Country: Canada

Number of People Groups

295

People Groups Unreached *

61 (20.7%)

Progress Level

Progress Gauge

Total
Population

38,510,000

Population in Unreached

2,812,000 (7.3%)

Largest Religion

% Christian Adherent

71.11%

% Evangelical

7.75%

Evangelical Annual Growth Rate

0.8%
* For additional and possibly more up-to-date unreached people group diaspora info see: upgnorthamerica.com and peoplegroups.info
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Photo People Group Population
this Country
Global
Population
Indigenous Primary Language Primary Religion Progress
Scale
% Christian
Adherent
% Evangelical Est. Workers
Needed *
 Abnaki-Penobscot 2,800 4,100 French Christianity 97.00 % 3.00 % -
 Acadian, Cajun 30,000 58,000 French Christianity 97.00 % 1.20 % -
 Afghani, general 60,000 919,000 Dari Islam 0.00 % 0.00 % 1
 Afrikaner 11,000 4,712,000 Afrikaans Christianity 91.00 % 22.00 % -
 Afro-Antiguan 1,600 78,000 English Christianity 92.00 % 15.00 % -
 Afro-Caribbean, other 113,000 116,000 English Christianity 91.70 % 20.00 % -
 Afro-Grenadian 7,800 117,000 Grenadian English Creole Christianity 70.00 % 20.00 % -
 Afro-Vincentian 5,600 94,000 Vincentian English Creole Christianity 85.00 % 32.00 % -
 Akan 600 5,921,000 Akan Christianity 70.00 % 25.00 % -
 Albanian 2,100 5,064,000 Albanian, Gheg Islam 32.00 % 0.20 % -
 Albanian, general 24,000 634,000 Albanian, Tosk Christianity 48.00 % 1.30 % -
 Algerian, Arabic-speaking 69,000 36,748,000 Arabic, Algerian Spoken Islam 1.00 % 0.90 % 1
Algonquin 7,300 7,300 Algonquin Christianity 96.00 % 6.00 % -
 Americans, U.S. 340,000 196,886,000 English Christianity 87.00 % 29.00 % -
 Amerindian, Detribalized 150,000 16,053,000 English Christianity 90.00 % 20.00 % -
 Amhara, Ethiopian 800 26,438,000 Amharic Christianity 77.00 % 6.00 % -
 Amish 18,000 277,000 German, Pennsylvania Christianity 99.00 % 3.00 % -
 Anglo-Australian 4,700 18,622,000 English Christianity 70.00 % 13.00 % -
 Anglo-Canadian 16,348,000 17,003,000 English Christianity 80.40 % 10.50 % -
 Anglo-New Zealander 1,600 3,586,000 English Christianity 76.00 % 17.00 % -
 Antiguan, mixed 1,500 78,000 Leeward Caribbean English Creole Christianity 91.00 % 23.00 % -
 Arab, Arabic Gulf Spoken 80,000 7,157,000 Arabic, Gulf Spoken Islam 1.90 % 0.80 % 2
 Arab, Egyptian 37,000 75,618,000 Arabic, Egyptian Spoken Christianity 56.00 % 4.50 % -
 Arab, Iraqi 73,000 19,654,000 Arabic, Mesopotamian Spoken Christianity 65.00 % 2.00 % -
 Arab, Jordanian 15,000 4,931,000 Arabic, Levantine Christianity 67.00 % 0.30 % -
 Arab, Lebanese 154,000 6,330,000 Arabic, Levantine Christianity 70.00 % 1.50 % -
 Arab, Libyan 5,700 2,766,000 Arabic, Libyan Spoken Islam 0.20 % 0.10 % 1
 Arab, Moroccan 107,000 29,810,000 Arabic, Moroccan Spoken Islam 0.13 % 0.03 % 2
 Arab, Northern Yemeni 6,800 15,318,000 Arabic, Sanaani Spoken Islam 0.40 % 0.00 % 1
 Arab, Palestinian 46,000 11,442,000 Arabic, Levantine Islam 24.00 % 5.00 % -
 Arab, Saudi - Najdi 5,700 18,853,000 Arabic, Najdi Spoken Islam 0.30 % 0.20 % 1
 Arab, Sudanese 14,000 18,763,000 Arabic, Sudanese Spoken Islam 3.00 % 0.50 % 1
 Arab, Syrian 79,000 20,065,000 Arabic, Levantine Christianity 57.00 % 1.90 % -
 Arab, Tunisian 26,000 11,936,000 Arabic, Tunisian Spoken Islam 0.10 % 0.00 % 1
 Arab-Middle Eastern, general 67,000 2,252,000 English Islam 37.00 % 3.50 % -
 Argentinian, White 4,300 36,355,000 Spanish Christianity 96.00 % 9.00 % -
 Armenian 33,000 5,944,000 Armenian, Western Christianity 90.00 % 5.00 % -
