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Quebec Population by religion
The largest faith in Quebec is Christianity and more than three-fifths of the Quebec population (64.8%) reported being affiliated with a Christian religion. In the past few decades with a rising Unaffiliated population, Christianity adherents saw a drop, of 16.95% from the 2011 Census.
With immigration, there were growing proportions of the population who reported religious affiliations other than Christianity. These religions included Muslim, Hindu, Sikh, and Buddhist.
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Source: Canada Census 2021
Religion Percentage in Quebec
Christianity is the largest religion in Quebec followed by 5,385,240 or 64.8% of the State population. Next comes the unaffiliated population at 2,267,720 or 27.3% of the population. The unaffiliated population rose by 15.18% from the 2011 Census and is now a quarter of Quebec’s population.
With immigration patterns, there were growing proportions of the population who reported religious affiliations other than Christianity. These religions included Muslim, Hindu, Sikh, and Buddhist. In 2021, about 7.6% of Quebec’s population, reported affiliation with one of these religions.
In 2021, people who identified themselves as Muslim made up 5.1% of the population, Jewish 1%., Buddhist 0.6%, Hindu 0.6%, and Sikh 0.3%. Other smaller faiths and Indigenous religions make up 0.4% of the population.
Let’s look at the Quebec population by Religion
| Religion | Numbers | Percentage |
| Christian | 5,385,240 | 64.8% |
| No religion / Unaffiliated | 2,267,720 | 27.3% |
| Muslim | 421,710 | 5.1% |
| Jewish | 84,530 | 1% |
| Buddhist | 48,365 | 0.6% |
| Hindu | 47,390 | 0.6% |
| Sikh | 23,345 | 0.3% |
| Indigenous | 3,790 | 0.1% |
| Other religions and spiritual traditions | 26,385 | 0.3% |
Source: Canada Census 2021
Christianity in Quebec
As per Canadian Census 2021, 64.8% of Quebec’s population reported that they were affiliated with a Christian religion. Roughly 5,385,240 people or 3/5th population follow Christianity.
Roman Catholics were the largest Christian religious group in 2021. About 4,472,555 or 53.8% of people identified themselves as Roman Catholic. Its followed by the various branches of Protestantism and collectively followed by 165,500 adherents or 2% of the population.
Next comes the Orthodox Christians at 1.8%, Jehovah’s Witnesses (0.3%), Latter Day Saints (0.1%), and various other non-specified Christians.
| Christian Affiliations | Numbers | Percentage |
| Catholic | 4,472,555 | 53.8% |
| Protestants | 165,500 | 2% |
| Christian Orthodox | 145,805 | 1.8% |
| Jehovah’s Witness | 27,970 | 0.3% |
| Latter Day Saints | 4,600 | 0.1% |
| Other Christian and Christian-related traditions | 568,810 | 6.9% |
| Total | 5,385,240 | 64.8% |
Source: Canada Census 2021
Christianity in Canada
Protestantism in Quebec
As per Census 2021 the various branches of Protestantism and collectively followed by 165,500 adherents or 2% of the Quebec population. Anglican Church is the largest and it has 55,290 adherents or 0.7% of the Canadian population followed by Pentecostal and Baptist.
| Protestant Churches | Numbers | Percentage |
| Anglican | 55,290 | 0.7% |
| Pentecostal and other Charismatic | 39,700 | 0.5% |
| Baptist | 33,755 | 0.4% |
| United Church | 19,595 | 0.2% |
| Presbyterian | 8,010 | 0.1% |
| Lutheran | 4,875 | 0.1% |
| Methodist and Wesleyan (Holiness) | 2,255 | <0.1% |
| Reformed | 1,220 | <0.1% |
| Anabaptist | 800 | <0.1% |
| Total | 165,500 | 2% |
Source: Canada Census 2021
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