Canadian census results on religion

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All statistics are taken from the Census of Canada.

Top Religious Denominations in Canada
2001 1991 1981 1971 1961 1951 1941 1931 1921 1911 1901 1891
Number  % Number  % Number  % Number  % Number  % Number  % Number  % Number  % Number  % Number  % Number  % Number  %
Roman Catholic 12,936,905 43.6 12,203,620 45.2 11,210,390 46.5 9,974,895 46.2 8,342,826 45.7 6,069,496 43.3 4,806,431 41.8 4,285,388 41.3 3,389,636 38.6 2,833,041 39.3 2,229,600 41.5 2,009,201 41.6
United Church of Canada¹ 2,839,125 9.6 3,093,120 11.5 3,758,015 15.6 3,768,800 17.5 3,664,008 20.1 2,867,271 20.5 2,208,658 19.2 2,017,375 19.4 8,739 .1
- Methodist Church of Canada¹ 1,159,458 13.2 1,079,892 15.0 916,886 17.1 861,666 17.8
Presbyterian¹ 409,830 1.4 636,295 2.4 812,105 3.4 872,335 4.0 818,558 4.5 781,747 5.6 830,597 7.2 872,428 8.4 1,409,407 16.0 1,115,324 15.5 842,442 15.7 770,119 15.9
Anglican Church of Canada² 2,035,495 6.9 2,188,110 8.1 2,436,375 10.1 2,543,180 11.8 2,409,068 13.2 2,060,720 14.7 1,754,368 15.2 1,635,615 15.8 1,407,994 16.0 1,043,017 14.5 680,620 12.7 661,608 13.7
No religion 4,796,325 16.2 3,333,245 12.3 1,752,380 7.3 929,575 4.3 94,763 .5 59,679 .4 19,161 .2 21,155 .2 21,819 .2 26,027 .4 4,810 .1
¹ Includes data on significant churches before the creation of the United Church in 1925.
² Before 1955 noted as the Church of England in Canada.