Disbelief peaks in the city core

QC125 has some visualizations of religious believers in Quebec, with central Montreal largely a ghost until you reach the “nonbelievers” section where we show up in shocking pink blocks. The writer notes that the three Quebec ridings with the most admitted nonbelievers are also the stronghold of Québec solidaire.

This weekend David Mitchell has a good piece on what it means for a society not to have shared religious beliefs. He’s writing about Britain, not us, but this point could also apply in Quebec: “To change so quickly from a society where most people took comfort from the establishment telling them, loudly and clearly, that death is not the end, to one where many proclaim that it is, and few are totally convinced otherwise, will have had an incalculable impact on our state of mind.”