18,588,045
| {{Percentage | 18588045 | 22102700 | 2 }}
| 20,309,200
| {{Percentage | 20309200 | 22851825| 2 }}
|-
| style="text-align:left"| [[African-Canadian|African]]
| 1,068,800
| {{Percentage | 1068880 | 19373330 | 2 }}
| 720,230
| {{Percentage | 720230 | 22102700 | 2 }}
| 523,715
| {{Percentage | 523715 | 22851825 | 2 }}
|-
| style="text-align:left"| [[Filipino Canadians|Filipino]]
| 898,050
| {{Percentage | 898050 | 19373330 | 2 }}
| 497,450
| {{Percentage | 497,450 | 22102700 | 2 }}
| 300,025
| {{Percentage | 300,025 | 22851825 | 2 }}
|-
| style="text-align:left"| [[Indigenous peoples in Canada|Indigenous]]
| 849,815
| {{Percentage | 849,815 | 19373330 | 2 }}
| 889,315
| {{Percentage | 889315 | 22102700 | 2 }}
| 804,430
| {{Percentage | 804430 | 22851825 | 2 }}
|-
| style="text-align:left"| [[Latin American Canadians|Latin American]]
| 427,065
| {{Percentage | 427065 | 19373330 | 2 }}
| 322,675
| {{Percentage | 322675 | 22102700 | 2 }}
| 193,440
| {{Percentage | 193440 | 22851825 | 2 }}
|-
| style="text-align:left"| [[Chinese Canadians|Chinese]]
| 347,245
| {{Percentage | 347245 | 19373330 | 2 }}
| 318,935
| {{Percentage | 318,935 | 22102700 | 2 }}
| 274,350
| {{Percentage | 274350 | 22851825 | 2 }}
|-
| style="text-align:left"| [[South Asian Canadians|South Asian]]
| 245,035
| {{Percentage | 245035 | 19373330 | 2 }}
| 185,345
| {{Percentage | 185345 | 22102700 | 2 }}
| 124,320
| {{Percentage | 124320 | 22851825 | 2 }}
|-
| style="text-align:left"| [[Multiracial people|Multiracial]]
| 147,375
| {{Percentage | 147375 | 19373330 | 2 }}
| 87,380
| {{Percentage | 87380 | 22102700 | 2 }}
| 39,395
| {{Percentage | 39395 | 22851825 | 2 }}
|-
| style="text-align:left"| [[Arab Canadians|Arabs]]
| 135,390
| {{Percentage | 135390 | 19373330 | 2 }}
| 95,590
| {{Percentage | 95590 | 22102700 | 2 }}
| 65,790
| {{Percentage | 65790 | 22851825 | 2 }}
|-
| style="text-align:left"| [[Korean Canadians|Koreans]]
| 127,190
| {{Percentage | 127190 | 19373330 | 2 }}
| 111,350
| {{Percentage | 111350 | 22102700 | 2 }}
| 76,235
| {{Percentage | 76235 | 22851825 | 2 }}
|-
| style="text-align:left"| [[Southeast Asia|Southeast Asians]]
| 104,045
| {{Percentage | 104045 | 19373330 | 2 }}
| 92,775
| {{Percentage | 92775 | 22102700 | 2 }}
| 55,430
| {{Percentage | 55430 | 22851825 | 2 }}
|-
| style="text-align:left"| [[West Asian Canadians|West Asians]]
| 35,965
| {{Percentage | 35965 | 19373330 | 2 }}
| 15,100
| {{Percentage | 15100 | 22102700 | 2 }}
| 8,450
| {{Percentage | 8450 | 22851825 | 2 }}
|-
| style="text-align:left"| [[Japanese Canadians|Japanese]]
| 19,235
| {{Percentage | 19235 | 19373330 | 2 }}
| 24,190
| {{Percentage | 24190 | 22102700 | 2 }}
| 24,605
| {{Percentage | 24605 | 22851825 | 2 }}
|-
| style="text-align:left"| Other Ethnicity
| 59,755
| {{Percentage | 59755 | 19373330 | 2 }}
| 54315
| {{Percentage | 54315 | 22102700 | 2 }}
| 52,410
| {{Percentage | 52,410 | 22851825 | 2 }}
|-
| style="text-align:left"| [[File:Flag of Canada.svg|20px]] '''Total Christian<br>Canadian Population'''
| '''19,373,330'''
| '''{{Percentage | 19373330 | 19373330 | 2 }}'''
| '''22,102,700'''
| '''{{Percentage | 22102700 | 22102700 | 2 }}'''
| '''22,851,825'''
| '''{{Percentage | 22851825 | 22851825 | 2 }}'''
|}

