Editing Alberta (section)

=== Religion ===
{{Main|Demographics of Alberta#Religion}}
[[File:St Josaphat from W.jpg|thumb|[[St. Josaphat Cathedral|St. Josaphat Ukrainian Catholic Cathedral]] in Edmonton]]
According to the [[2021 Canadian census|2021 census]], religious groups in Alberta included:<ref name="2021censusB">{{Cite web |date=October 26, 2022 |title=Census Profile, 2021 Census of Population |url=https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2021/dp-pd/prof/details/page.cfm?Lang=E&SearchText=Alberta&DGUIDlist=2021A000248&GENDERlist=1,2,3&STATISTIClist=1&HEADERlist=0 |access-date=November 9, 2022 |publisher=[[Statistics Canada]] |archive-date=March 30, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240330015059/https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2021/dp-pd/prof/details/page.cfm?Lang=E&SearchText=Alberta&DGUIDlist=2021A000248&GENDERlist=1%2C2%2C3&STATISTIClist=1&HEADERlist=0 |url-status=live }}</ref>
* [[Christianity in Canada|Christianity]] (2,009,820 persons or 48.1%)
* [[Irreligion in Canada|Irreligion]] (1,676,045 persons or 40.1%)
* [[Islam in Canada|Islam]] (202,535 persons or 4.8%)
* [[Sikhism in Canada|Sikhism]] (103,600 persons or 2.5%)
* [[Hinduism in Canada|Hinduism]] (78,520 persons or 1.9%)
* [[Buddhism in Canada|Buddhism]] (42,830 persons or 1.0%)
* [[Mythologies of the indigenous peoples of the Americas|Indigenous Spirituality]] (19,755 persons or 0.5%)
* [[Judaism in Canada|Judaism]] (11,390 persons or 0.3%)
* Other (33,220 persons or 0.8%)

As of the [[2011 Canadian census|2011 National Household Survey]], the largest religious group was Roman Catholic, representing 24.3% of the population. Alberta had the second-highest percentage of [[Irreligion|non-religious]] residents among the provinces (after British Columbia) at 31.6% of the population. Of the remainder, 7.5% of the population identified themselves as belonging to the [[United Church of Canada]], while 3.9% were [[Anglican Church of Canada|Anglican]]. [[Lutheranism|Lutherans]] made up 3.3% of the population while [[Baptists]] constituted 1.9%.<ref name="NHS Profile, Alberta, 2011">{{cite web |url=http://www12.statcan.gc.ca/nhs-enm/2011/dp-pd/prof/details/Page.cfm?Lang=E&Geo1=PR&Code1=48&Data=Count&SearchText=Alberta&SearchType=Begins&SearchPR=01&A1=All&B1=All&GeoLevel=PR&GeoCode=48 |title=NHS Profile, Alberta, 2011 |date=May 8, 2013 |publisher=Statistics Canada |access-date=November 7, 2014 |archive-date=December 4, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141204235129/http://www12.statcan.gc.ca/nhs-enm/2011/dp-pd/prof/details/Page.cfm?Lang=E&Geo1=PR&Code1=48&Data=Count&SearchText=Alberta&SearchType=Begins&SearchPR=01&A1=All&B1=All&GeoLevel=PR&GeoCode=48 |url-status=live }}</ref>

Members of [[the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints|LDS Church]] are mostly concentrated in the extreme south of the province. Alberta has a population of [[Hutterites]], a communal [[Anabaptism|Anabaptist]] sect similar to the [[Mennonites]], and has a significant population of [[Seventh-day Adventist Church|Seventh-day Adventists]]. Alberta is home to several [[Byzantine Rite]] Churches as part of the legacy of Eastern European immigration, including the [[Ukrainian Catholic Eparchy of Edmonton]], and the [[Ukrainian Orthodox Church of Canada]]'s [[Ukrainian Orthodox Eparchy of Western Canada|Western Diocese]] which is based in Edmonton. Muslims made up 3.2% of the population, Sikhs 1.5%, Buddhists 1.2%, and Hindus 1.0%. Many of these are immigrants, but others have roots that go back to the first settlers of the prairies. Canada's oldest mosque, the [[Al-Rashid Mosque]], is in Edmonton,<ref name="Al-Rashid Mosque">{{cite web |url=http://muslim-canada.org/alrashidmosque.html |title=Al-Rashid Mosque |publisher=Canadian Islamic Congress |access-date=August 7, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090305234233/http://muslim-canada.org/alrashidmosque.html |archive-date=March 5, 2009 |url-status=dead }}</ref> whereas Calgary is home to Canada's largest mosque, the [[Baitun Nur Mosque]].<ref name="Baitun Nur">{{cite web |url=http://www.canada.com/topics/news/story.html?id=c1ce5c3b-de23-4093-85b8-36162ac636a6 |title=Politicians and faithful open Canada's largest mosque |access-date=September 2, 2010 |date=July 5, 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081012150130/http://www.canada.com/topics/news/story.html?id=c1ce5c3b-de23-4093-85b8-36162ac636a6 |archive-date=October 12, 2008 }}</ref> Alberta is also home to a growing Jewish population of about 15,400 people who constituted 0.3% of Alberta's population. Most of Alberta's Jews live in the metropolitan areas of Calgary (8,200) and Edmonton (5,500).<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/judaica/ejud_0002_0001_0_00683.html |author=Jewish Virtual Library |title=Encyclopedia Judaica: Alberta, Canada |access-date=December 15, 2016 |archive-date=December 20, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161220123818/http://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/judaica/ejud_0002_0001_0_00683.html |url-status=live }}</ref>