Alberta’s population has grown rapidly in recent years, overtaking every other province and territory in Canada. Over half a million immigrants have chosen to settle in Alberta over the past decade, with most newcomers being young men looking for better job opportunities.
As a multi-cultural society, Alberta is home to a variety of ethnicities and religions with immigrants moving from India, China, the Philippines, the United Kingdom, Germany, and France. In fact, as of 2011, Filipino’s accounted for 12% of the population, a number that has grown dramatically in the past few years.
Spiritually, Alberta is evenly split between Catholic and Protestant, with 23% declaring no religion.