Census / religious affiliation

• Statistics Canada, The Daily (26 Oct 2022), “The Canadian Census: A rich portrait of the country’s religious and ethnocultural diversity”: HTML · PDF

• CBC summary of the same release: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/kitchener-waterloo/canadian-census-religious-affiliation-none-1.6631293

Canadian teens, questions, curiosity, Christian identity

• Alpha Canada / Barna, 5 Key Findings on Gen Z (excerpt of Reviving Evangelism in the Next Generation): PDF

• Study landing page: https://alphacanada.org/nextgenbarnastudy/

• Barna store page for the full Canada journal: https://shop.barna.com/products/reviving-evangelism-in-the-next-generation-canada

How teens see Jesus, resurrection, “active today” (global Open Generation, Canada included)

• Barna, “A Sneak Peek into Barna’s Global Study of Teens”: https://www.barna.com/research/introducing-open-generation/

• Barna, “Global Teens Share Their Perceptions of Jesus, the Bible & Justice”: https://www.barna.com/research/open-generation-perceptions/

• PR Newswire release with the 49% / 47% / 33% figures: https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/new-global-study-reveals-how-teens-around-the-world-relate-to-jesus-301641405.html

• Alpha Canada page noting the Canada-specific Open Generation summary: https://alphacanada.org/whats-on-your-mind-insights-on-the-next-gen-w-david-kinnaman/

Younger Canadians and religious practice (not the U.S. “historic reversal”)

• Cardus, Faith Restored? The Evolving Relationship Between Religion and Young Canadians (Feb 2026): PDF

• Cardus news release: https://www.cardus.ca/news/news-releases/is-canadas-religious-decline-finally-slowing-down/

• If you mention the U.S. attendance finding at all, label it U.S.: https://www.barna.com/research/young-adults-lead-resurgence-in-church-attendance/

Youth mental health and loneliness

• Statistics Canada, “Rising mental health concerns among youth”: https://www.statcan.gc.ca/o1/en/plus/7642-rising-mental-health-concerns-among-youth

• Public Health Agency of Canada, The health of young people in Canada: Focus on mental health: https://www.canada.ca/en/public-health/services/publications/science-research-data/young-people-canada-focus-mental-health.html

• CMHA, Youth and Social Connection factsheet: https://cmha.ca/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/CMHA-MHW-2026-Factsheet-Youth-and-Social-Connection.pdf

Gen Alpha in Canada (preteens)

• OneHope / Alpha Canada news release: https://www.newswire.ca/news-releases/first-ever-national-study-of-canada-s-generation-alpha-preteens-reveals-how-digital-life-spirituality-and-mental-health-are-shaping-their-future-891753834.html

• Report PDF: https://surveygizmolibrary.s3.amazonaws.com/library/134642/ang_GenAlphaCan.pdf

U.S. “86% busyness” figure (only if you footnote it as U.S.)

• Barna, “The Priorities, Challenges, and Trends in Youth Ministry”: https://www.barna.com/research/the-priorities-challenges-and-trends-in-youth-ministry/