 Assiniboin 3,100 5,500 Assiniboine Christianity 96.00 % 17.00 % -
 Assyrian 39,000 965,000 Assyrian Neo-Aramaic Christianity 100.00 % 3.00 % -
 Atikamek 6,600 6,600 Atikamekw Christianity 96.00 % 7.00 % -
 Austrian, Bavarian 24,000 14,419,000 Bavarian Christianity 90.00 % 0.50 % -
 Azerbaijani, Azeri Turk 24,000 17,986,000 Azerbaijani, South Islam 0.30 % 0.00 % 1
Babine 3,600 3,600 Babine Christianity 97.00 % 10.00 % -
 Baganda 2,400 8,760,000 Ganda Christianity 84.00 % 21.00 % -
 Baggara, Shuwa Arab 700 4,119,000 Arabic, Chadian Spoken Islam 4.00 % 0.50 % 1
 Bahamian 600 148,000 English Christianity 90.00 % 31.00 % -
 Bambara 3,600 7,310,000 Bamanankan Islam 4.00 % 1.60 % 1
 Barbadian 13,000 323,000 English Christianity 97.00 % 24.00 % -
 Basque 800 2,359,000 Basque Christianity 91.00 % 0.50 % -
 Baule 3,700 7,485,000 Baoule Christianity 56.00 % 25.00 % -
Beaver, Tsattine 1,700 1,700 Beaver Christianity 96.00 % 15.00 % -
 Belarusian 5,500 9,413,000 Belarusian Christianity 77.00 % 1.00 % -
Bella Coola 1,800 1,800 English Christianity 98.00 % 10.00 % -
 Bemba 900 6,179,000 Bemba Christianity 94.00 % 32.00 % -
 Berber, Imazighen 13,000 4,781,000 Tamazight, Central Atlas Islam 0.30 % 0.20 % 1
 Berber, Kabyle 18,000 7,254,000 Amazigh Islam 4.00 % 2.00 % 1
 Black African, general 351,000 1,137,000 Swahili Christianity 74.00 % 25.00 % -
 Blackfoot 19,000 51,000 Blackfoot Christianity 96.00 % 25.00 % -
 Bolivian, Mestizo 1,800 8,407,000 Spanish Christianity 90.00 % 16.00 % -
 Bosniak 94,000 3,116,000 Bosnian Islam 0.03 % 0.01 % 2
 Brazilian, general 8,200 222,000 Portuguese Christianity 92.00 % 26.00 % -
 British 570,000 53,969,000 English Christianity 75.00 % 12.00 % -
 British, Scottish 1,100 5,462,000 English Christianity 55.00 % 4.00 % -
 Brunei Malay 5,200 594,000 Brunei Islam 0.70 % 0.20 % 1
 Bulgarian 19,000 6,769,000 Bulgarian Christianity 79.00 % 1.20 % -
 Burmese 4,300 31,959,000 Burmese Buddhism 0.11 % 0.05 % 1
Cameroonian Creole, Detribalized 9,000 1,737,000 French Christianity 80.00 % 15.00 % -
 Cape Verdean 4,100 819,000 Kabuverdianu Christianity 90.00 % 8.00 % -
 Caribbean, other 15,000 216,000 English Christianity 87.00 % 14.00 % -
Carrier 1,700 1,700 Carrier Christianity 96.00 % 19.00 % -
Carrier, Southern 2,200 2,200 Carrier, Southern Christianity 96.00 % 19.00 % -
 Cayuga 3,900 4,000 Cayuga Christianity 92.00 % 10.00 % -
 Cebuano 21,000 24,224,000 Cebuano Christianity 96.00 % 16.00 % -
Chilcotin 4,600 4,600 Chilcotin Christianity 96.00 % 20.00 % -
 Chilean 18,000 17,860,000 Spanish Christianity 88.00 % 18.00 % -
 Chinese, general 1,292,000 15,888,000 Chinese, Mandarin Ethnic Religions 25.00 % 8.00 % -
Chinook Wawa 100 300 English Christianity 90.00 % 10.00 % -
 Chipewyan 13,000 13,000 Dene Christianity 96.00 % 25.00 % -
 Colombian 59,000 9,838,000 Spanish Christianity 92.00 % 8.00 % -
Comox 2,000 2,000 Comox Christianity 92.00 % 20.00 % -
 Costa Rican 2,600 4,205,000 Spanish Christianity 93.00 % 14.80 % -
 Cree, Eastern Inland 9,400 9,400 Cree, Southern East Christianity 95.00 % 25.00 % -
Cree, French 700 800 Michif Christianity 97.00 % 3.00 % -
Cree, Moose 7,700 7,700 Cree, Moose Christianity 97.00 % 25.00 % -
Cree, Northern East 6,800 6,800 Cree, Northern East Christianity 97.00 % 25.00 % -
 Cree, Plains 82,000 84,000 Cree, Plains Christianity 97.00 % 10.00 % -
Cree, Swampy 7,700 7,700 Cree, Swampy Christianity 97.00 % 25.00 % -
Cree, Woods 82,000 82,000 Cree, Woods Christianity 96.00 % 15.00 % -
 Croat 55,000 5,248,000 Croatian Christianity 91.00 % 0.80 % -
