Buddhism in Canada: A Statistical Overview from Canadian Censuses, 1981-2001
A demographic analysis of Buddhism in Canada, based on statistical data from the 1981 to 2001 decennial Canadian census. The main features of Buddhism in Canada identified include: the doubling in numbers of Buddhists in Canada every ten years, mainly because of continued immigration; Buddhists’ res...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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2006
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Canadian Journal of Buddhist Studies
Year: 2006, Volume: 2, Pages: 83-102 |
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| Summary: | A demographic analysis of Buddhism in Canada, based on statistical data from the 1981 to 2001 decennial Canadian census. The main features of Buddhism in Canada identified include: the doubling in numbers of Buddhists in Canada every ten years, mainly because of continued immigration; Buddhists’ residence in the largest Canadian cities, and disproportionately in Western Canada; the persistence of a decidedly "Vietnamese" flavour demographically of Buddhism in Canada, although Chinese Buddhists are becoming more and more dominant; the second-generation offspring of Buddhist immigrants generally exhibit high levels of integration into dominant Canadian society; only a minority of these generally still quite young Canada-born children of Buddhist immigrants appear to be retaining their parental Buddhist identity; and so-called "Western" Buddhism is a significant if minority aspect of Canadian Buddhism., |
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| ISSN: | 1710-825X |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Canadian Journal of Buddhist Studies
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