In April 2013, the British Columbia Humanist Association commissioned a poll from Justatson Market Intelligence to probe the province's religiosity and support for secular values. The results show that two-thirds of the province is not religious and one in five do not believe in a "higher power."

You can see some of our results in the following presentation:

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Survey details:

Justason Marketing Intelligence

Sample size: n=600

Represents: BC adults 18+

Telephone-online hybrid

Field dates: 15-23 April 2013

Margin of error: +/- 4.0 percentage points

Do you practice or participate in a particular religion or faith?

Yes: 33.1%

No: 64.2%

Don’t know: 2.8%

Which of the following best describes your religion?

Respondents were only those who participate in or practice a particular religion or faith

Christianity (net): 77.2%

Protestant: 27.2%

Catholic: 24%

Christian Orthodox: 4.7%

Other Christian: 21.4%

Other religions (net): 20.7%

Buddhist: 2.9%

Sikh: 2.4%

Jewish: 1.2%

Muslim: 1.7%

Other: 12.5%

Don't know: 2.1%

Regardless of whether you participate in a particular religion or faith, do you believe in a higher power?

Yes: 70.4%

No: 20.2%

Don't know: 9.4%

How often do you attend religious services such as church, synagogue, mosque or temple?

About once a week or more often: 14.7%

1 to 2 times a month: 4.3%

Several times a year: 5.8%

Only on holidays: 3.2%

Never / Don't attend: 68.3%

Don't know: 3.7%

Do you agree or disagree with the following: Public education in British Columbia should...?

Encourage students to explore their personal spirituality. Encourage students to explore personal options in organized religion. Encourage students to practice a specific religion or faith. Encourage students to learn about religions and faiths from around the world. Not teach about religion. Not teach about spirituality. Strongly / Somewhat agree (NET) 59.1% 43.5% 21.5% 77.4% 39.6% 33.3% Strongly agree 23.8% 14.2% 8.5% 41.0% 22.0% 15.2% Somewhat agree 35.3% 29.2% 12.9% 36.4% 17.6% 18.2% Strongly / Somewhat disagree (NET) 34.6% 50.1% 72.7% 18.2% 54.5% 58.9% Somewhat disagree 16.0% 19.4% 16.5% 8.2% 24.5% 27.7% Strongly disagree 18.6% 30.7% 56.2% 10.0% 29.9% 31.2% Don't know 6.3% 6.4% 5.9% 4.4% 6.0% 7.8%

Which comes closest to your view about religion and Canada's federal government? Would you say...?

Gone too far in keeping religion and government separate: 13.3%

Gone too far in mixing religion and government: 22.6%

Struck a good balance in terms of the separation of religion and government: 43.1%

Don't know: 21.0%

In February 2013 Premier Christy Clark made a statement to a small audience at the Vancouver Club: "I think we should be doing much, much more to involve faith communities in the work that government does, to serve the people." Do you agree or disagree?

Strongly / Somewhat agree (net): 31.6%

Strongly agree: 7.3%

Somewhat agree: 24.3%

Strongly / somewhat disagree (net): 59.0%

Somewhat disagree: 25.3%

Strongly disagree: 33.7%

Don't know: 9.5%

Demographics of for British Columbia's non-religious

Age Religious? 18-34 35-54 55+ Yes 32.0% 36.7% 30.7% No 66.3% 60.0% 66.1% Don’t know 1.7% 3.2% 3.2%

Region Religious? Metro Vancouver Vancouver Island Interior Yes 33.8% 30.0% 33.5% No 64.2% 65.4% 63.4% Don’t know 2.0% 4.6% 3.1%

Detailed Region Religious? City of Vancouver Metro Vancouver Capital Region Rest of Island Northern BC Rest of Mainland Yes 23.6% 37.7% 30.3% 29.7% 39.7% 32.2% No 75.5% 59.9% 64.4% 66.4% 57.9% 64.6% Don’t know 0.9% 2.4% 2.4% 5.3% 2.4% 3.2%

Voter Intention Religious? BC Liberal BC NDP BC Con BC Green Undecided Yes 37.8% 24.9% 45.1% 30.8% 35.3% No 59.5% 73.1% 49.9% 67.8% 60.6% Don’t know 2.7% 1.9% 5.0% 1.4% 4.0%

Income Religious? Up to $50K Up to $100K Over $100K Yes 31.2% 34.7% 29.2% No 68.1% 64.3% 66.9% Don’t know 0.7% 1.0% 3.9%

People in Household Religious? 1 2 3+ Average Yes 23.3% 29.4% 37.4% 2.91 No 75.4% 68.5% 59.1% 2.54 Don’t know 1.2% 2.1% 3.5% 2.87

Ethnicity Religious? East Asia South Asia South Pacific Europe /

N. America All Others Yes 23.9% 50.3% 41.4% 31.8% 44.1% No 75.3% 49.7% 58.6% 65.4% 54.4% Don’t know 0.8% 0.0% 0.0% 2.8% 1.5%

Believe in a Higher Power Religious? Yes No Don't Know Yes 45.5% 3.1% 4.8% No 52.7% 96.9% 79.1% Don’t know 1.8% 1.8% 16.1%

Gender Religious? Male Female Yes 29.4% 36.6% No 66.9% 61.6% Don’t know 3.7% 1.9%

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