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Religion in Canada Trivia Quiz

Canada is a large and diverse nation. These questions will test your knowledge about the demographics of religion in Canada, based on data collected from the 2001 census.

A multiple-choice quiz by Berrigan. Estimated time: 5 mins.

Author
Berrigan

Time
5 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
315,118

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Tough

Avg Score
6 / 10

Plays
755

One at a Time - Single Page - Timed Game

Question 1 of 10

1. According to all census data since Confederation (through the 2001 census), this is by far the largest religious denomination in Canada. Hint

Roman Catholicism

United Church of Canada

Latter-day Saints

Anglicanism

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Question 2 of 10

2. This is the largest religious group of Indo-Canadians aside from Hindus according to 2001 Canadian census data. There are large populations belonging to this faith in British Columbia and Ontario. Hint

Baha'i

Islam

Sikhism

Zoroastrianism

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Question 3 of 10

3. This is the largest non-Christian based religious identification in Canada (and has grown substantially, more than doubling its numbers between 1991 and 2001). Hint

Hindu

Jewish

Muslim

Buddhist

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Question 4 of 10

4. Which Canadian province has the largest number of members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints? (Hint: it is the site of the first LDS temple built in Canada.) Hint

Ontario

Alberta

Quebec

British Columbia

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Question 5 of 10

5. According to the 2001 census, this is the largest Protestant denomination in Canada. Hint

United Church of Canada

Presbyterianism

Anglicanism

Lutheranism

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Question 6 of 10

6. Which of the following Protestant denominations was not involved in the merger that created the United Church of Canada in 1925? Hint

Congregationalism

Methodism

Anglicanism

Presbyterianism

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Question 7 of 10

7. The majority of colonies from this Anabaptist movement are on the Canadian prairies, where there are more individual followers than anywhere else in the world. Hint

Amish

Swiss Brethren

Hussites

Hutterite

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Question 8 of 10

8. According to the 2001 census, in which province were there more Buddhists than in any other province? Hint

British Columbia

Alberta

Quebec

Ontario

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Question 9 of 10

9. According to the 1991 census, this was the largest non-Christian religious group in Canada, but it has since been surpassed. More people of this faith live in Montreal and Toronto than in all of the rest of Canada put together. Hint

Judaism

Hinduism

Islam

Sikhism

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Question 10 of 10

10. Most Canadians have no stated religion in the 2001 census.

True

False

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. According to all census data since Confederation (through the 2001 census), this is by far the largest religious denomination in Canada.

Answer: Roman Catholicism

According to 2001 census data, more than 40% of Canadians identify themselves as Roman Catholic.

Answer: Sikhism

Sikhs represent roughly 1% of the Canadian population.

3. This is the largest non-Christian based religious identification in Canada (and has grown substantially, more than doubling its numbers between 1991 and 2001).

Answer: Muslim

Muslims make up roughly 2% of the population of Canada. Canada's Muslim population has grown substantially since 1938, when the first Canadian mosque was built in Edmonton.

4. Which Canadian province has the largest number of members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints? (Hint: it is the site of the first LDS temple built in Canada.)

Answer: Alberta

Alberta has the largest population of LDS people in Canada by far. The first LDS temple built outside of the United States was built in Cardston, Alberta in 1923.

5. According to the 2001 census, this is the largest Protestant denomination in Canada.

Answer: United Church of Canada

There are roughly a million more members of the United Church than of any other Protestant faith in Canada.

6. Which of the following Protestant denominations was not involved in the merger that created the United Church of Canada in 1925?

Answer: Anglicanism

The Anglican Church was not involved in the creation of the United Church, and actually has more in common with Roman Catholicism than it does Protestantism.

7. The majority of colonies from this Anabaptist movement are on the Canadian prairies, where there are more individual followers than anywhere else in the world.

Answer: Hutterite

Hutterite groups include the Dariusleut, Lehrerleut and Schmiedeleut.

8. According to the 2001 census, in which province were there more Buddhists than in any other province?

Answer: Ontario

Nearly half of all Canadian Buddhists live in Ontario.

Answer: Judaism

Some famous Canadian Jews include Seth Rogen, Eugene Levy and Mordecai Richler.

10. Most Canadians have no stated religion in the 2001 census.

Answer: False

Less than 20% of Canadians have no professed religion.

Source: Author Berrigan

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