Editing Edmonton (section)

=== Religion ===
{{Main|Religion in Edmonton}}
{{Pie chart
|caption = Edmonton religious affiliation ([[2021 Canadian census|2021]])<ref name=religionsurvey>{{cite web|url=https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2021/dp-pd/prof/details/page.cfm?Lang=E&GENDERlist=1,2,3&STATISTIClist=1,4&HEADERlist=0&DGUIDlist=2021A00054811061&SearchText=edmonton|author=[[Statistics Canada]]|title=Census Profile, 2021 Census of Population|date=February 9, 2022 |publisher=[[Government of Canada]]|access-date=June 20, 2023}}</ref>
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|label1 = [[Christianity in Canada|Christianity]]|value1 = 44.6|color1 = DodgerBlue
|label2 = [[Islam in Canada|Islam]]|value2 = 8.3|color2 = Green
|label3 = [[Sikhism in Canada|Sikhism]]|value3 = 4.2|color3 = DarkKhaki
|label4 = [[Hinduism in Canada|Hinduism]]|value4 = 3.4|color4 = DarkOrange
|label5 = [[Buddhism in Canada|Buddhism]]|value5 = 1.5|color5 = Gold
|label6 = [[Judaism in Canada|Judaism]]|value6 = 0.4|color6 = DarkBlue
|label7 = [[Mythologies of the Indigenous peoples of the Americas#Northern America|Indigenous spirituality]]|value7 = 0.2|color7 = Red
|label8 = [[Religion in Canada|Other religion]]|value8 = 1.0|color8 = Grey
|label9 = [[Irreligion in Canada|Irreligion]]|value9 = 36.4|color9 = White
}}

Edmonton is home to members of a number of world religions. According to the [[2021 Canadian census|2021 Census]], 44.6 percent of metropolitan Edmonton residents identify as [[Christianity|Christian]]. Significant religious minorities include [[Islam|Muslims]] (8.3 percent), [[Sikhism|Sikhs]] (4.1 percent), [[Buddhism|Buddhists]] (1.5 percent), [[Hinduism|Hindus]] (3.4 percent), [[Judaism|Jewish people]] (0.4 percent), and practitioners of traditional [[First Nations in Canada|Aboriginal]] spirituality (0.2 percent). Those belonging to smaller religions account for 1.1 percent, while 36.4 percent profess no religious affiliation.<ref name=religionsurvey/>

Within Christianity, major denominations include the [[Catholic Church|Roman Catholic Church]] (44.4 percent of self-identified Christians) and the [[United Church of Canada|United Church]] (10.5 percent).<ref name=religionsurvey/> Edmonton is home to four major cathedrals, with [[St. Joseph's Basilica, Edmonton|St. Joseph's Basilica]] seating the Roman Catholic [[Archdiocese of Edmonton]], [[All Saints' Anglican Cathedral, Edmonton|All Saints' Cathedral]] seating the [[Anglican Diocese of Edmonton]], [[St. Josaphat Cathedral]] seating the [[Ukrainian Catholic Eparchy of Edmonton]], and [[St. John Cathedral (Edmonton)|St. John Cathedral]] seating the [[Ukrainian Orthodox Eparchy of Western Canada]]. Additionally, members of [[the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints]] are served by the [[Edmonton Alberta Temple]]. Edmonton also hosts a [[Maronite Church|Maronite]] [[Eastern Catholic Churches|Catholic]] church.

In the 1930s, the local Muslim community began organizing to build a mosque. A local Muslim woman, [[Hilwie Hamdon]], met with the mayor to acquire the land, and campaigned to raise $5,000 for the building. In 1938, [[Abdullah Yusuf Ali]] was present at the opening of the new [[Al-Rashid Mosque]], which became the first [[mosque]] established in Canada and the third in North America.<ref name="Al-Rashid Mosque">{{cite web |url=http://muslim-canada.org/alrashidmosque.html |work=The Friday Bulletin |title=Al-Rashid Mosque |access-date=February 28, 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090305234233/http://muslim-canada.org/alrashidmosque.html |archive-date=March 5, 2009 }}</ref> In the 1980s, Muslim students at the University of Alberta found it difficult to rent prayer rooms large enough to accommodate the local population, and opened the Muslim Community of Edmonton as a mosque and outreach centre in 1992.<ref name=MCE>{{cite web|url=https://www.mcemosque.com/about-us|access-date=September 19, 2019|title=About Us|website=MCE Mosque|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190920064016/https://www.mcemosque.com/about-us|archive-date=September 20, 2019|url-status=live}}</ref> From these beginnings, Muslims now form the city's largest religious minority, with 83,015 members (2021)<ref name=religionsurvey/> representing over 62 ethnic backgrounds<ref name=alrashid-history>{{cite web|url=https://alrashidmosque.ca/our-story/|website=Al Rashid|title=The History of Al Rashid Mosque|access-date=September 19, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190708222629/https://alrashidmosque.ca/our-story/|archive-date=July 8, 2019|url-status=live}}</ref> at over 20 Edmonton-area mosques (2019).<ref name=salatomatic>{{cite web|url=https://www.salatomatic.com/sub/w3NnWVwH2C|website=salatomatic|access-date=September 19, 2019|title=Edmonton Metro|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190920064016/https://www.salatomatic.com/sub/w3NnWVwH2C|archive-date=September 20, 2019|url-status=live}}</ref>

