TABLE XXVI.—Showing the Numbers and Proportions per Cent. of Persons of Different Religious Denominations at the last Nine Censuses.
| Principal Sects. |
Persons. |
| 1841. |
1846. |
1851. |
1854. |
1857. |
1861. |
1871. |
1881. |
1891. |
| Numbers. |
Proportions per Cent. |
Numbers. |
Proportions per Cent. |
Numbers. |
Proportions per Cent. |
Numbers. |
Proportions per Cent. |
Numbers. |
Proportions per Cent. |
Numbers. |
Proportions per Cent. |
Numbers. |
Proportions per Cent. |
Numbers. |
Proportions per Cent. |
Numbers. |
Proportions per Cent. |
| Total |
11,738 |
100.00 |
32,879 |
100.00 |
77,345 |
100.00 |
236,798 |
100.00 |
410,766 |
100.00 |
540,322 |
100.00 |
731,528 |
100.00 |
862,346 |
100.00 |
1,140,405 |
100.00 |
| Church of England, and Protestants not otherwise defined |
6,190 |
52.77 |
14,921 |
45.39 |
37,433 |
48.42 |
108,002 |
45.63 |
173,357 |
42.20 |
212,068 |
39.25 |
257,835 |
35.25 |
311,291 |
36.10 |
417,182 |
36.58 |
| Presbyterians |
2,044 |
17.42 |
5,856 |
17.81 |
11,608 |
15.00 |
42,235 |
17.84 |
65,151 |
15.86 |
87,084 |
16.12 |
112,983 |
15.45 |
132,591 |
15.37 |
167,027 |
14.64 |
| Methodists |
650 |
5.55 |
1,597 |
4.86 |
4,988 |
6.45 |
15,284 |
6.45 |
27,988 |
6.81 |
46,511 |
8.61 |
94,220 |
12.88 |
115,053 |
13.34 |
158,040 |
13.86 |
| Other Protestants |
346 |
2.95 |
1,169 |
3.55 |
4,313 |
5.57 |
17,971 |
7.59 |
26,532 |
6.46 |
34,900 |
6.45 |
52,288 |
7.15 |
59,457 |
6.90 |
94,608 |
8.30 |
| Roman Catholics, and Catholics undefined |
2,441 |
20.81 |
9,075 |
27.61 |
18,014 |
23.29 |
45,111 |
19.04 |
76,500 |
18.63 |
109,829 |
20.33 |
170,620 |
23.32 |
203,480 |
23.60 |
248,591 |
21.80 |
| Jews |
57 |
0.49 |
117 |
0.35 |
364 |
0.46 |
1,547 |
0.65 |
2,181 |
0.53 |
2,903 |
0.54 |
3,571 |
0.49 |
4,330 |
0.50 |
6,459 |
0.57 |
| Residue of Population |
10 |
0.01 |
144 |
0.43 |
625 |
0.81 |
6,648 |
2.80 |
39,057 |
9.51 |
47,027 |
8.70 |
40,011 |
5.46 |
36,144 |
4.19 |
48,498 |
4.25 |