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cangeola OP t1_iyarfx5 wrote
Reply to comment by PajeetLvsBobsNVegane in Immigrant children born in Canada are less likely to follow religion [OC] by cangeola
The data is correct, since it’s it’s just raw numbers from statscan tables. The other poster is right that this is composition not changes.
A better title, I think, would be that Second Generation Canadians compose of secular perspectives more often than First Generation.
cangeola OP t1_iy8golw wrote
Reply to comment by CalgaryChris77 in Immigrant children born in Canada are less likely to follow religion [OC] by cangeola
I think it is ‘factual’ to say that second generation Canadians are more likely to be non-religious.
But I do get your point. You’re asking whether the ‘pipeline’ for religions other than Christianity has been established in Canada long enough to make use of this data? And if it can be linked with parents in anyway?
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
cangeola OP t1_iy87zvz wrote
The size of religion in Canada is increasing, largely due to immigration (First generation). However browsing the StatsCan tables, I noticed when you break down by generation, religion seems to be dropping.
Second Generation Canadians are increasingly less religious. Buddhism, Hinduism, Islam, and Sikhism all have fewer followers, proportionally, amongst second generation Canadians.
Judaism has an overall increase, as well as Christianity. Though when you break down christianity by denomination, catholicism is effectively unchanged, but other denominations (numerous) have increased in affiliation.
Feedback is appreciated on the graph layout!
Source: Statistics Canada 2021 Census, Religion and Ethnicity results
Tools: Microsoft Excel
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cangeola OP t1_iyaryp7 wrote
Reply to comment by AdministrationNo6377 in Immigrant children born in Canada are less likely to follow religion [OC] by cangeola
It’s a census?
A form is delivered to all household by Statistics Canada, and by law you must fill out that form.
If you don’t they essentially pester you until you do, and eventually escalate to fines and other measures.