Edmonton's Jewish community is represented by the Jewish Federation of Edmonton, operating the historic Edmonton Jewish Cemetery, purchased in 1907. The city contains six [[synagogue]]s.<ref name=rabbis>{{cite news|url=https://edmontonjournal.com/news/local-news/edmonton-synagogue-led-by-husband-and-wife-rabbi-team|title=Edmonton synagogue led by husband-and-wife rabbi team|publisher=Edmonton Journal|date=October 24, 2015|access-date=September 19, 2019|author=Janet Vlieg|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190920071021/https://edmontonjournal.com/news/local-news/edmonton-synagogue-led-by-husband-and-wife-rabbi-team|archive-date=September 20, 2019|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="Jewish Federation of Edmonton">{{cite web|url=http://www.jewishedmonton.org/ |author=Jewish Federation of Edmonton |title=Jewish Federation of Edmonton |access-date=February 28, 2009 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080528053001/http://www.jewishedmonton.org/ |archive-date=May 28, 2008 }}</ref> The oldest, [[Beth Israel Synagogue (Edmonton)|Beth Israel]], was established in 1912 and served as home of Canada's first [[Jewish day school]]. Other [[Abrahamic religions]] active in Edmonton include the [[Baháʼí Faith]], operating a Baháʼí Centre in [[Norwood, Edmonton|Norwood]], and [[Druze]], with its Canadian Druze Centre located in the [[List of neighbourhoods in Edmonton#Northwest Industrial|Northwest Industrial District]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://edmontonbahai.org/about-us/ |title=About Us |publisher=Baháʼí Community of Edmonton |access-date=November 19, 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130904005802/http://edmontonbahai.org/about-us/ |archive-date=September 4, 2013 }}</ref><ref name=druze>{{cite web|url=https://edmontondruze.ca/pageHome.php|title=The Druze Association of Edmonton|access-date=September 19, 2019}}{{Dead link|date=May 2022 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>

[[File:St Joseph s Basillica Compressed.jpg|left|thumb|[[St. Joseph's Basilica, Edmonton|St. Joseph's Basilica]] is the only Roman Catholic basilica in [[Western Canada]]. In 2021, 21.0 percent of residents of Edmonton identified as Catholic.]]

The [[Hindu]] community of Edmonton is served by the ''Hindu Society of Alberta''<ref name="The Friday Bulletin">{{cite web |url=http://www.hindusociety.ab.ca |work=The Friday Bulletin |title=Hindu Society of Alberta |access-date=February 28, 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090114214419/http://www.hindusociety.ab.ca/ |archive-date=January 14, 2009 }}</ref> (North Indian Temple), the ''Maha Ganapathy Society of Alberta'' (South Indian - Sri Lankan Tamil Temple), Bhartiya Cultural Society Of Alberta and [https://iskconedmonton.ca Sri Sri Radha Govindaji Mandir (Iskcon Edmonton)].<ref name="Maha Ganapathy Temple (Hindu Temple)">{{cite web|url=http://www.mahaganapathytemple.com |author=Maha Ganapathy Temple (Hindu Temple) |title=Maha Ganapathy Temple (Hindu Temple) |access-date=February 28, 2009 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090227084317/http://www.mahaganapathytemple.com/ |archive-date=February 27, 2009 }}</ref> The [[Sikh]] community in Edmonton is served by four [[gurdwara]]s. Edmonton is also home to two of Alberta's five [[Unitarian Universalist]] congregations – the Unitarian Church of Edmonton<ref name="Unitarian Church of Edmonton">{{cite web|url=http://www.uce.ca/ |title=Welcome to the Unitarian Church of Edmonton |publisher=Unitarian Church of Edmonton |access-date=May 4, 2010 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091027015148/http://www.uce.ca/ |archive-date=October 27, 2009 }}</ref> and the Westwood Unitarian Congregation;<ref name="Westwood Unitarian Congregation">{{cite web|url=http://www.westwoodunitarian.ca/ |title=Welcome to Westwood |publisher=Westwood Unitarian Congregation |access-date=March 28, 2010 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100408033806/http://www.westwoodunitarian.ca/ |archive-date=April 8, 2010 }}</ref> the other three are located in Calgary, [[Lethbridge]], and [[Red Deer, Alberta|Red Deer]].<ref name="CUC">{{cite web|url=http://cuc.ca/congregations/ |author=Canadian Unitarian Council |title=Congregations |access-date=May 3, 2014 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140523003309/http://cuc.ca/congregations/ |archive-date=May 23, 2014 }}</ref>