Editing Victoria, British Columbia (section)

=== Religion and spirituality ===
According to the [[2021 Canadian census|2021 census]], the majority of the population of Victoria described themselves as [[Irreligion|irreligious]] (63.4%).<ref name="2021censusB">{{Cite web |last=Government of Canada |first=Statistics Canada |date=2022-10-26 |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=victoria&DGUIDlist=2021A00055917034&GENDERlist=1,2,3&STATISTIClist=1&HEADERlist=0 |access-date=2022-11-09 |website=www12.statcan.gc.ca}}</ref> Over 25% of Victoria residents are [[Christianity in Canada|Christian]], with the second largest religious group being [[Islam in Canada|Muslim]] (1.9%). A similar proportion of residents are [[Buddhism in Canada|Buddhist]] (1.4%) or [[Judaism in Canada|Jewish]] (1.1%). [[Hinduism in Canada|Hinduism]], [[Sikhism in Canada|Sikhism]] and [[Mythologies of the indigenous peoples of the Americas|Indigenous Spirituality]] make up under 1% of other groups.
{| class="wikitable collapsible sortable"
|+ [[Religion in Canada|Religious]] groups in Victoria (1944−2021)
! rowspan="2" |Religious group
! colspan="2" |[[2021 Canadian census|2021]]<ref name="2021censusB" />
! colspan="2" |[[2011 Canadian census|2011]]<ref name="2011census" />
! colspan="2" |[[2001 Canadian census|2001]]<ref name="2001census" />
! colspan="2" |[[1991 Canadian census|1991]]<ref name="1991census">{{Cite web |last=Government of Canada |first=Statistics Canada |date=2019-03-29 |title= 1991 Census Area Profiles Profile of Census Divisions and Subdivisions - Part B |url=https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/English/census91/data/profiles/Rp-eng.cfm?TABID=2&LANG=E&APATH=3&DETAIL=1&DIM=0&FL=A&FREE=1&GC=0&GID=51679&GK=0&GRP=1&PID=30&PRID=0&PTYPE=3&S=0&SHOWALL=No&SUB=0&Temporal=1991&THEME=113&VID=0&VNAMEE=&VNAMEF=&D1=0&D2=0&D3=0&D4=0&D5=0&D6=0|access-date=2023-03-16 |website=www12.statcan.gc.ca}}</ref>
! colspan = "2"|1944<ref name="1944SikhCanadianSurvey">{{Cite web |last=Jagpal |first=Sarjeet Singh |date=1994 |title= Becoming Canadians: Pioneer Sikhs In Their Own Words |url=https://digital.lib.sfu.ca/km-7014/becoming-canadians-pioneer-sikhs-their-own-words-page-1 |access-date=2023-08-19 |website=www.digital.lib.sfu.ca}}</ref>{{rp|131–132}}<ref name = "bcstats"/>
! colspan="2" |[[1911 Canadian census|1911]]<ref name="1911censusB">{{Cite web|title= viHistory Census Search|url=https://hcmc.uvic.ca/~taprhist/search/searchcensusreligion.php?start=0&orderby=name&order=ASC&show=n&year=|access-date=2024-01-21|website=viHistory.ca}}</ref>
|-

![[Population|{{abbr|Pop.|Population}}]]
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!{{abbr|Pop.|Population}}
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!{{abbr|Pop.|Population}}
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!{{abbr|Pop.|Population}}
!{{Abbr|%|percentage}}
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|-
| [[Christianity in Canada|Christian]]
|     24,930
| {{Percentage |     24,930|     87,890| 2 }}
|       28,270 
| {{Percentage |       28,270 |       76,025 | 2 }}
| 37,195
| {{Percentage | 37,195|       71,590 | 2 }}
| 43,425
| {{Percentage | 43,425|      68,740 | 2 }}
|
|
|      23,894
| {{Percentage |      23894|      27691| 2 }}
|-
| [[Islam in Canada|Muslim]]
|   1,690
| {{Percentage |   1,690|     87,890| 2 }}
|     860
| {{Percentage |     860|       76,025 | 2 }}
|   565
| {{Percentage |   565|       71,590 | 2 }}
|   145
| {{Percentage |   145|      68,740 | 2 }}
|
|
|      0
| {{Percentage |      0|      27691| 2 }}
|-
| [[Buddhism in Canada|Buddhist]]
|   1,220
| {{Percentage |    1,220|     87,890| 2 }}
|      1,235 
| {{Percentage |      1,235 |       76,025 | 2 }}
|    1,335 
| {{Percentage |    1,335 |       71,590 | 2 }}
|   655
| {{Percentage |   655|      68,740 | 2 }}
|
|
|      141
| {{Percentage |      141|      27691| 2 }}
|-
| [[Judaism in Canada|Jewish]]
|    960
| {{Percentage |   960|     87,890| 2 }}
|     550
| {{Percentage |     550|       76,025 | 2 }}
|   595
| {{Percentage |   595|       71,590 | 2 }}
|   325
| {{Percentage |   325|      68,740 | 2 }}
|
|
|      118
| {{Percentage |      118|      27691| 2 }}
|-
| [[Hinduism in Canada|Hindu]]
|     670
| {{Percentage |     670|     87,890| 2 }}
|     310
| {{Percentage |     310|       76,025 | 2 }}
|   150
| {{Percentage |   150|       71,590 | 2 }}
|   115
| {{Percentage |   115|      68,740 | 2 }}
|
|
|      0
| {{Percentage |      0|      27691| 2 }}
|-
| [[Sikhism in Canada|Sikh]]
|    420
| {{Percentage |    420|     87,890| 2 }}
|      315 
| {{Percentage |      315 |       76,025 | 2 }}
|   300
| {{Percentage |   300|   71,590 | 2 }}
|   350
| {{Percentage |   350|      68,740 | 2 }}
| 338
| {{Percentage | 338 | 44068 | 2 }}
|      85
| {{Percentage |      85|      27691| 2 }}
|-
| [[Mythologies of the Indigenous peoples of the Americas#Northwest|Indigenous spirituality]]
|   255
| {{Percentage |   255|     87,890| 2 }}
|       90 
| {{Percentage |       90 |       76,025 | 2 }}
| N/A
| N/A
|  N/A
| N/A
|
|
|      6
| {{Percentage |      6|      27691| 2 }}
|-
| Other religion
|    1,990
| {{Percentage |    1,990|     87,890| 2 }}
|       1,660 
| {{Percentage |       1,660 |       76,025 | 2 }}
| 1,025
| {{Percentage | 1,025|       71,590 | 2 }}
|   700
| {{Percentage |   700|      68,740 | 2 }}
|
|
|      3,246
| {{Percentage |      3246|      27691| 2 }}
|-
| [[Irreligion in Canada|Irreligious]]
|     55,750
| {{Percentage |     55,750|     87,890| 2 }}
|       42,735 
| {{Percentage |       42,735 |       76,025 | 2 }}
|      30,425 
| {{Percentage |      30,425 |       71,590 | 2 }}
|      23,025 
| {{Percentage |      23,025 |      68,740 | 2 }}
|
|
|      201
| {{Percentage |      201|      27691| 2 }}
|- class="sortbottom"
! Total responses
!     87,890
! {{Percentage |     87,890|     91,867| 2 }}
!       76,025 
! {{Percentage |  76,025 | 80017 | 2 }}
!      71,590 
! {{Percentage |      71,590 |      74,125 | 2 }}
!      68,740 
! {{Percentage |      68,740 |       71,228 | 2 }}
!      44,068 
! 
!      27,691
! {{Percentage |      27691|       31,660| 2 }}
|-
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