Religion in Canada: Difference between revisions

== Religious pluralism==

{{main|Freedom of religion in Canada}}

Canada today has no [[state religion]], and the [[Government of Canada]] is officially committed to [[religious pluralism]].<ref name="Moon2008">{{cite book|author=Richard Moon|title=Law and Religious Pluralism in Canada|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ah66SQsk4hAC&pg=PA1|year= 2008|publisher=UBC Press|isbn=978-0-7748-1497-3|pages=1–4}}</ref> While the Canadian government's official ties to religion, specifically [[Christianity]] are few, the [[Preamble to the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms]] makes reference to "the supremacy of God."<ref>{{cite book|title=Religion as a Category of Governance and Sovereignty|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=MVLFCQAAQBAJ&pg=PA284|date=27 May 2015|publisher=BRILL|isbn=978-90-04-29059-4|pages=284–}}</ref> The [[O Canada|national anthem]] in both [[Official bilingualism in Canada|official languages]] also refers to God.<ref name="Resnick2012">{{cite book|author=[[Philip Resnick]]|title=The Labyrinth of North American Identities|url=https://archive.org/details/labyrinthofnorth0000resn|url-access=registration|year=2012|publisher=University of Toronto Press|isbn=978-1-4426-0552-7|pages=[https://archive.org/details/labyrinthofnorth0000resn/page/17 17]–}}</ref> Nevertheless, the rise of [[Irreligion in Canada|irreligion]] within the country and influx of non-Christian peoples has led to a greater separation of government and religion,<ref name="RobertsClifton2005">{{cite book|author1=Lance W. Roberts|author2=Rodney A. Clifton|author3=Barry Ferguson|title=Recent Social Trends in Canada, 1960–2000|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=qnPOqwsR5UsC&pg=PA359|year= 2005|publisher=McGill-Queens|isbn=978-0-7735-2955-7|page=359}}</ref> demonstrated in forms like "Christmas holidays" being called "winter festivals" in public schools.<ref name="Die2001">{{cite book|author=Marguerite Van Die|title=Religion and Public Life in Canada: Historical and Comparative Perspectives|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=GxZqGT-IrJ4C&pg=PA289|year= 2001|publisher=University of Toronto Press|isbn=978-0-8020-8245-9|page=289}}</ref> Some religious schools are government-funded as per [[Section Twenty-nine of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms]].<ref name="BayefskyWaldman2007">{{cite book|author1=Anne F. Bayefsky|author2=Arieh Waldman|title=State Support of Religious Education: Canada Versus the United Nations|url=https://archive.org/details/statesupport_baye_2007_000_8665274|url-access=registration|year=2007|publisher=Martinus Nijhoff Publishers|isbn=978-90-04-14980-9|page=[https://archive.org/details/statesupport_baye_2007_000_8665274/page/n0 3]}}</ref>