Status
This standard was replaced by a new departmental standard on April 18, 2011.
Definition
Religion applies to the systems of faith and worship through which a person experiences a sense of spirituality or the sacred and in which a community of believers share sacraments, rituals and moral codes.
Variables
Religious denomination
Religious denomination refers to whether or not a person is affiliated with a religious group, body, sect, cult or community of belief and, if so, the name of the group.
Classification(s)
1
Affiliated with a religious group
1.1.2
Polish National Catholic Church
1.2.3
Apostolic Christian
1.2.7
Canadian Reformed Church
1.2.8
Charismatic Renewal
1.2.10
Christian and Missionary Alliance
1.2.11
Christian Assembly
1.2.12
Christian Congregation
1.2.14
Christian Reformed
1.2.16
Church of Latter Day Saints
1.2.17
Church of the Nazarene
1.2.18
Churches of Christ, Disciples
1.2.19
Dutch Reformed Church
1.2.21
Evangelical Free Church
1.2.24
Interdenominational
1.2.25
Jehovah's Witnesses
1.2.28
Methodist Episcopal
1.2.31
Mission de l'Esprit Saint
1.2.36
Non-denominational
1.2.37
Orthodox Doukhobors
1.2.44
Protestant, n.o.s.
1.2.46
Reformed Church of America
1.2.47
Reformed Doukhobors
1.2.48
Reorganized Church of Latter Day Saints
1.2.55
Worldwide Church of God
1.3.1
Antiochian Orthodox Christian
1.5
Eastern non-Christian
1.5.7
Other Eastern non-Christian
2
Affiliated with a para-religious group
2.1
Aboriginal or First Nations spirituality
2.5
New Thought-Unity-Metaphysical
2.11
Other para-religious groups
3
Not affiliated with a religious or para-religious group
3.7
Other, not elsewhere stated
Frequency of attendance at religious services or meetings
Frequency of attendance at religious services or meetings refers to whether or not a person attended, during the reference period (last twelve months), religious services or meetings and, if so, with what frequency.
It should be noted that the method of measurement using average attendance is preferable to using minimum attendance because the former categories are mutually exclusive. The latter, using responses such as at least once a week, at least once a month and at least once a year, are not mutually exclusive and therefore, ambiguous
Classification(s)
1
Attended during the reference year
1.1
On average more than once a week
1.2
On average once a week
1.3
On average two or three times a month
1.4
On average once a month
1.5
On average two to eleven times in the reference year
1.6
On average once in the reference year
2
Did not attend during the reference year