 Cuban 7,400 9,118,000 Spanish Christianity 68.00 % 8.80 % -
 Cypriots, Greek 1,300 900,000 Greek Christianity 89.00 % 1.50 % -
 Czech 24,000 10,667,000 Czech Non-Religious 28.00 % 0.80 % -
 Dakota, Sioux 1,300 124,000 Dakota Christianity 98.00 % 20.00 % -
 Danish 33,000 5,276,000 Danish Christianity 94.00 % 5.00 % -
 Deaf 78,000 49,661,000 American Sign Language Christianity 72.07 % -
 Dinka, Southeastern 2,200 868,000 Dinka, Southeastern Christianity 78.00 % 19.00 % -
Ditidaht 1,000 1,000 English Christianity 90.00 % 3.00 % -
 Dogrib 4,000 4,000 Tlicho Christianity 95.00 % 15.00 % -
 Dominican 8,000 9,291,000 Spanish Christianity 84.00 % 17.00 % -
 Dutch 307,000 13,830,000 Dutch Christianity 51.00 % 5.00 % -
 Dyula 3,100 4,581,000 Jula Islam 0.70 % 0.40 % 1
 Ecuadorian 12,000 14,283,000 Spanish Christianity 93.00 % 8.50 % -
 Eskimo, North Alaskan 7,700 16,000 Inupiatun, North Alaskan Christianity 96.00 % 35.00 % -
Eskimo, Western Canadian 500 500 English Christianity 90.00 % 35.00 % -
 Estonian 7,200 1,130,000 Estonian, Standard Non-Religious 45.00 % 5.00 % -
 European, general 153,000 254,000 English Christianity 67.80 % 9.00 % -
 Ewe 2,100 6,658,000 Ewe Christianity 82.00 % 16.00 % -
 Fijian 9,500 456,000 Fijian Christianity 93.00 % 25.00 % -
 Filipino, Tagalog 540,000 40,521,000 Tagalog Christianity 98.00 % 18.00 % -
 Finnish 29,000 5,688,000 Finnish Christianity 87.00 % 14.00 % -
 Flemish 9,400 5,733,000 West Flemish Christianity 90.00 % 1.00 % -
 Fon 1,400 2,338,000 Fon Christianity 62.00 % 15.50 % -
 French-Canadian 7,832,000 8,117,000 French Christianity 75.00 % 0.80 % -
 Frisian 900 770,000 Frisian Christianity 84.00 % 3.00 % -
 Fulbe 5,100 5,395,000 Pular Islam 0.01 % 0.00 % 1
 Fulfulde, Borgu 700 842,000 Fulfulde, Borgu Islam 1.40 % 0.30 % 1
 Georgian 900 3,152,000 Georgian Christianity 94.00 % 1.80 % -
 German 609,000 67,303,000 German, Standard Christianity 78.00 % 3.80 % -
 German Swiss 27,000 4,922,000 German, Swiss Christianity 88.00 % 4.40 % -
Gitxsan 8,100 8,100 Gitxsan Christianity 92.00 % 10.00 % -
 Goanese 1,800 809,000 Konkani, Goan Christianity 91.00 % 2.00 % -
 Greek 151,000 10,480,000 Greek Christianity 95.00 % 0.60 % -
 Guatemalan White 13,000 11,746,000 Spanish Christianity 94.00 % 24.00 % -
 Gujarati 283,000 3,464,000 Gujarati Hinduism 0.90 % 0.10 % 6
 Guyanese 37,000 378,000 Guyanese English Creole Christianity 83.00 % 22.00 % -
 Gwich'in, Kutchin 2,300 3,500 Gwich'in Christianity 96.00 % 5.00 % -
Haida 4,900 5,600 English Christianity 93.00 % 10.00 % -
Haisla 1,800 1,800 Haisla Christianity 92.00 % 6.00 % -
 Haitian 116,000 13,389,000 Haitian Creole Christianity 95.00 % 22.00 % -
Halkomelem 21,000 28,000 Halkomelem Christianity 90.00 % 10.00 % -
 Han Chinese, Hakka 11,000 44,228,000 Chinese, Hakka Ethnic Religions 2.10 % 2.00 % 1
 Han Chinese, Min Nan 32,000 44,045,000 Chinese, Min Nan Ethnic Religions 10.00 % 4.00 % -
 Han Chinese, Wu 13,000 81,722,000 Chinese, Wu Ethnic Religions 15.00 % 7.00 % -
Han, Moosehide 300 600 English Christianity 50.00 % 3.00 % -
 Hazara 10,000 4,450,000 Hazaragi Islam 0.10 % 0.10 % 1
Heiltsuk 2,700 2,700 Heiltsuk Christianity 91.00 % 15.00 % -
 Hiligaynon 7,100 8,760,000 Hiligaynon Christianity 86.00 % 14.00 % -
 Hindi 297,000 2,734,000 Hindi Hinduism 0.90 % 0.26 % 6
 Hmong Daw 600 2,129,000 Hmong Daw Ethnic Religions 20.00 % 3.00 % -
 Honduran 5,000 9,166,000 Spanish Christianity 93.00 % 23.00 % -
 Hungarian 86,000 12,210,000 Hungarian Christianity 90.00 % 4.00 % -
