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cangeola OP t1_iy8e3qr wrote

Reply to comment by atomofconsumption in Immigrant children born in Canada are less likely to follow religion [OC] by cangeola

Good point, although I'm not sure that level of granularity is available in the census.

When I saw that Christianity had an increase, I was a bit surprised considering the overall trend in Canada is toward secularity.

But another reason may be that Canada is a young country, and a lot of religions other than Christianity haven't had the time to grow beyond the 2nd generation

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atomofconsumption t1_iy8i0ac wrote

What you're mixing up is composition vs change.

Christianity is not increasing, it's falling. However, recent immigrants are less likely to be Christian.

https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/n1/daily-quotidien/221026/dq221026b-eng.htm

> The majority of the population is Christian, but their share is decreasing In 2021, more than 19.3 million people reported a Christian religion, or just over half of the Canadian population (53.3%). However, this percentage is down from 67.3% in 2011 and 77.1% in 2001.

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