The biggest difference is the wealthy realized religion isn’t real
The proletariat realized religion isn’t real. Or, at least, the religious demagogues realized there’s no longer a point to evangelizing to the impoverished. Bourgeois still cling to it, though. The ranks of Opus Dei and the Mormon Church are thick with mega-millionaires. Religious indoctrination is one of the ways you get “in” with the upper echelons of the western oligarchy, whether its through Focus on the Family or some Silicon Valley AI cult.
Based on answers in the 2021 census, 53.3% of the Canadian population identify as Christians. That means over 19.3 million Canadians reported belonging to a Christian religion. However, the proportion of Christians is falling rapidly in Canada. In 2011, 67.3% of Canadians identified as Christians, while in 2001, the percentage of Christians was 77.1% of the population.
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The number of Canadians who say they have no religious affiliation has more than doubled since 2001 when 16.5% of the population had no religious affiliation. By 2011, the percentage had risen to 23.9% and in 2021, 34.6% of Canadians had no religious affiliation. 34.6% is approximately 12.6 million Canadians.
Perhaps the existing Christian base is getting louder, but the raw number of Christians is falling. Meanwhile, no affiliation seems to be filling in the gap. Canada isn’t filling up with Muslims or Satanists or whatever the current ForwardsFromGrandma email chain might suggest.
Based on answers in the 2021 census, 53.3% of the Canadian population identify as Christians. That means over 19.3 million Canadians reported belonging to a Christian religion. However, the proportion of Christians is falling rapidly in Canada. In 2011, 67.3% of Canadians identified as Christians, while in 2001, the percentage of Christians was 77.1% of the population.
Crazy we had 2-3 maybe 3 people out of 200 in my grade that were publicly religious (as in not publicly atheist) everyone I’ve talked to in uni and beyond say the same thing
My grandparents moved here (on both sides) to get away from religion
It wasn’t until adulthood that churches started being built and it taking off
But I did grow up in a very conservative farming town. The 3 things you couldn’t be were black, gay, and religious
Perhaps the existing Christian base is getting louder, but the raw number of Christians is falling. Meanwhile, no affiliation seems to be filling in the gap. Canada isn’t filling up with Muslims or Satanists or whatever the current ForwardsFromGrandma email chain might suggest.
The proletariat realized religion isn’t real. Or, at least, the religious demagogues realized there’s no longer a point to evangelizing to the impoverished. Bourgeois still cling to it, though. The ranks of Opus Dei and the Mormon Church are thick with mega-millionaires. Religious indoctrination is one of the ways you get “in” with the upper echelons of the western oligarchy, whether its through Focus on the Family or some Silicon Valley AI cult.
Idk, Canada is a lot more religious now than in the 20th century
It’s takes a second to differentiate someone telling you they have a religion and they aren’t saying they’re gay
It’s prejudice and I try not to hold it against them but a life of being raised prejudice makes me think for a moment
https://madeinca.ca/religion-statistics-canada/
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Perhaps the existing Christian base is getting louder, but the raw number of Christians is falling. Meanwhile, no affiliation seems to be filling in the gap. Canada isn’t filling up with Muslims or Satanists or whatever the current ForwardsFromGrandma email chain might suggest.
Crazy we had 2-3 maybe 3 people out of 200 in my grade that were publicly religious (as in not publicly atheist) everyone I’ve talked to in uni and beyond say the same thing
My grandparents moved here (on both sides) to get away from religion
It wasn’t until adulthood that churches started being built and it taking off
But I did grow up in a very conservative farming town. The 3 things you couldn’t be were black, gay, and religious
It’s Christians in my experience