 Hutterite 39,000 52,000 Hutterisch Christianity 95.00 % 20.00 % -
 Hutu, Rundi 4,800 12,847,000 Rundi Christianity 90.00 % 28.00 % -
 Hutu, Rwandese 5,200 13,281,000 Kinyarwanda Christianity 84.00 % 21.00 % -
 Icelander 9,700 420,000 Icelandic Christianity 94.00 % 4.00 % -
 Igbo 1,900 33,312,000 Igbo Christianity 93.00 % 33.00 % -
 Ilocano 21,000 10,702,000 Ilocano Christianity 99.00 % 15.00 % -
 Indonesian 4,300 10,135,000 Indonesian Islam 15.00 % 9.00 % -
 Inuit 46,000 46,000 Inuinnaqtun Christianity 55.00 % 1.50 % -
Inuit, Eastern Canadian 37,000 37,000 Inuktitut, Eastern Canadian Christianity 96.00 % 20.00 % -
 Irish 512,000 8,464,000 English Christianity 91.00 % 2.00 % -
 Irish, Gaelic-speaking 8,100 255,000 Irish Christianity 93.00 % 1.00 % -
 Italian 645,000 37,702,000 Italian Christianity 83.00 % 1.30 % -
 Italian, Sicilian 1,400 4,321,000 Sicilian Christianity 75.00 % 1.40 % -
 Jamaican 152,000 3,595,000 Jamaican English Creole Christianity 90.00 % 27.00 % -
 Japanese 59,000 119,824,000 Japanese Buddhism 3.00 % 0.80 % 1
 Jat (Muslim traditions) 114,000 14,564,000 Punjabi, Western Islam 0.00 % 0.00 % 2
 Jat (Sikh traditions) 128,000 9,143,000 Punjabi, Eastern Other / Small 0.30 % 0.20 % 3
 Jew, Eastern Yiddish-speaking 41,000 785,000 Yiddish, Eastern Ethnic Religions 2.00 % 1.50 % 1
 Jew, English-speaking 230,000 5,401,000 English Ethnic Religions 2.00 % 0.00 % 5
 Jew, Israeli 22,000 5,623,000 Hebrew Ethnic Religions 0.50 % 0.25 % 1
 Jew, Judeo-Morrocan 5,100 67,000 Arabic, Judeo-Moroccan Ethnic Religions 0.00 % 0.00 % 1
 Jew, Russian 103,000 1,639,000 Russian Ethnic Religions 0.00 % 0.00 % 2
 Jewish Tat, Mountain Jew 2,100 105,000 Judeo-Tat Ethnic Religions 0.00 % 0.00 % 1
 Kashubian 10,000 261,000 Kashubian Christianity 91.00 % 1.00 % -
Kaska 600 600 Kaska Christianity 90.00 % 15.00 % -
 Kazakh 3,400 16,799,000 Kazakh Islam 0.20 % 0.15 % 1
 Khmer 22,000 16,122,000 Khmer Buddhism 1.00 % 0.60 % 1
 Kikuyu 4,700 10,772,000 Gikuyu Christianity 98.00 % 55.00 % -
 Kongo, Tuba 21,000 12,526,000 Kituba Christianity 80.00 % 16.00 % -
 Korean 165,000 81,959,000 Korean Christianity 61.00 % 35.00 % -
 Kpelle, Liberia 1,200 944,000 Kpelle, Liberia Ethnic Religions 40.00 % 17.00 % -
 Kurd, Kurmanji 7,500 16,636,000 Kurdish, Northern Islam 0.10 % 0.00 % 1
Kutenai 1,200 1,700 Kutenai Christianity 60.00 % 2.00 % -
Kwakiutl 8,200 8,600 Kwakwala Christianity 96.00 % 15.00 % -
 Kyrgyz 1,100 5,923,000 Kyrgyz Islam 0.20 % 0.15 % 1
 Lakota 2,700 58,000 Lakota Christianity 60.00 % 2.00 % -
 Lao 14,000 3,958,000 Lao Buddhism 5.00 % 3.00 % -
 Latin American, general 304,000 1,103,000 Spanish Christianity 91.70 % 15.00 % -
 Latvian 7,800 1,409,000 Latvian, Standard Christianity 99.00 % 10.00 % -
Lillooet 7,100 7,100 Lillooet Christianity 93.00 % 14.00 % -
 Lingala 3,600 5,130,000 Lingala Christianity 92.00 % 26.00 % -
 Lithuanian 11,000 2,815,000 Lithuanian Christianity 85.00 % 1.60 % -
 Macedonian 18,000 1,955,000 Macedonian Christianity 91.00 % 0.40 % -
 Malagasy 1,600 85,000 Malagasy, Merina Ethnic Religions 15.00 % 1.00 % -
 Malay 2,700 18,383,000 Malay Islam 0.11 % 0.10 % 1
 Malayali 19,000 1,601,000 Malayalam Hinduism 6.00 % 2.00 % -
 Maltese 13,000 671,000 Maltese Christianity 97.50 % 1.20 % -
 Maninka, Eastern 3,600 4,337,000 Maninkakan, Eastern Islam 0.10 % 0.10 % 1
 Mauritian 2,800 1,104,000 Morisyen Christianity 55.00 % 3.00 % -
 Maya, Yucatan 1,100 897,000 Maya, Yucatec Christianity 89.00 % 50.00 % -
 Mende 1,100 2,731,000 Mende Islam 11.00 % 5.00 % -
