CANADA, January 25, 2017 (Statistics Canada): If recent trends in the composition of immigration remain the same throughout the projection, in 2036 between 55.7% and 57.9% of Canada’s immigrant population [not the total population] would be Asian-born, up from 44.8% in 2011. Conversely, the proportion of European immigrants [again, of total immigrants, not the total population] would decrease from 31.6% in 2011 to between 15.4% and 17.8% in 2036. Therefore, the arrival of many individuals born abroad affects not only population growth, but also the ethnocultural and language composition of the immigrant population.
The number of people with a non-Christian religion could almost double by 2036, accounting for between 13% and 16% of Canada’s population, compared with 9% in 2011. Within this group, the Muslim (between 5.6% and 7.2% of the total population in 2036), Hindu (between 2.5% and 2.9%) and Sikh (between 2.3% and 2.7%) faiths would see the number of their followers grow more quickly because of their representation among immigrants, although they would still represent a small proportion of the total Canadian population.
The number of unaffiliated people would continue to increase and could represent between 28.2% and 34.6% of all Canadians in 2036.
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