2021 Canadian Census – A look at religious and ethnic diversity in Canada

Changes made to the 2021 Census: 3 racialized groups made up 16.1% of Canada’s population The following groups saw the biggest increases from 2016–2021 The most prominent change was the way in which ethnic and cultural origin data was collected. [...] People who reported more than one Immigration represents the main Racialized groups represented 69.3% RELIGION racialized group made up 0.9% of the driver of population growth of the immigrant population in 2021 Canadian population in 2021 for racialized groups (83% of immigrants admitted since 2016) Canada British Columbia B. [...] has the highest proportion 1ST of people reporting an affiliation GENERATIONAL MIGRATION with Sikhism (5.9%) Of the 7.1% of the Canadian population reporting being South Asian, Canadian African most were born in South Asian countries including: India (44.3%), 28.7% 2.1% B. [...] C.’S POPULATION REPORTED NO RELIGIOUS AFFILIATION 19.3 million 12.6 million 52.1% 1990 2000 2010 2020 compared to 34.6% of Canada’s population a decrease from 67.3% an increase from 16.5% in 2001 in 2011 and 77.1% in 2001 → 23.9% in 2011 → 34.6% in 2021 • In the 2021 census, of the 1.7 million people who indicated Filipinos show a more recent history of Canadian immigration → being Chinese, 86.6%. [...] and Ontario contain the largest population percentage • 72.6% immigrated to Canada in the last 20 yearscultural origin as well as no religious affiliation (71.7%)(1.8 million), increasing from 2.0% in 2001 to 4.9% in 2021 → that reported a religious affiliation other than Christian • 73.9% of individuals in the Filipino group were born • 59.2% of the Japanese group reported being born in the Phili.