 Mennonite 131,000 489,000 Plautdietsch Christianity 94.00 % 40.00 % -
 Mexican 48,000 103,754,000 Spanish Christianity 92.00 % 8.00 % -
 Micmac 18,000 26,000 Mi'kmaq Christianity 97.00 % 12.00 % -
Mohawk 30,000 38,000 Mohawk Christianity 96.00 % 12.00 % -
 Moldovans 4,100 3,317,000 Romanian Christianity 70.00 % 3.00 % -
 Mongol, Khalka 1,600 2,553,000 Mongolian, Halh Ethnic Religions 1.50 % 1.10 % 1
Montagnais 13,000 13,000 Innu Christianity 96.00 % 20.00 % -
 Montenegrin 800 364,000 Serbian Christianity 80.00 % 0.80 % -
 Montserratan 300 8,700 Leeward Caribbean English Creole Christianity 88.00 % 23.00 % -
 Mossi 1,100 13,756,000 Moore Islam 29.00 % 13.00 % -
Munsee 600 600 English Christianity 70.00 % 4.00 % -
Naskapi 700 700 Naskapi Christianity 70.00 % 15.00 % -
Nass-Gitksian 5,800 5,800 Nisga'a Christianity 96.00 % 20.00 % -
 Nepali, general 8,400 868,000 Nepali Hinduism 4.00 % 2.00 % 1
 Nicaraguan, Mestizo 6,800 6,911,000 Spanish Christianity 91.00 % 26.00 % -
 North African, general 48,000 48,000 English Islam 0.50 % 0.30 % 1
 Norwegian 47,000 4,759,000 Norwegian Christianity 93.00 % 11.00 % -
Nuu Chah Nulth, Nootka 8,200 8,200 English Christianity 92.00 % 4.60 % -
Ojibwa, Central 9,200 9,200 Ojibwa, Central Christianity 60.00 % 4.00 % -
Ojibwa, Eastern 33,000 33,000 Ojibwa, Eastern Christianity 96.00 % 20.00 % -
 Ojibwa, Northwestern 25,000 25,000 Ojibwa, Northwestern Christianity 97.00 % 25.00 % -
Ojibwa, Severn 11,000 11,000 Oji-Cree Christianity 96.00 % 10.00 % -
Ojibwa, Western 77,000 77,000 Ojibwa, Western Christianity 96.00 % 25.00 % -
Okanagon 5,500 5,800 Okanagan Christianity 92.00 % 10.00 % -
 Oneida 3,600 16,000 Oneida Christianity 93.00 % 10.00 % -
Onondaga Unknown 1,800 Onondaga Christianity 90.00 % 25.00 % -
 Oromo, Tulema / Selale 1,200 9,437,000 Oromo, West Central Christianity 72.00 % 12.00 % -
 Ottawa 69,000 77,000 Ottawa Christianity 65.00 % 4.00 % -
Pampango 4,200 2,611,000 Kapampangan Christianity 96.00 % 14.00 % -
 Panamanian, Mestizo 1,200 9,123,000 Spanish Christianity 90.00 % 19.00 % -
 Paraguayan, Guarani-speaking 900 6,694,000 Guarani, Paraguayan Christianity 94.00 % 6.00 % -
 Parsee 7,800 172,000 English Other / Small 0.20 % 0.15 % 1
Part-Indian, Metis 401,000 738,000 English Christianity 73.00 % 15.00 % -
 Pashtun, Northern 48,000 40,328,000 Pashto, Northern Islam 0.00 % 0.00 % 1
Passamaquoddy, Malecite 2,300 4,900 Malecite-Passamaquoddy Christianity 96.00 % 25.00 % -
 Persian 148,000 46,617,000 Persian, Iranian Islam 13.00 % 10.00 % -
 Peruvian 18,000 26,208,000 Spanish Christianity 87.00 % 12.00 % -
 Polish 261,000 45,446,000 Polish Christianity 91.00 % 0.60 % -
 Portuguese 267,000 19,855,000 Portuguese Christianity 96.00 % 4.00 % -
 Potawatomi 5,600 28,000 Potawatomi Christianity 60.00 % 4.00 % -
 Punjabi 290,000 2,161,000 Punjabi, Eastern Other / Small 2.50 % 1.50 % 6
 Romani, Romanichal 4,000 182,000 English Christianity 80.00 % 9.00 % -
 Romani, Sinte 1,100 222,000 Romani, Sinte Christianity 85.00 % 15.00 % -
 Romani, Vlax 900 1,159,000 Romani, Vlax Christianity 90.00 % 15.00 % -
 Romanian 89,000 21,660,000 Romanian Christianity 81.00 % 5.40 % -
 Russian 114,000 133,461,000 Russian Christianity 70.00 % 1.20 % -
 Saint Lucian 3,500 372,000 Lesser Antillean French Creole Christianity 89.00 % 14.00 % -
 Salvadorian 45,000 6,965,000 Spanish Christianity 90.00 % 32.00 % -
Sarsi 2,500 2,500 English Christianity 93.00 % 10.00 % -
 Scot, Gaelic 1,100 68,000 Scottish Gaelic Christianity 65.00 % 7.00 % -
Sechelt 1,300 1,300 English Christianity 89.00 % 10.00 % -
