The purpose of the Official Languages Act is not to make every Canadian to speak both official languages. On the contrary, the Official Languages Act aims to ensure that the federal government of Canada is able to provide services to English- and French-speaking Canadians in the language of their choice.

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Notably, 46% of English-speaking Canadians live in Ontario, and 30% in the two western provinces of British Columbia and Alberta. The most monolingual province is Newfoundland and Labrador at 98.5%. English-speakers are in the minority only in Quebec and Nunavut.

In Canada the principal religion is Christianity; as recently as the 1971 census, almost 90 per cent of the population claimed adherence. In the 2011 census, 39 per cent of Canadians identified themselves as Roman Catholic and 27 per cent as Protestant.

As Canadian sociologist Reginald Bibby has shown in his book Resilient Gods, there are pockets of faith still burning brightly across Canada and new immigrants are adding a degree of vitality to the religious landscape. But, that said, religion’s prevalence throughout Canadian society is clearly waning.

Religion in Canada

• Roman Catholicism (38.7%)
• Protestantism (23.5%)
• Anglicanism (5.0%)
• Non-religious (23.9%)
• Islam (3.2%)
• Hinduism (1.5%)
• Sikhism (1.4%)
• Buddhism (1.1%)

Listed below are the top 10 most developed cities to live in Canada:

• Vancouver, British Columbia.
• Calgary, Alberta.
• Toronto, Ontario.
• Ottawa, Ontario.
• Quebec City, Quebec.
• Edmonton, Alberta.
• Montreal, Quebec.
• St Albert, Alberta.

Canada’s Top Five Immigration Destinations

1. Ontario—103,494 immigrants.
2. Quebec—51.983 immigrants. Largest City—Montreal—43,944 immigrants.
3. Alberta—36.636 immigrants. Largest City: Calgary—17.602 immigrants.
4. British Columbia (BC)—36,210 Immigrants. Largest City: Vancouver—29,506 immigrants.
5. Manitoba-13,100 immigrants. Largest City: Winnipeg—11,114 immigrants.

The top 10 best places for new Canadians

• 10) Guelph, Ontario. Estimated unemployment rate: 4.8%
• 9) St. Albert, Alberta.
• 8) Regina, Saskatchewan. Estimated unemployment rate: 5.2%
• 7) Burlington, Ontario.
• 6) Saanich, British Columbia.
• 5) Delta, British Columbia.
• 4) Brossard, Quebec.
• 3) Waterloo, Ontario.

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About one in every 11 immigrants in Canada was from the United Kingdom. Immigrants from the top five countries of origin – the United Kingdom, China (excluding Hong Kong and Taiwan), India, Philippines, and Italy – accounted for 33.8 percent of all the foreign born in Canada.