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Religions in Canada

Canada

• Overview: Canada still predominantly Roman Catholic and Protestant
• Roman Catholics: the largest religious group in Canada
• Growth in Islam, Hinduism, Sikhism and Buddhism
• Increase in those reporting “No religion”

http://www12.statcan.ca/english/census01/products/analytic/companion/rel/contents.cfm

 

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British Columbia: One-third report no religion

British Columbia was the only province, other than the Yukon Territory, that had no religion as the most frequent response reported in the 2001 Census. Just under 1.4 million British Columbia residents reported that they had no religion, a 39% increase since 1991. They accounted for 35% of the population in 2001, compared with 30% in 1991.
British Columbia had the lowest proportion of Roman Catholics among the provinces in 2001. The census enumerated just over 666,900 Roman Catholics, a 12% increase from 1991. They accounted for only 17% of the population in 2001, lowest in Canada, down from 18% a decade earlier.
The number of Protestants declined 11% to just over 1.2 million. They represented 31% of British Columbia’s population, compared with 42% a decade earlier.
All major Protestant denominations, except one, declined during the 1990s. The only gain occurred among Baptists, whose numbers rose 28% to almost 107,500. The census counted more than 361,800 members of the United Church in British Columbia, the largest of the Protestant faiths. They represented 9% of the provincial population.
At the same time, there was substantial growth among Muslims, Buddhists, Hindus and Sikhs. The number of Muslims in British Columbia more than doubled to just over 56,200, accounting for 1.5% of the population. The census also counted 85,500 Buddhists (+135%), 31,500 Hindus (+74%) and more than 135,300 Sikhs (+81.5%). British Columbia was home to virtually one-half of Canada’s Sikh population.
Similar to the provincial trend, no religion was the most frequent response of Vancouver’s residents to the 2001 Census religion question. The number of persons reporting no religion in 2001 was 676,200, an increase of 39% from 1991.
In Vancouver, the share of Roman Catholics fell slightly from 19% of the population to 18%. The share of Protestant denominations fell from 37% to 25%. The United Church, the largest Protestant faith in Vancouver, represented 8% of Vancouver’s population in 2001, followed by Anglicans at 6% of the population.
The vast majority of British Columbia’s population of Muslims, Buddhists, Hindus and Sikhs lived in Vancouver. Vancouver’s Muslim population more than doubled to 52,600, representing nearly 3% of its population. The Buddhists population also more than doubled to 74,500 representing 4% of Vancouver population. Hindus and Sikhs also incurred large increases. Islam, Buddhism, and Sikhism were among the top 10 religions for Vancouver in 2001.

 

[布什他哥]

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现在不信教的更多超过1/3在BC省.

 

[布什他哥]

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美国信教的人的比例远比加拿大高.在发达国家是很少见的.但今年数据已经下降.
Religion in the United States is characterized by both a wide diversity in religious beliefs and practices, and by a high adherence level. According to recent surveys, 83 percent of Americans claim to belong to a religious denomination, 40 percent claim to attend services nearly every week or more, and 58 percent claim to pray at least weekly.[1] A majority of Americans report that religion plays a "very important" role in their lives, a proportion unusual among developed nations.[2] Many faiths have flourished in the United States, including both later imports spanning the country's multicultural immigrant heritage, as well as those founded within the country; these have led the United States to become one of the most religiously diverse countries in the world.[3
The majority of Americans (76%) identify themselves as Christians, mostly within Protestant and Catholic denominations, accounting for 51% and 25% of the population respectively.[4] Non-Christian religions (including Buddhism, Hinduism, Islam, and Judaism), collectively make up about 3.9% to 5.5% of the adult population.[4][5][6] Another 15% of the adult population identifies as having no religious belief or no religious affiliation.[4] When asked, about 5.2% said they did not know, or refused to reply.[4] According to the American Religious Identification Survey, religious belief varies considerably across the country: 59% of Americans living in Western states (the "Unchurched Belt") report a belief in God, yet in the South (the "Bible Belt") the figure is as high as 86%.[4][7]
However, despite this seemingly high level of religiosity, only 9% of Americans in a 2008 poll said religion was the most important thing in their life, compared with 45% who said family was paramount in their life and 17% who said money and their career was paramount. [8]

The Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in Washington, D.C., is the largest Catholic church in the United States.


The First Amendment to the country's Constitution prevents the Federal government from making any "law respecting an establishment of religion", and guarantees the free exercise of religion. The Supreme Court has interpreted this as preventing the government from having any authority in religion.

 

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尽管如此,在美国.59% of Americans living in Western states (the "Unchurched Belt") report a belief in God, yet in the South (the "Bible Belt") the figure is as high as 86%.[4][7]

 

[布什他哥]

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加拿大很多教堂改成了市场,没了教徒教会就生存不下去.你们的主也没用.解决不了问题.

