What is Religion in Canada?
'''Religion in Canada''' covers a wide range of beliefs. Most [[Canadians]] (67%) are [[Christianity|Christians]]. Of that group [[Catholic Church|Roman Catholics]] make up 34% of the [[population]].<ref name=Canada>{{cite web |url=http://www.statcan.gc.ca/daily-quotidien/130508/dq130508b-eng.htm?HPA |title=2011 National Household Survey: Immigration, place of birth, citizenship, ethnic origin, visible minorities, language and religion |author= |date= |website= |publisher=Canada.ca |accessdate=5 April 2015}}</ref> [[Protestant]]s make up about 27% of [[Canada]]'s population.<ref name=PF>{{cite web |url=http://www.pewforum.org/2013/06/27/canadas-changing-religious-landscape/ |title=Canada’s Changing Religious Landscape |author= |date=27 June 2013 |website= |publisher=Pew Research Center |accessdate=5 April 2015}}</ref> As of 2011 23.9% of Canadians reported they practiced no particular [[religion]].<ref name=Canada/> [[Islam]] makes up the next largest religion with 3.2% of the population. Canada has no [[State religion|official religion]]. The [[Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms|Charter of Rights and Freedoms]] allows Canadians to practice any religion they wish to.<ref>Mary A. Waldron, ''Free to Believe: Rethinking Freedom of Conscience and Religion in Canada'' (Toronto; Buffalo; London: University of Toronto Press, 2013), p. 7</ref> == Minority religions == About 20% of Canadians were born somewhere else.<ref name=PF/> [[immigrant]]s have had an effect on Canada's changing religious makeup. [[Minority]] religions in Canada are growing in numbers.<ref name=PF/> These include Islam, [[Hinduism]], [[Sikhism]], [[Buddhism]], [[Judaism]] and [[Eastern Orthodox Church|Eastern Orthodox]] Christians.<ref name=PF/> The first [[synagogue]] in Canada was built in [[Montreal]] in 1768. The first Canadian [[mosque]] was built in [[Edmonton, Alberta|Edmonton]] in 1938. == Related pages == * [[List of Christian denominations in Canada]] * [[Judaism in Canada]] * [[Islam in Canada]] == References == {{reflist}} == Ot