Based on answers in the 2021 census, 53.3% of the Canadian population identify as Christians. That means over 19.3 million Canadians reported belonging to a Christian religion. However, the proportion of Christians is falling rapidly in Canada. In 2011, 67.3% of Canadians identified as Christians, while in 2001, the percentage of Christians was 77.1% of the population.
Crazy we had 2-3 maybe 3 people out of 200 in my grade that were publicly religious (as in not publicly atheist) everyone I’ve talked to in uni and beyond say the same thing
My grandparents moved here (on both sides) to get away from religion
It wasn’t until adulthood that churches started being built and it taking off
But I did grow up in a very conservative farming town. The 3 things you couldn’t be were black, gay, and religious
Perhaps the existing Christian base is getting louder, but the raw number of Christians is falling. Meanwhile, no affiliation seems to be filling in the gap. Canada isn’t filling up with Muslims or Satanists or whatever the current ForwardsFromGrandma email chain might suggest.
Crazy we had 2-3 maybe 3 people out of 200 in my grade that were publicly religious (as in not publicly atheist) everyone I’ve talked to in uni and beyond say the same thing
My grandparents moved here (on both sides) to get away from religion
It wasn’t until adulthood that churches started being built and it taking off
But I did grow up in a very conservative farming town. The 3 things you couldn’t be were black, gay, and religious
It’s Christians in my experience