I live in the west, and the majority of French are in the eastern province of Quebec. They are largely Roman Catholic (maybe 80%?). English speakers are in the minority there. They have wanted to separate from the country before, and it has caused massive... unease. Quebec is quite central, so if they were to leave, the maritime provinces would be severed from the rest of the country.
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[TH="class: cst-tbl-header2, bgcolor: #E6ECEE, align: left"]
[/TH]
[TH="class: cst-tbl-header1, bgcolor: #E6ECEE, align: right"]Canada[/TH]
[TH="class: cst-tbl-header1, bgcolor: #E6ECEE, align: right"]Que.[/TH]
[TH="class: cst-tbl-header1, bgcolor: #E6ECEE, align: right"]Ont.[/TH]
[TH="class: cst-tbl-header1, bgcolor: #E6ECEE, align: right"]Man.[/TH]
[TH="class: cst-tbl-header1, bgcolor: #E6ECEE, align: right"]Sask.[/TH]
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[TR]
[TH="class: cst-tbl-unit2, bgcolor: #E6ECEE, align: left"]
[/TH]
[TH="class: cst-tbl-unit, bgcolor: #E6ECEE, colspan: 5, align: center"]number[/TH]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TH="class: cst-tbl-r1, align: left"]Total population[/TH]
[TD="align: right"]29,639,035[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]7,125,580[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]11,285,550[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]1,103,700[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]963,150[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TH="class: cst-tbl-r1, align: left"]Catholic[/TH]
[TD="align: right"]12,936,905[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]5,939,715[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]3,911,760[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]323,690[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]305,390[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TH="class: cst-tbl-r1, align: left"]Protestant[/TH]
[TD="align: right"]8,654,850[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]335,590[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]3,935,745[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]475,185[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]449,195[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TH="class: cst-tbl-r1, align: left"]Christian Orthodox[/TH]
[TD="align: right"]479,620[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]100,375[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]264,055[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]15,645[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]14,280[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TH="class: cst-tbl-r1, align: left"]Christian not included elsewhere[/TH]
[TD="align: right"]780,450[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]56,750[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]301,935[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]44,535[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]27,070[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TH="class: cst-tbl-r1, align: left"]Muslim[/TH]
[TD="align: right"]579,640[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]108,620[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]352,530[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]5,095[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]2,230[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TH="class: cst-tbl-r1, align: left"]Jewish[/TH]
[TD="align: right"]329,995[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]89,915[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]190,795[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]13,040[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]865[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TH="class: cst-tbl-r1, align: left"]Buddhist[/TH]
[TD="align: right"]300,345[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]41,380[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]128,320[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]5,745[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]3,050[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TH="class: cst-tbl-r1, align: left"]Hindu[/TH]
[TD="align: right"]297,200[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]24,525[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]217,555[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]3,835[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]1,585[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TH="class: cst-tbl-r1, align: left"]Sikh[/TH]
[TD="align: right"]278,410[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]8,225[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]104,785[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]5,485[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]500[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TH="class: cst-tbl-r1, align: left"]Eastern religions[/TH]
[TD="align: right"]37,550[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]3,425[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]17,780[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]795[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]780[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TH="class: cst-tbl-r1, align: left"]Other religions[/TH]
[TD="align: right"]63,975[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]3,870[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]18,985[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]4,780[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]6,750[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TH="class: cst-tbl-r1, align: left"]No religious affiliation[/TH]
[TD="align: right"]4,900,090[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]413,190[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]1,841,290[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]205,865[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]151,455[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="class: cst-tbl-footer, colspan: 6"]Source: Statistics Canada, Census of Population.
Last modified: 2005-01-25.[/TD]
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The latest big news item that I recall coming out of Quebec relative to Islam was their desire to ban the burqa, at least by civil servants and especially for purposes of photo ID. It is of course ridiculous to expect us to accept someone who has their face covered and pretend this is a means of identifying them when their features are concealed. But then the whole issue of religious freedom and all that is dredged up even though it is not mandated by their religion to be covered to that extent. Quebec does take in a lot of immigrants; that issue was about four years ago.