Culture of Canada: Religion
About 77 percent of Canadians are Christians, but the beliefs of the different denominations are diverse, and society is highly secularized. The majority of the people are either Catholic (43.6 percent) or Protestant (29.2 percent). In urban centers, Islam (1.9 percent), Judaism (1.1 percent), Buddhism (1 percent), Hinduism (1 percent), and Sikhism (1 percent) are growing because of immigrant populations. Vancouver has the largest Sikh community outside of the Punjab province of India. A growing portion of the population (16.5 percent) claims no religion.