Sekani 1,500 1,500 English Christianity 91.00 % 10.00 % -
 Seneca 1,000 2,100 Seneca Christianity 60.00 % 4.00 % -
 Serb 50,000 8,546,000 Serbian Christianity 85.00 % 0.20 % -
 Seychellese Creole 600 105,000 Seychelles French Creole Christianity 90.00 % 6.00 % -
 Shaikh 31,000 219,883,000 Bengali Islam 0.90 % 0.50 % 1
 Shona-Karanga 4,600 3,799,000 Shona Christianity 81.00 % 30.00 % -
Shuswap 11,000 11,000 Shuswap Christianity 91.00 % 10.00 % -
 Sinhalese 21,000 400,000 Sinhala Buddhism 2.80 % 1.50 % 1
Slavey, North 2,000 2,000 Slavey, North Christianity 75.00 % 3.00 % -
Slavey, South 4,700 4,700 Slavey, South Christianity 96.00 % 3.00 % -
 Slovak 20,000 5,356,000 Slovak Christianity 80.00 % 2.50 % -
 Slovene 15,000 1,974,000 Slovene Christianity 95.00 % 0.50 % -
 Somali 103,000 26,240,000 Somali Islam 0.07 % 0.07 % 2
 Somali Bantu 6,200 1,050,000 Maay Islam 0.80 % 0.30 % 1
 Soninke 5,100 3,107,000 Soninke Islam 0.00 % 0.00 % 1
 South Asian, Bengali-speaking 75,000 1,884,000 Bengali Islam 1.20 % 0.30 % 2
 South Asian, general 212,000 12,146,000 Hindi Hinduism 28.00 % 7.00 % -
 Spaniard 71,000 29,952,000 Spanish Christianity 95.00 % 0.70 % -
Squamish 4,400 4,400 English Christianity 92.00 % 3.00 % -
Stoney 4,700 4,700 Stoney Christianity 96.00 % 30.00 % -
Straits Salish 3,300 19,000 English Christianity 92.00 % 20.00 % -
 Sukuma 1,900 11,271,000 Sukuma Ethnic Religions 40.00 % 11.00 % -
 Swedish 28,000 9,425,000 Swedish Christianity 73.00 % 8.00 % -
Tagish 600 600 English Christianity 70.00 % 10.00 % -
Tahltan 2,600 2,600 Tahltan Christianity 92.00 % 10.00 % -
 Tajik 2,000 10,626,000 Tajik Islam 0.04 % 0.03 % 1
 Tamil (Hindu traditions) 28,000 2,857,000 Tamil Hinduism 20.00 % 6.00 % -
 Tatar 5,000 6,374,000 Tatar Islam 1.20 % 0.30 % 1
 Thai 20,000 24,237,000 Thai Buddhism 0.70 % 0.20 % 1
Thompson, Ntlakyapamuk 6,500 6,500 Thompson Christianity 91.00 % 10.00 % -
 Tibetan 9,800 1,135,000 Tibetan, Central Buddhism 0.00 % 0.00 % 1
 Tigray, Tigrinya 500 9,808,000 Tigrigna Christianity 95.00 % 9.00 % -
 Tigre, Eritrean 12,000 843,000 Tigre Islam 0.00 % 0.00 % 1
Tlingit 400 17,000 Tlingit Christianity 96.00 % 20.00 % -
 Trinidadian 27,000 988,000 English Christianity 85.00 % 20.00 % -
Tsimshian 7,300 9,900 Tsimshian Christianity 94.00 % 15.00 % -
 Turk 66,000 67,053,000 Turkish Islam 1.00 % 0.40 % 1
Tutchone, Northern 1,300 1,300 Tutchone, Northern Christianity 91.00 % 10.00 % -
Tutchone, Southern 1,800 1,800 Tutchone, Southern Christianity 91.00 % 10.00 % -
 Ukrainian 294,000 32,543,000 Ukrainian Christianity 82.00 % 4.00 % -
Upper Tanana Unknown 300 Tanana, Upper Christianity 60.00 % 10.00 % -
 Urdu 149,000 2,146,000 Urdu Islam 0.00 % 0.00 % 3
 Uruguayan, White 2,000 2,797,000 Spanish Christianity 69.00 % 7.00 % -
 Uyghur 2,100 12,316,000 Uyghur Islam 0.00 % 0.00 % 1
 Uzbek, Northern 4,000 32,470,000 Uzbek, Northern Islam 0.05 % 0.04 % 1
 Venezuelan 7,300 26,336,000 Spanish Christianity 87.00 % 10.80 % -
 Vietnamese 168,000 86,369,000 Vietnamese Buddhism 25.00 % 3.00 % -
 Welsh 31,000 659,000 Welsh Christianity 64.00 % 7.00 % -
 Wolof 7,700 6,612,000 Wolof Islam 2.00 % 0.30 % 1
Wyandot, Huron 1,700 5,600 English Christianity 80.00 % 10.00 % -
 Yoruba 3,600 39,913,000 Yoruba Christianity 55.00 % 16.00 % -
 Yugoslav former, general 78,000 110,000 Serbian Christianity 60.00 % 0.50 % -
  Totals:  295 38,510,000         61 71.11 % 7.75 % 91 
  Unclassified / Other Individuals 271,000                
  UN Country Population (2023) 38,781,000                

