Support for religious pluralism is an important part of Canada's political culture. According to the 2011 census, 67.3% of Canadians identified themselves as Christians; these, Catholics make up the largest group (39% of Canadians) .2 The largest Protestant denomination is the United Church of Canada (6.1% of Canadians), followed by the Anglicans (5.0%), Baptists (1.9%) and 4.5% of the population is Christian just said. Although 1.7% of Canadians are Christian Orthodox, or 550,700 people. 23.9%% of the population declares itself without religion, Islam has 3.2%, Hinduism has 498,000 followers (1.5%), about 1.4% adherent of Sikhism and is still 1.1% the population is Buddhist. Jews are 329,500, or 1.0% of the population.

With Christian ideology having once been central and integral part of Canadian culture and daily life, has been recently suggested that Canada has come to introduce a post-Christian or secular state, where the practice of religion "moved to the margins of public life ", and irreligion is on the rise.