==History==
Christianity first arrived in the territory later known as Canada in 1497, when the Catholic, [[John Cabot]], landed on [[Newfoundland (island)|Newfoundland]], raised the [[Republic of Venice|Venetian]] and [[Pope|Papal]] banners and claimed the land for his sponsor King [[Henry VII of England]], while recognizing the religious authority of the Roman Catholic Church.<ref name="P D'Epiro, M.D. Pinkowish pp. 179"/> A letter of John Day states that Cabot landed on 24 June 1497 and "he landed at only one spot of the mainland, near the place where land was first sighted, and they disembarked there with a crucifix and raised banners with the arms of the Holy Father and those of the King of England".<ref name="The John Day Letter">{{cite web|url=http://www.heritage.nf.ca/articles/exploration/john-day.php|title= The John Day Letter|publisher=heritage.nf.ca|access-date=2018-05-14}}</ref>
In 1608, [[Samuel de Champlain]] founded the first Catholic colony in [[Quebec City]].

==See also==
{{Portal|Christianity|History|Canada}}
*[[Demographics of Canada]]
*[[History of religion in Canada]]
*[[Religion in Canada]]
*[[Yearbook of American and Canadian Churches]]

==References==
{{Reflist|2}}

==Further reading==
* {{cite encyclopedia |year=2018 |editor=Estrelda Y. Alexander |title=The Dictionary of Pan-African Pentecostalism. Volume One: North America |place=Eugene, Or |publisher=Cascade Books |url={{Google books|id=xwZlDwAAQBAJ|plainurl=y|page=}} |isbn=978-1-4982-8477-6}}
* Peter Bush (Sept 1987). "The Reverend James Caughey and Wesleyan Methodist Revivalism in Canada West, 1851–1856," ''Ontario History'', Vol. 79, Issue 3, pp. 231–250.
* {{cite book |author1=Nancy Christie|author2=Michael Gauvreau|title=Christian Churches and Their Peoples, 1840–1965: A Social History of Religion in Canada|url={{Google books|id=L8Y9xRouX_cC|plainurl=y|page=}}|year=2010|publisher=University of Toronto Press|isbn=978-1-4426-6001-4}}
* {{cite book|author=Terence J. Fay|title=History of Canadian Catholics|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=tPhxFAhkbA8C&pg=PP1|year=2002|publisher=McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP|isbn=978-0-7735-6988-1}}
*  Kevin N. Flatt. ''After Evangelicalism: The Sixties and the United Church of Canada'' (2013).
* {{cite book |title=[[Yearbook of American and Canadian Churches|Yearbook of American & Canadian Churches]] |editor=Eileen W. Lindner |date=Feb 14, 2011 |publisher=National Council of Churches}} ([http://www.ncccusa.org/news/110210yearbook2011.html overview])
* {{cite book|author1=Terrence Murphy|author2=Roberto Perin|title=A concise history of Christianity in Canada|year=1996|publisher=Oxford University Press|isbn=978-0-19-540758-7}}
* {{cite book|author=Mark A. Noll |authorlink=Mark Noll |title=A History of Christianity in the United States and Canada  |place=Grand Rapids, Mi |publisher=Eerdmans Publ. |year=1992}}
* {{cite book|author=Mark A. Noll |authorlink=Mark Noll |title=What Happened to Christian Canada? |place=Vancouver, BC |publisher=Regent College Publishing |year=2007}}
* {{cite encyclopedia |editor1=Daniel G. Reid |editor1-link=Daniel G. Reid |editor2=Robert Dean Linder |editor3=Bruce Leon Shelley |editor4=Harry S. Stout |year=1990 |title=Dictionary of Christianity in America |place=Downers Grove, Il |publisher=InterVarsity Press |isbn=0-8308-1776-X |url=https://archive.org/details/dictionaryofchri0000unse_n6x8/page/n1/mode/1up |url-access=registration}}
* {{cite book| author=John G. Stackhouse Jr. |title=Canadian Evangelicalism in the Twentieth Century: An Introduction to Its Character|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=hDX7nXrdBjQC&pg=PP1|year=1998|publisher=Regent College Publishing|isbn=978-1-57383-131-4}}
* {{cite book|author=Elam Rush Stimson|title=History of the Separation of Church and State in Canada|year=2008|publisher=BiblioBazaar|isbn=978-0-559-67266-8}}

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