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Province Estimated
Population
Alberta 4,027,000
British Columbia 4,861,000
Manitoba 1,335,000
New Brunswick 830,000
Newfoundland and Labrador 569,000
Northwest Territories 45,000
Nova Scotia 1,019,000
Nunavut 35,000
Ontario 14,200,000
Prince Edward Island 155,000
Québec 8,732,000
Saskatchewan 1,141,000
Yukon 38,000
Provinces:  13 36,987,000
UN Country Population 38,781,000
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Afrikaans afr 1 0 Complete Bible
Akan aka 1 0 Complete Bible
Albanian, Gheg aln 1 0 New Testament
Albanian, Tosk als 1 0 Complete Bible
Algonquin alq 1 0 New Testament
Amazigh kab 1 1 Complete Bible
American Sign Language ase 1 0 Complete Bible
Amharic amh 1 0 Complete Bible
Arabic, Algerian Spoken arq 1 1 New Testament
Arabic, Chadian Spoken shu 1 1 Complete Bible
Arabic, Egyptian Spoken arz 1 0 Complete Bible
Arabic, Gulf Spoken afb 1 1 Bible Portions
Arabic, Judeo-Moroccan aju 1 1 Unspecified
Arabic, Levantine apc 4 0 Bible Portions
Arabic, Libyan Spoken ayl 1 1 Unspecified
Arabic, Mesopotamian Spoken acm 1 0 New Testament
Arabic, Moroccan Spoken ary 1 1 New Testament
Arabic, Najdi Spoken ars 1 1 Bible Portions
Arabic, Sanaani Spoken ayn 1 1 Translation Needed
Arabic, Sudanese Spoken apd 1 1 New Testament
Arabic, Tunisian Spoken aeb 1 1 New Testament
Armenian, Western hyw 1 0 Complete Bible
Assiniboine asb 1 0 Unspecified
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic aii 1 0 Complete Bible
Atikamekw atj 1 0 New Testament
Azerbaijani, South azb 1 1 Complete Bible
Babine bcr 1 0 Bible Portions
Bamanankan bam 1 1 Complete Bible
Baoule bci 1 0 Complete Bible
Basque eus 1 0 Complete Bible
Bavarian bar 1 0 Complete Bible
Beaver bea 1 0 Bible Portions
Belarusian bel 1 0 Complete Bible
Bemba bem 1 0 Complete Bible
Bengali ben 2 2 Complete Bible
Blackfoot bla 1 0 Bible Portions
Bosnian bos 1 1 Complete Bible
Brunei kxd 1 1 Translation Needed
Bulgarian bul 1 0 Complete Bible
Burmese mya 1 1 Complete Bible
Carrier crx 1 0 New Testament
Carrier, Southern caf 1 0 New Testament
Cayuga cay 1 0 Unspecified
Cebuano ceb 1 0 Complete Bible
Chilcotin clc 1 0 Bible Portions
Chinese, Hakka hak 1 1 Complete Bible
Chinese, Mandarin cmn 1 0 Complete Bible
Chinese, Min Nan nan 1 0 Complete Bible
Chinese, Wu wuu 1 0 Complete Bible
Comox coo 1 0 Unspecified
Cree, Moose crm 1 0 New Testament
Cree, Northern East crl 1 0 New Testament
Cree, Plains crk 1 0 Complete Bible
Cree, Southern East crj 1 0 New Testament
Cree, Swampy csw 1 0 New Testament
Cree, Woods cwd 1 0 Translation Needed
Croatian hrv 1 0 Complete Bible
Czech ces 1 0 Complete Bible
Dakota dak 1 0 Complete Bible
Danish dan 1 0 Complete Bible
Dari prs 1 1 Complete Bible
Dene chp 1 0 New Testament
Dinka, Southeastern dks 1 0 New Testament
Dutch nld 1 0 Complete Bible
English eng 36 3 Complete Bible
Estonian, Standard ekk 1 0 Complete Bible
Ewe ewe 1 0 Complete Bible
Fijian fij 1 0 Complete Bible
Finnish fin 1 0 Complete Bible
