Calgary & Southern Alberta

Major Religious Affiliations of Calgary's Population: 1901-1961

Major Religious Affiliations of Calgary's Population, 1901-1961
	1901		1911		1921		1931		1941		1951		1961
Religion	No.	%	No.	%	No.	%	No.	%	No.	%	No.	%	No.	%
Anglican	1,253	25.4	10,124	23.1	18,036	28.4	22,296	26.6	22,249	25.0	27,341	21.2	42,591	17.1
Baptist	343	6.9	2,769	6.3	4,013	6.3	5,505	6.6	5,907	6.6	6,800	5.3	10,208	4.1
Methodist*	941	19.1	8,240	18.8	10,008	15.8	22,153	26.4	24,026	27.0	44,942	34.8	87,258	34.9
Presbyterian	1,305	26.5	10,378	23.7	17,112	27.0	12,664	15.1	12,700	14.3	11,733	9.1	14,524	5.8
Lutheran	388	7.8	2,399	5.5	2,382	3.8	4,631	5.5	4,584	5.2	7,045	5.5	18,195	7.3
Jewish	7	-	613	1.4	1,233	1.9	1,604	1.9	1,760	2.0	2,094	1.6	2,866	1.1
Roman Catholic	537	10.9	4,183	9.6	6,376	10.1	10,571	12.6	10,406	11.7	17,639	13.7	48,121	19.3
Buddhist and Confucian	-	-	229	0.5	498	0.8	461	0.5	478	0.5	189	0.1	301	0.1
Other and No Religion	150	3.4	4,769	11.1	3,647	5.9	3,876	4.8	6,794	7.7	11,278	8.7	25,577	10.3
Total	4,924	100	43,704	100	63,308	100	83,761	100	88,904	100	129,060	100	249,641	100

*Becomes the United Church in 1925 and includes Congregationalists and some Presbyterians after that date.

Source: Censuses of Canada, 1901-1961
From Foran's Calgary: An Illustrated History, p. 178

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