 

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Church Growth / Decline Canada

An Overview of Representative Christian Denominations and Church Growth / Decline in Canada


Protestants Denominations

Protestant denominations still comprised the second largest major religious group in 2001. Most of the decline in Protestant denominations during the 1990s occurred within the six largest denominations. Only one of these groups recorded growth during the 1990s: Baptist, which increased 10% to 729,500. The largest decline occurred among Presbyterians (the Presbyterian Church in Canada), whose numbers fell 36% to about 409,800. Pentecostals recorded the second largest decline, their numbers falling 15% to almost 369,500. The number of United Churchhttp://www.spiritrenewalministries.com/United Church.html adherents declined 8% to over 2.8 million; the number of Anglicans (Anglican Church of Canada) fell 7% to about 2.0 million; and the number reporting Lutheran (The Lutheran Church in Canada) dropped 5% to 606,600. (Source: Statistics Canada)

In contrast, some smaller Protestant denominations incurred moderate to large gains. Those which showed the greatest increase over 1991 included Evangelical Missionary Church, up 48% to 66,700; Hutterites (History), up 22% to 26,300; Adventists (Canada), up 20% to 62,900; and Christian and Missionary Alliance (Christian and Missionary Alliance), up 12% to 66,300. (Source: Statistics Canada)

The following table shows the percent change in membership for the six largest protestant groups in Canada for the period 1991 to 2001.
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[布什他哥]

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总之,移民国外信主可能能帮助你抚平一些心灵创伤和加强你的自信能力以至于度过难关,但最终要靠你自己.GOOD LUCK,immigrants!

 

[chenlihz]

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现在信宗教的越来越少.移民是他们争取的对象.美国人信教大多数是家庭原因,历史的原因,但我交流了一下没有几个真正信超力量存在.他们就把它当作一种生活方式.

是的，现在鱼龙混杂，不止人，教会也是，很多教会受各种因素，经济利益的驱使，没有做好牧养肢体的工作，非常可惜。

世上本没有纯粹的无神论者，试问谁能说冥冥之中就一定没有一位造物主的存在？冯秉诚牧师在没有信主前和教会争辩时说，“我也相信冥冥之中可能有神，但那是耶稣吗，我不知道！”但是感谢神，对每一个寻找寻求惦的人，神说，寻找，就寻见。敲门的，就给你开门（马太福音8:7）。

另外，宗教和信仰，其实还是有区别的。人类社会可以有很多宗教，宗教并非国内课本上总结的那样，只是原始人类对于大自然力量的原始解释，否则猫猫狗狗也看到雷鸣闪电了，怎么没形成拜日拜月的宗教。全世界的宗教从本质而言，是人想要通过自身的力量，自身的认知，自身的努力，去接近神，寻找神，认识神的过程。但是正因为人的能力有限，认知有限，智慧有限，人通过自身去寻找到的神，必然不可能是神的本体，而只是人自身社会，文化，认知的一个投影。

只有基督教是完全不同的，是神来寻找人，寻找失丧的人。并且为着世人的过犯，罪恶，钉死在十字架上，做了挽回祭，赎了世人的罪，使每一个因罪恶而沉沦与神隔绝的人，可以重新回到神身边称呼惦为“阿爸父”。“神爱世人，甚至将惦的独生子赐给他们，叫一切信惦的，不至灭亡，反得永生。”

谢谢你参与讨论，愿神祝福你！

 

[stang]

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离婚的，得病的，家庭不幸的，生活不顺的，走过邪路的，缺朋友缺交流的，缺乏精神寄托的。还有根本就不信为了别的目的而去的...，那真叫气场。
很佩服牧师这个职业，被这样的气场围绕着，整天忙着帮教友那么多滥事儿，还能做到心平气和不为所染，相当的造诣。

 

[miracleforever]

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啥是宗教，就是过去科学不发达年代人们无法解释很多自然现象而产生的。现在科学发达了，很多事情可以有合理的解释，那么宗教就显得没有那么万能了。也是为什么现在社会信教的人比过去少的原因。我不是特指基督教哦。

 

[andylin]

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地址是哪里？谢谢！

The Church in Richmond

Palmer School at St Albans road, Richmond.

 

[andylin]

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HaloEric: 衷心希望你不要因为你这些经历, 而对基督教有不好的想法. 因为我是个基督徒, 我来谈谈我的感受.

我是96年在澳大利亚时, 一个偶然的机会被拉入了教会. 当时一个人在澳大利亚, 比较孤独, 就去了几次教会聚会, 后来也受浸了. 97年回国后, 因为那个教会在中国没有聚会的点, 所以渐渐也远离了教会. 我太太在中国时, 一直是不信教的.

