page_title: Canary Islanders
section_title: Statistics
hierarchical_section_title: Canary Islanders / Culture / Religion / Statistics
caption_attribution_description: "Spanish trapper and his children taking muskrat pelts into the FSA (Farm Security Administration) auction sale which is held in a dancehall on Delacroix Island, Louisiana. The fur buyers come from New Orleans." Note: "Spanish" in this context probably means the trapper is a Louisiana Isleño
context_page_description: Canary Islanders, or Canarians, are a Romance people and subgroup of the Spaniards. They are indigenous to the Canary Islands, an autonomous community of Spain near the coast of northwest Africa, and descend from a mixture of Spanish settlers and aboriginal Guanche peoples. The distinctive variety of the Spanish language spoken in the region is known as habla canaria or the canario. The Canarians, and their descendants, played a major role during the conquest, colonization, and eventual independence movements of various countries in Latin America. Their ethnic and cultural presence is most palpable in the countries of Uruguay, Venezuela, Cuba, Dominican Republic, and the United States territory of Puerto Rico.
context_section_description: The distribution of beliefs in 2012 according to the CIS Barometer Autonomy was as follows:
  Catholic 84.9%
  Atheist/Agnostic/Unbeliever 12.3%
  Other religions 1.7%
  Among the believers 38.7% go to religious services frequently.
caption: Isleño trapper and sons, Delacroix Island, 1941
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