1876. 1881. Numerical Increase. Centesimal Increase.
Lutheran 12,174 16,889 4,715 38.73
Congregational or Independent 3,560 4,764 1,204 33.82
Baptist 4,844 5,583 1,239 28.52
Wesleyan Methodist 11,065 14,351 3,286 29.70
Primitive Methodist
Free Church Methodist
Roman Catholic 43,147 54,376 11,229 26.03
Presbyterian 18,947 22,609 3,662 19.33
Church of England 61,962 73,920 11,958 19.30
United Methodist Free Church 319 319

The United Methodist Free Church appears for the first time in the census of 1881.