Page 77 - Annuaire Statistique Québec - 1918

CLASSIFICATION OF THE POPULATION 51

CENSUS OF POPULATION ACCORDING TO RELIGION.

The first volume of the federal census taken, in 1921, classifies
the population aceording ta religïous belief in the different provinces.
The data for Quebee show that 97.8 pel' cent of the inhabitants belong
to five religions, the least important of which, numerieally speaking, has
over 40,000 adherents. The number of persans belonging to eaeh of these
denominations, in 1921, is as fo11o\vs; Roman Catholies 2,023,993;
Anglicans 121,967 ; Presbyterians 73,748; Jews 47,776 ; Methodists
41,884, The remainder of the population 51,841 persans, of whom 6,690
made no declaration as to their religious belief, belong to different sects
or denominations, having but few adherents in the Province.

IG-Classjfiçalion of the Popula(ion of the Province of Quebec, according 10 religious belief.

Il.ELIGIONR 1921 1911 1901 , l!lIH 1881 1871
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Adventi.ts ... . . . . . ..... . ......... 1,1356 2,435 3.019 3,364 4,210 3.150
,A.nglicans...........•....••...... 121.932 103,812 81,630 75.472 68.797 62,449
Selv~tion Arroy................... 658 510 292 297 4.665 5.173
Bepusb. .. ................... 0,256 9.258 8.483 i,991 8853 8,686
Roman C"tholics................. 2,019.518 1,724,693 1,429,260 1.29l.709 1.170,718 I,O~9,850
Congregation.ah,ls................. 4,715 5.197 5~173 4,296 5,244 5,240
Jo,,·s...... ...................... 47,759 30,268 7,4Y8 2,703 989 M9
Lut.heraos, ' .... .................. 2,209 2,619 1,642 1\385 1.003 496
J\1ctbodiets... .................... 41,884 42,646 42.014 39,544 39.221 34,100
P..sbyl.erians....... .............. 73.445 64,132 58,013 52.673 50,287 46.165
Protest...'lDtB .......... ............ 18,620 8,634 6.211 2,342 2,432 4,195
Othf"T denominatioDB......•.•...... 12,857 8,076 4,861 3,913 - 2
ReligioIlB not epecified ............. 6.690 3497 1,742 2,8'1~ 2,668 1,461
TOLals •.. ....... ,. 2,361.199 1 2,005, n6 1,648.898 1,488,535 1,359,027 1,191.516

The proportion of adherents to various religious beliefs pel' 1,000
inhabitants in the Province of Quebec is shown in the following table.
Roman Catholics numbered 857 pel' 1,000 persons, in 1921, as against
860, in 1911. Presbyterians bave gradually decreased in relative import-
ance sinee 1871; from 39, they have fallen to 36, in 1891, 32 in 1911
and 31 in 1921.

Il-Ratio of the Principnl Denominations pet thousand of (he total Population a! each
Census.
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RELIGIONS 1921 1911 1901 18lH 1871
Roman Catholice.... . . . . . . . . ... . !l5i Mû 86~ 868 863 857
Anglil':lnB. ....................... 52 52 48 51 51 52
PrBtlbyterin.os.. ............ 31 32 35 36 37 39
MetbodiBia, ... ........ -.......... 18 21 26 27 29 29
Jew5........ ........... - ......... 20 15 5 2 1
OU,cr religions. o •••••••••• '" ••••• :.'2 20 18 16 19 23
Tot"!;; .... , ...... , 1,000 1,000 1.000 1,000 1,000 1,000