前年我们登陆温哥华后, 我女儿同学的外婆, 有一次带我太太去她们教会的聚会. 我太太其实一开始是没有兴趣的, 只是推脱了几次, 后来不好意思, 就跟着去了聚会. 那天是在某个姊妹家的唱诗聚会, 奇妙的是我太太去了以后, 很受感动, 当场就受浸了! 我太太是个感性的人, 买东西也是的, 容易冲动. 所以, 她是一种感动而受浸了.

不过, 从那以后, 她带女儿定期去聚会. 觉得很好, 慢慢的开始了解圣经, 了解主耶酥. 觉得她参加的那个教会气氛满好的. 那也是个华人的教会, 起源还在30年代的中国, 由倪柝声创立. 解放后被共产党迫害, 他的弟子李常受就到台湾传教, 后来到美国加州传教. 现在总部在美国加州.

后来我到温哥华时, 我太太也带我去主日聚会. 我觉得气氛很好, 所以又重新回到了主的家庭, 因为我从96年到08年一直并没有好好的信主! 现在我在上海, 也一直参加家庭聚会, 非常好, 非常享受主!

我们大部分人, 尤其是成年人, 都很不喜欢被人家push做一件事, 信主也是一样! 我们需要内心有一种感动, 才会做一件事, 包括信主! 在我们这个教会, 我们不会push未信的人, 但是我们会帮助他/她在灵性生命上成长, 让他/她感受神的家.

我女儿今年六月也受浸了. 在教会里, 她接触的其他小朋友, 大都是谦虚的, 顺服的, 有礼的, 安全的. 这也是我们希望她在教会环境中成长的原因.

如果你愿意看看我们的教会, 非常欢迎! 绝对没有人强迫你做任何事, 包括奉献. 我们在RICHMOND. 欢迎和我联系. 可以发悄悄话, 如果你觉得想保持私密的话.

感谢主!


The Church in Richmond
praise the Lord

 

[月盈亏]

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刚登陆一周的时候也是被朋友带去教会，跟楼主一样，要填表格，特意没写电话，还被人追问出来了。结果就是转天收到电话，邀请参加家庭聚会。去了后听了四小时的讲道，吃了顿自助餐。第二次去教会捐了5刀奉献，（因为那个荷包传到眼前了，不好意思不掏钱），再也没去过。
我其实是信上帝的，但也是在一些方面有些犹豫，那个创造论是最主要的。
那些教会的人其实真的很好的，给我们讲道的夫妻，牺牲休息时间，自己掏钱，给我们做了一桌子丰盛的饭菜。我那个朋友也是个非常虔诚的基督徒。
但是。。。
我的性格比较独立，不喜欢人家push我。在教会感觉压力太大了，热切的目光望着你，始终保持的微笑希望你马上就做决志祷告。。。
我最喜欢的感觉是在家里静静的看圣经，思考，祈祷。。。
至于那些以教会为手段，为了钱，为了工作，为了交友。。。确实存在，还人数不少，就不要否认了。

 

[可乐哥]

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有信仰不一定入教，或参加什么组织。
有好的人生观，同样有真善美！



很多聪明的人入了教会后，变得怪怪的，特别是眼睛都直了，就是那种呆呆的，这样很危险，

 

[哆啦A梦]

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多谢joeky，以及前面的上海michaeljwu介绍好教会。 我说说我为什么还没入教的原因吧。一方面是文章写了，提到的原因。另一方面是我觉得到目前为止，我还不够资格成为合格的基督徒。不合格的原因如下：1.脾气有点爆，遇到不公平事情激动时会骂mlgb脏话，改不掉，成习惯口头禅了，不符合基督徒要脾气好，凡是要忍耐，控制自己情绪的要求。2.对人做不到普爱，大爱的境界。通常是看到坏人坏事就有要惩罚坏人的心态。与基督教要求要宽恕每个人的要求不符。所以我想等我各方面比较符合耶稣对人的希望时再入。

以善报善，以恶制恶，才是大善。

 

[哆啦A梦]

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有信仰不一定入教，或参加什么组织。
有好的人生观，同样有真善美！



很多聪明的人入了教会后，变得怪怪的，特别是眼睛都直了，就是那种呆呆的，这样很危险，

说的太对了。酒肉穿肠过，佛祖心中留。

 

[nicole_lee]

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不要因为人的行为，而不信神。
信仰很好，上帝很真实。

 

[sissibaa]

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先顾好自己家人吧。
上帝在，你啥时信，他都跑不了。
不在，也不在乎多你一个***

 

[爱咖啡滴猫]

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有信仰不一定入教，或参加什么组织。
有好的人生观，同样有真善美！



很多聪明的人入了教会后，变得怪怪的，特别是眼睛都直了，就是那种呆呆的，这样很危险，