Abstract
Statistics Canada's release in May of 2003 of the religion data for the 2001 census generated a flurry of media coverage. Among the leading stories was one on the number of Canadians who claimed to be Jedi Knights (some 20,000 in all). And the rise of those claiming No Religion (from 12.5 % in 1991 to 16.2% in 2001) attracted much cominentary. All but one observer, Joe Couto, a columnist with Christian Week, missed a startling new development. What Statistics Canada classifies as "Christians not included elsewhere" or "Christians n.i.e." had risen, in Couto's words, to "an eye popping" level. Some 780,400 Canadians are now included in this category. If these people constituted a denomination, they would represent the fifth largest denomination in the country. And, in Couto's view, this trend is a reflection that many "may be turned off by 'traditional' church groups."
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