Sikhismin Canada has nearly 800,000 adherents who account for 2.1% of Canada's population as of 2021, forming the country's fastest-growing and fourth-largest religious group.[1] The largest Sikh populations in Canada are found in Ontario, followed by British Columbia and Alberta.[1] As of the 2021 Census, more than half of Canada's Sikhs can be found in one of four cities: Brampton (163,260),[20] Surrey (154,415),[21] Calgary (49,465),[22] and Edmonton (41,385).[23]
Canada is home to the largest national Sikh proportion in the world (2.1%), and also has the second-largest Sikh population in the world, after India. British Columbia has the third-largest Sikh proportion (5.9%) amongst all global administrative divisions, behind only Punjab and Chandigarh in India. British Columbia, Manitoba, and Yukon hold the distinction of being three of the only four administrative divisions in the world with Sikhism as the second most followed religion among the population.[b]
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^ ab"A Social History of South Asians in British Columbia". www.saclp.southasiancanadianheritage.ca. April 2022. Retrieved 2022-09-25. From 1904 to the 1940s, 95% of all South Asian immigrants to Canada were Sikhs from the Punjab region of India.
^Government of Canada, Statistics Canada (2013-04-03). "A user's guide to 1981 census data on ethnic origin / by Walton O. Boxhill = Guide de l'utilisateur des données du recensement de 1981 sur l'origine ethnique / par Walton O. Boxhill". www12.statcan.gc.ca. Retrieved 2022-09-25.
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^Government of Canada, Statistics Canada (2013-04-03). "1971 Census of Canada : population : vol. I - part 3 = Recensement du Canada 1971 : population : vol. I - partie 3. Ethnic Groups". www12.statcan.gc.ca. Retrieved 2022-11-13.
^Government of Canada, Statistics Canada. "Topic-based tabulation: Selected Demographic and Cultural Characteristics (104), Selected Religions (35A), Age Groups (6) and Sex (3) for Population, for Canada, Provinces, Territories and Census Metropolitan Areas, 2001 Census". www12.statcan.gc.ca. Retrieved 2022-11-13.
^Government of Canada, Statistics Canada (2013-05-08). "2011 National Household Survey: Data tables – Religion (108), Immigrant Status and Period of Immigration (11), Age Groups (10) and Sex (3) for the Population in Private Households of Canada, Provinces, Territories, Census Metropolitan Areas and Census Agglomerations, 2011 National Household Survey". www12.statcan.gc.ca. Retrieved 2021-06-14.
^Government of Canada, Statistics Canada (2013-04-03). "Fifth census of Canada 1911 . v. 2. Religions, origins, birthplace, citizenship, literacy and infirmities, by provinces, districts and sub-districts". www12.statcan.gc.ca. Retrieved 2024-01-27.
^Government of Canada, Statistics Canada (1913-01-27). "Religions of Canada for the year 1911 as enumerated under date of first June". Retrieved 2024-01-21.
^Government of Canada, Statistics Canada (2013-04-03). "Sixth census of Canada,1921. v. 1. Population: number, sex and distribution, racial origins, religions". Retrieved 2024-01-21.
^Government of Canada, Statistics Canada (2013-04-03). "Seventh census of Canada, 1931 . v. 1. Summary". www12.statcan.gc.ca. Retrieved 2024-01-27.
^Government of Canada, Statistics Canada (July 2002). "Population of Canada, 1931, by religious denominations". Retrieved 2024-01-21.
^Government of Canada, Statistics Canada (2013-04-03). "Eighth census of Canada,1941 = Huitième recensement du Canada Vol. 2. Population by local subdivisions". www12.statcan.gc.ca. Retrieved 2022-09-24.
^Government of Canada, Statistics Canada (2013-04-03). "Eighth census of Canada,1941 = Huitième recensement du Canada Vol. 4. Cross-classifications, interprovincial migration, blind and deaf-mutes". www12.statcan.gc.ca. Retrieved 2022-09-24.
^Government of Canada, Statistics Canada (2013-04-03). "Ninth census of Canada, 1951 = Neuvième recensement du Canada Vol. 1. Population: general characteristics". www12.statcan.gc.ca. Retrieved 2022-09-24.
^Government of Canada, Statistics Canada (2013-04-03). "1981 Census of Canada : volume 1 - national series : population = Recensement du Canada de 1981 : volume 1 - série nationale : population. Religion". www12.statcan.gc.ca. Retrieved 2022-08-25.
^Government of Canada, Statistics Canada (2019-03-29). "Data tables, 1991 Census R9101 - Population by Religion (29), Showing Age Groups (13) Education (20% Data) - Canada, provinces and territories, census divisions and census subdivisions". www12.statcan.gc.ca. Retrieved 2022-08-25.
^Government of Canada, Statistics Canada (2013-12-23). "Religion (13) and Age Groups (8) for Population, for Canada, Provinces, Territories, Census Metropolitan Areas and Census Agglomerations, 2001 Census - 20% Sample Data". www12.statcan.gc.ca. Retrieved 2022-08-25.
^Government of Canada, Statistics Canada (2019-01-23). "2011 National Household Survey: Data tables Religion (108), Immigrant Status and Period of Immigration (11), Age Groups (10) and Sex (3) for the Population in Private Households of Canada, Provinces, Territories, Census Metropolitan Areas and Census Agglomerations, 2011 National Household Survey". www12.statcan.gc.ca. Retrieved 2022-09-08.
^Government of Canada, Statistics Canada (2022-10-26). "Census Profile, 2021 Census of Population Profile table Brampton, City (CY) Ontario [Census subdivision] Total - Religion for the population in private households - 25% sample data". www12.statcan.gc.ca. Retrieved 2022-10-31.
^Government of Canada, Statistics Canada (2022-10-26). "Census Profile, 2021 Census of Population Profile table Surrey, City (CY) British Columbia [Census subdivision] Total - Religion for the population in private households - 25% sample data". www12.statcan.gc.ca. Retrieved 2022-10-31.
^Government of Canada, Statistics Canada (2022-10-26). "Census Profile, 2021 Census of Population Profile table Calgary, City (CY) Alberta [Census subdivision] Total - Religion for the population in private households - 25% sample data". www12.statcan.gc.ca. Retrieved 2022-10-31.
^Government of Canada, Statistics Canada (2022-10-26). "Census Profile, 2021 Census of Population Profile table Edmonton, City (CY) Alberta [Census subdivision] Total - Religion for the population in private households - 25% sample data". www12.statcan.gc.ca. Retrieved 2023-02-25.
^"Population by religion community – 2011". The Registrar General & Census Commissioner, India. Archived from the original on 23 September 2015.
^"Census of India 2011 - Chandigarh" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 21 August 2017. Retrieved 28 July 2017.
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