Religion & community impact
🇨🇦 Canada — how its religious make-up changed
Demographic shift
Share of the population by faith
91.5% → 66.4%
Christian · 1945–2020
▼ -25.1%
0% → 2.8%
Muslim · 1945–2020
▲ +2.8%
1.5% → 1.1%
Jewish · 1945–2020
▼ -0.4%
0% → 24.5%
Unaffiliated · 1945–2020
▲ +24.5%
6.9% → 5.1%
Other · 1945–2020
▼ -1.8%
- Christian
- Muslim
- Jewish
- Unaffiliated
- Other
| Year | Christian | Muslim | Jewish | Unaffiliated | Other |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1945 | 91.5% | 0% | 1.5% | 0% | 6.9% |
| 1950 | 89% | 0% | 1.3% | 0.9% | 8.7% |
| 1955 | 88.8% | 0% | 1.4% | 0.4% | 9.4% |
| 1960 | 90.3% | 0% | 1.4% | 0% | 8.3% |
| 1965 | 88% | 0% | 1.5% | 2.5% | 8% |
| 1970 | 84% | 0.2% | 1.4% | 3.4% | 11.1% |
| 1975 | 86.9% | 0.2% | 1.3% | 10.6% | 1.1% |
| 1980 | 87.9% | 0.7% | 1.3% | 8% | 2.1% |
| 1985 | 90.1% | 0.8% | 1.2% | 7.8% | 0% |
| 1990 | 87.9% | 0.9% | 1.3% | 5.6% | 4.4% |
| 1995 | 85% | 0.4% | 1.2% | 9.5% | 3.9% |
| 2000 | 82.1% | 0.9% | 1.2% | 12.8% | 3% |
| 2005 | 80.7% | 2% | 1.1% | 12.7% | 3.6% |
| 2010 | 69% | 2.1% | 1% | 23.7% | 4.6% |
| 2020 | 66.4% | 2.8% | 1.1% | 24.5% | 5.1% |
Figures are real national estimates from the Correlates of War World Religion Project. Green up arrows mark a rising share, red down arrows a falling share. The page shows recorded self-identification, not attendance.