{"id":418,"date":"2026-07-31T08:44:23","date_gmt":"2026-07-31T12:44:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/diocesemontreal.wp.vortexdev.com\/?page_id=418"},"modified":"2026-09-30T11:06:57","modified_gmt":"2026-09-30T15:06:57","slug":"statistics","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/diocesemontreal.wp.vortexdev.com\/en\/archdiocese\/our-history\/statistics\/","title":{"rendered":"Statistics"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-large-font-size\">The Catholic Archdiocese of Montreal in numbers<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"is-style-intro has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-e38ca1b35170575cc942037238c48c50 wp-block-paragraph\">Territory and population<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table class=\"has-fixed-layout\"><thead><tr><th>Indicator<\/th><th>Figure<\/th><th>Details<\/th><\/tr><\/thead><tbody><tr><td>Area of the territory<\/td><td><strong><strong>947 km\u00b2<\/strong><\/strong><\/td><td>Including the islands of Montreal and Laval, Repentigny and L\u2019Assomption<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Catholic population<\/td><td><strong><strong>1,282,799<\/strong><\/strong><\/td><td><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Parishes<\/td><td><strong><strong>189<\/strong><\/strong><\/td><td><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Churches<\/td><td><strong>214<\/strong><\/td><td>Including chapels, shrines and basilicas<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"is-style-intro has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-b558e293750d094bd8c20c65bba3919b wp-block-paragraph\">Sacraments<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table 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RSEs<\/td><td><strong>58<\/strong><\/td><td>RSE: Child Protection Respondents (R\u00e9pondants au service de l\u2019enfance)<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-content-justification-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-buttons-is-layout-3e41869c wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/diocesemontreal.wp.vortexdev.com\/en\/find-a-church\/\">Find a church<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/diocesemontreal.wp.vortexdev.com\/en\/sacraments-christian-initiation\/becoming-catholic\/find-a-parish\/\">Trouver une paroisse<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Catholic Archdiocese of Montreal in numbers Territory and population IndicatorFigureDetailsArea of the territory947 km\u00b2Including the islands of Montreal 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