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Do not fill this in! == Demographics == === Prevalence === According to censuses of 2011, the UK was the country with the most Pantheists.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://pantheism.net/groups/pantheists-worldwide/ | title=Pantheists Around the World }}</ref> As of 2011, about 1,000 Canadians identified their religion as "Pantheist", representing 0.003% of the population.<ref name=":0">{{cite web|date=8 May 2013|title=2011 National Household Survey: Data tables|url=https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/nhs-enm/2011/dp-pd/dt-td/Rp-eng.cfm?TABID=1&LANG=E&A=R&APATH=3&DETAIL=0&DIM=0&FL=A&FREE=0&GC=01&GL=-1&GID=1118296&GK=1&GRP=0&O=D&PID=105399&PRID=0&PTYPE=105277&S=0&SHOWALL=0&SUB=0&Temporal=2013&THEME=95&VID=0&VNAMEE=&VNAMEF=&D1=0&D2=0&D3=0&D4=0&D5=0&D6=0 |publisher=Statistics Canada |access-date=6 February 2022}}</ref> By 2021, the number of Canadian pantheists had risen to 1,855 (0.005%).<ref name=":03">{{Cite web |last=Government of Canada |first=Statistics Canada |date=2022-10-26 |title=Religion by visible minority and generation status: Canada, provinces and territories, census metropolitan areas and census agglomerations with parts |url=https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/t1/tbl1/en/tv.action?pid=9810034201 |access-date=2022-12-31 |website=www150.statcan.gc.ca}}</ref> In Ireland, Pantheism rose from 202 in 1991,<ref name=":1">{{cite journal |url=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/249058598 |title=Changing Religions in the Republic of Ireland, 1991β2002 |journal=Irish Geography |date=January 2006 |last=Gilmour |first=Desmond A. |volume=39 |issue=2 |pages=111β128 |doi=10.1080/00750770609555871}}</ref> to 1106 in 2002,<ref name=":1" /> to 1,691 in 2006,<ref name=":4">{{cite web |url=https://www.cso.ie/en/media/csoie/census/census2006results/volume13/volume_13_religion.pdf |title=Census 2006: Volume 13 β Religion |publisher=Central Statistics Office |location=Dublin, Ireland |date=2007 |access-date=6 February 2022}}</ref> 1,940 in 2011.<ref name=":2">{{cite web |url=https://www.cso.ie/en/media/csoie/census/documents/census2011profile7/Profile_7_Education_Ethnicity_and_Irish_Traveller_Tables_and_appendices.pdf |title=Statistical Tables |website=cso.ie |page=47 |access-date=6 February 2022}}</ref>{{needs update|date=March 2022}} In New Zealand, there was exactly one pantheist man in 1901.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www3.stats.govt.nz/historic_publications/1901-census/1901-results-census/1901-results-census.html |title=Results of a Census of the Colony of New Zealand Taken for the Night of the 31st March 1901 |publisher=Statistics New Zealand |access-date=6 February 2022}}</ref> By 1906, the number of pantheists in New Zealand had septupled to 7 (6 male, 1 female).<ref>{{cite web |date=29 April 1906|title=Results of a Census of the Colony of New Zealand Taken for the Night of the 29th April, 1906.|url=https://www3.stats.govt.nz/historic_publications/1906-census/1906-results-census/1906-results-census.html |publisher=Statistics New Zealand |access-date=6 February 2022}}</ref> This number had further risen to 366 by 2006.<ref name=":3">2006 New Zealand census.</ref> {| class="wikitable" |+ !Country !Subdivision(s) !Number !Year !Ref |- |{{Flag|Australia}} | |1,394 (0.006%) |2011 |<ref>2011 Australia Census</ref> |- |{{Flag|Canada}} | |1,855 (0.005%) |2021 |<ref name=":03" /> |- |{{Flag|Canada}} |{{Flag|Quebec}} |75 (0.001%) |2011 |<ref name=":0" /> |- |{{Flag|Canada}} |{{Flag|Ontario}} |295 (0.002%) |2011 |<ref name=":0" /> |- |{{Flag|Canada}} |{{Flag|Nova Scotia}} |30 (0.003%) |2011 |<ref name=":0" /> |- |{{Flag|Canada}} |{{Flag|New Brunswick}} |45 (0.006%) |2011 |<ref name=":0" /> |- |{{Flag|Canada}} |{{Flag|Manitoba}} |40 (0.003%) |2011 |<ref name=":0" /> |- |{{Flag|Canada}} |{{Flag|British Columbia}} |395 (0.008%) |2011 |<ref name=":0" /> |- |{{Flag|Canada}} |{{Flag|Prince Edward Island}} |0 (0%) |2011 |<ref name=":0" /> |- |{{Flag|Canada}} |{{Flag|Saskatchewan}} |25 (0.002%) |2011 |<ref name=":0" /> |- |{{Flag|Canada}} |{{Flag|Alberta}} |125 (0.004%) |2011 |<ref name=":0" /> |- |{{Flag|Canada}} |{{Flag|Newfoundland and Labrador}} |0 (0%) |2011 |<ref name=":0" /> |- |{{Flag|Canada}} |{{Flag|Northwest Territories}} |0 (0%) |2011 |<ref name=":0" /> |- |{{Flag|Canada}} |{{Flag|Yukon}} |0 (0%) |2011 |<ref name=":0" /> |- |{{Flag|Canada}} |{{Flag|Nunavut}} |0 (0%) |2011 |<ref name=":0" /> |- |{{Flag|Ireland}} | |1,940 (0.04%) |2011 |<ref name=":2" /> |- |{{Flag|Ireland}} |[[Border Region]] |179 (0.04%) |2006 |<ref name=":4" /> |- |{{Flag|Ireland}} |[[County Dublin|Dublin]] |524 |2006 |<ref name=":4" /> |- |{{Flag|Ireland}} |[[Mid-East Region, Ireland|Mid-East Region]] |177 |2006 |<ref name=":4" /> |- |{{Flag|Ireland}} |[[Midland Region, Ireland|Midland Region]] |118 |2006 |<ref name=":4" /> |- |{{Flag|Ireland}} |[[South-East Region, Ireland|South-East Region]] |173 |2006 |<ref name=":4" /> |- |{{Flag|Ireland}} |[[South-West Region, Ireland|South-West Region]] |270 |2006 |<ref name=":4" /> |- |{{Flag|Ireland}} |[[West Region, Ireland|West Region]] |181 |2006 |<ref name=":4" /> |- |{{Flag|New Zealand}} | |366 (0.009%) |2006 |<ref name=":3" /> |- |{{Flag|United Kingdom}} |{{Flag|Scotland}} |60 (0.001%) |2001 |<ref>2001 Scotland Census</ref> |- |{{Flag|United Kingdom}} |{{Flag|England}} and {{Flag|Wales}} |2,216 (0.004%) |2011 |<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.bristol.gov.uk/documents/20182/34008/Key%20Statistics%20Religion_0.pdf/370b3935-a399-4734-ad3b-04e8f6996a5d |title=2011 Census: Religion |publisher=Census Office for National Statistics |date=2011 |access-date=6 February 2022}}</ref> |- |{{Flag|United Kingdom}} |[[Northern Ireland]] |29 (0.002%) |2011 |<ref name="ni2011">{{cite web|title=Census 2011: Religion β Full Detail: QS218NI β Northern Ireland|url=http://www.ninis2.nisra.gov.uk/Download/Census%202011_Excel/2011/QS218NI.xls|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131110173315/http://www.ninis2.nisra.gov.uk/Download/Census%202011_Excel/2011/QS218NI.xls|archive-date=10 November 2013|access-date=1 October 2013|publisher=nisra.gov.uk}}</ref> |- |{{Flag|Uruguay}} | |790 (0.02%) |2006 |<ref>2006 Uruguay Census</ref> |} === Age, ethnicity, and gender === The [[2021 Canadian census]] showed that pantheists were somewhat more likely to be in their 20s and 30s compared to the general population. The age group least likely to be pantheist were those aged under 15, who were about four times less likely to be pantheist than the general population.<ref name=":02">{{Cite web |last=Government of Canada |first=Statistics Canada |date=2022-10-26 |title=Religion by visible minority and generation status: Canada, provinces and territories, census metropolitan areas and census agglomerations with parts |url=https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/t1/tbl1/en/tv.action?pid=9810034201 |access-date=2022-12-31 |website=www150.statcan.gc.ca}}</ref> The 2021 Canadian census also showed that pantheists were less likely to be part of a recognized minority group compared to the general population, with 90.3% of pantheists not being part of any minority group (compared to 73.5% of the general population). The census did not register any pantheists who were [[Arabs|Arab]], Southeast Asian, West Asian, [[Koreans|Korean]], or [[Japanese people|Japanese]].<ref name=":02" /> In Canada (2011), there was no gender difference in regards to pantheism.<ref name=":0" /> However, in Ireland (2011), pantheists were slightly more likely to be female (1074 pantheists, 0.046% of women) than male (866 pantheists, 0.038% of men).<ref name=":2" /> In contrast, Canada (2021) showed pantheists to be slightly more likely to be male, with men representing 51.5% of pantheists.<ref name=":02" /> {| class="wikitable" ! colspan="4" |Comparison of pantheists in Canada against the general population (2021)<ref name=":02" /> |- ! colspan="2" | !General population !Pantheists |- ! colspan="2" |Total population |36,328,480 |1,855 |- ! rowspan="2" |Gender !Male |17,937,165 (49.4%) |955 (51.5%) |- !Female |18,391,315 (50.6%) |895 (48.2%) |- ! rowspan="8" |Age !0 to 14 |5,992,555 (16.5%) |75 (4%) |- !15 to 19 |2,003,200 (5.5%) |40 (2%) |- !20 to 24 |2,177,860 (6%) |125 (6.7%) |- !25 to 34 |4,898,625 (13.5%) |405 (21.8%) |- !35 to 44 |4,872,425 (13.4%) |380 (20.5%) |- !45 to 54 |4,634,850 (12.8%) |245 (13.2%) |- !55 to 64 |5,162,365 (14.2%) |245 13.2%) |- !65 and over |6,586,600 (18.1%) |325 (17.5%) |- ! rowspan="13" |Ethnicity !Non-minority |26,689,275 (73.5%) |1,675 (90.3%) |- !South Asian |2,571,400 (7%) |20 (1.1%) |- !Chinese |1,715,770 (4.7%) |45 (2.4%) |- !Black |1,547,870 (4.3%) |45 (2.4%) |- !Filipino |957,355 (2.6%) |10 (0.5%) |- !Arab |694,015 (1.9%) |0 (0%) |- !Latin American |580,235 (1.6%) |25 (1.3%) |- !Southeast Asian |390,340 (1.1%) |0 (0%) |- !West Asian |360,495 (1%) |0 (0%) |- !Korean |218,140 (0.6%) |0 (0%) |- !Japanese |98,890 (0.3%) |0 (0%) |- !Visible minority, n.i.e. |172,885 (0.5%) |0 (0%) |- !Multiple visible minorities |331,805 (0.9%) |15 (0.8%) |} [[File:Canada Pantheism distribution map.png|thumb|209x209px|Canadian pantheist population by percentage (2011 National Household Survey)]] Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. 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