In 2021, 53.3 percent of the total population in Canada were Christian, 4.9 percent were Muslim, but almost more than a third are not religious at all – with the rest stating they adhere to Hinduism, Sikhism, Buddhism, the Jewish faith, and other Christian denominations. Canada’s religious pluralismCanada is not a very religious country in general. Canadians adhere to a wide variety of beliefs and faiths, with the majority following Christianity, followed by those who do not believe in any deity or religion at all. As with many Western countries, the younger generations are less inclined to identify with faith, and Christianity in particular is not as popular as it is among the older generations. Alternative worship for the younger generations?Canadian teenagers are no less enthusiastic about religion than their parents, and they are just as grounded in their faith as the older generations. They are, however, also just as indecisive when it comes to whether they would call themselves religious or not. Interestingly, they seem much more interested in traditional aboriginal spirituality than in the Judeo-Christian model. They also seem quite interested in another alternative to Christianity: Buddhism is quite popular among the younger generations. Whether this signifies a general trend away from Christianity and towards religious alternatives remains to be seen.

This statistic shows the percent of Canadian respondents in 2015 that believed that Islam was more likely than other religions to encourage violence, separated by their level of religiosity. In 2015, 58 percent of respondents who were inclined to towards religion thought that Islam was more likely than other religions to encourage violence.

Data on religion by gender and age for the population in private households in Canada, provinces and territories.

This statistic shows the percent of Canadian respondents in 2015 that believed that Christianity was more likely than other religions to encourage violence, separated by their level of religiosity. In 2015, 9 percent of respondents who were inclined to towards religion thought that Christianity was more likely than other religions to encourage violence.

Canada: Muslims as percent of the total population: Pour cet indicateur, The Cline Center for Democracy fournit des données pour la Canada de 1960 à 2013. La valeur moyenne pour Canada pendant cette période était de 1.2 pour cent avec un minimum de 0 pour cent en 1960 et un maximum de 5 pour cent en 2011.

This statistic shows the percent of Canadian respondents in 2015 that believed in the existence of God or a higher power, separated by their level of religiosity. In 2015, 33 percent of respondents who were inclined to reject religion thought that God or a higher power exists.

This statistic shows the religious orientation of Canadian respondents in 2015, by age group. In 2015, 28 percent of respondents aged 18 to 34 years old said they were inclined towards religion.

This statistic shows the opinion of Canadians on the subject of whether a doctor is justified in ending a patient's life in some circumstances. In 2015, 79 percent of respondents who identified as Roman Catholic thought that there are some circumstances in which a doctor would be justified in ending a patient's life.

This statistic shows the religious orientation of Canadian respondents in 2015, by gender. In 2015, 30 percent of female respondents said they were inclined towards religion.

This statistic shows how Canadian respondents views themselves religiously, by their level of religiosity. In 2015, 18 percent of respondents who were inclined towards religion thought of themselves as spiritual but not religious.

This statistic shows the opinion of Canadian respondents on the subject of same-sex marriage, by religious affiliation of respondents. In 2015, 60 percent of respondents who identified as Roman Catholic approved or accepted same-sex marriage.

This statistic shows the percent of Canadian respondents in 2015 that agreed that decline in religious involvement was bad for Canada. In 2015, 11 percent of respondents who were inclined to reject religion thought that the decline in religious involvement was bad for Canada.

This statistic shows the opinion of Canadian respondents on the subject of whether women should have the right to legal abortion, regardless of cause, by religious affiliation of respondents. In 2015, 45 percent of respondents who identified as Roman Catholic approved or accepted of a woman's right to legal abortion regardless of cause.

This statistic shows the opinion of Canadian respondents on the subject of whether women should have the right to legal abortion if her health is at risk, by religious affiliation of respondents. In 2015, 85 percent of respondents who identified as Roman Catholic approved or accepted of a woman's right to legal abortion if her health is at risk.

This statistic shows the opinion of Canadian respondents towards various religious orientations. In 2015, 44 percent of respondents had a positive opinion about Protestants.

This statistic shows the opinion of Canadian respondents on the subject of same-sex couples adopting children, by religious affiliation of respondents. In 2015, 54 percent of respondents who identified as Roman Catholic approved or accepted same-sex couples adopting children.

This statistic shows the distribution of adults in federal correctional services in Canada in the fiscal year of 2022, by religion. About 15 percent of the adult offender population in federal correctional services in Canada claimed no religious affiliation in the fiscal year of 2022.

The two countries with the greatest shares of the world's Jewish population are the United States and Israel. The United States had been a hub of Jewish immigration since the nineteenth century, as Jewish people sought to escape persecution in Europe by emigrating across the Atlantic. The Jewish population in the U.S. is largely congregated in major urban areas, such as New York, Los Angeles, and Chicago, with the New York metropolitan area being the city with the second largest Jewish population worldwide, after Tel Aviv, Israel. Israel is the world's only officially Jewish state, having been founded in 1948 following the first Arab-Israeli War. While Jews had been emigrating to the holy lands since the nineteenth century, when they were controlled by the Ottoman Empire, immigration increased rapidly following the establishment of the state of Israel. Jewish communities in Eastern Europe who had survived the Holocaust saw Israel as a haven from persecution, while the state encouraged immigration from Jewish communities in other regions, notably the Middle East & North Africa. Smaller Jewish communities remain in Europe in countries such as France, the UK, and Germany, and in other countries which were hotspots for Jewish migration in the twentieth century, such as Canada and Argentina.