Fon fon 1 0 Complete Bible
French fra 4 0 Complete Bible
Frisian fry 1 0 Complete Bible
Fulfulde, Borgu fue 1 1 New Testament
Ganda lug 1 0 Complete Bible
Georgian kat 1 0 Complete Bible
German, Pennsylvania pdc 1 0 Complete Bible
German, Standard deu 1 0 Complete Bible
German, Swiss gsw 1 0 New Testament
Gikuyu kik 1 0 Complete Bible
Gitxsan git 1 0 Bible Portions
Greek ell 2 0 Complete Bible
Grenadian English Creole gcl 1 0 Translation Needed
Guarani, Paraguayan gug 1 0 Complete Bible
Gujarati guj 1 1 Complete Bible
Guyanese English Creole gyn 1 0 Bible Portions
Gwich'in gwi 1 0 Complete Bible
Haisla has 1 0 Unspecified
Haitian Creole hat 1 0 Complete Bible
Halkomelem hur 1 0 Unspecified
Hazaragi haz 1 1 Bible Portions
Hebrew heb 1 1 New Testament
Heiltsuk hei 1 0 Unspecified
Hiligaynon hil 1 0 Complete Bible
Hindi hin 2 1 Complete Bible
Hmong Daw mww 1 0 Complete Bible
Hungarian hun 1 0 Complete Bible
Hutterisch geh 1 0 Bible Portions
Icelandic isl 1 0 Complete Bible
Igbo ibo 1 0 Complete Bible
Ilocano ilo 1 0 Complete Bible
Indonesian ind 1 0 Complete Bible
Innu moe 1 0 New Testament
Inuinnaqtun ikt 1 0 Bible Portions
Inuktitut, Eastern Canadian ike 1 0 Complete Bible
Inupiatun, North Alaskan esi 1 0 New Testament
Irish gle 1 0 Complete Bible
Italian ita 1 0 Complete Bible
Jamaican English Creole jam 1 0 New Testament
Japanese jpn 1 1 Complete Bible
Judeo-Tat jdt 1 1 Bible Portions
Jula dyu 1 1 Complete Bible
Kabuverdianu kea 1 0 Bible Portions
Kapampangan pam 1 0 Complete Bible
Kashubian csb 1 0 New Testament
Kaska kkz 1 0 Unspecified
Kazakh kaz 1 1 Complete Bible
Khmer khm 1 1 Complete Bible
Kinyarwanda kin 1 0 Complete Bible
Kituba ktu 1 0 Complete Bible
Konkani, Goan gom 1 0 Complete Bible
Korean kor 1 0 Complete Bible
Kpelle, Liberia xpe 1 0 Complete Bible
Kurdish, Northern kmr 1 1 Complete Bible
Kutenai kut 1 0 Unspecified
Kwakwala kwk 1 0 Bible Portions
Kyrgyz kir 1 1 Complete Bible
Lakota lkt 1 0 Bible Portions
Lao lao 1 0 Complete Bible
Latvian, Standard lvs 1 0 Complete Bible
Leeward Caribbean English Creole aig 2 0 Bible Portions
Lesser Antillean French Creole acf 1 0 New Testament
Lillooet lil 1 0 Unspecified
Lingala lin 1 0 Complete Bible
Lithuanian lit 1 0 Complete Bible
Maay ymm 1 1 Bible Portions
Macedonian mkd 1 0 Complete Bible
Malagasy, Merina plt 1 0 Complete Bible
Malay zlm 1 1 Complete Bible
Malayalam mal 1 0 Complete Bible
Malecite-Passamaquoddy pqm 1 0 Bible Portions
Maltese mlt 1 0 Complete Bible
Maninkakan, Eastern emk 1 1 New Testament
Maya, Yucatec yua 1 0 Complete Bible
Mende men 1 0 Complete Bible
Mi'kmaq mic 1 0 New Testament
Michif crg 1 0 Unspecified
Mohawk moh 1 0 Bible Portions
Mongolian, Halh khk 1 1 Complete Bible
Moore mos 1 0 Complete Bible
Morisyen mfe 1 0 New Testament
Naskapi nsk 1 0 New Testament
Nepali npi 1 1 Complete Bible
Nisga'a ncg 1 0 Bible Portions
Norwegian nor 1 0 Complete Bible
Oji-Cree ojs 1 0 Bible Portions
Ojibwa, Central ojc 1 0 Translation Needed
Ojibwa, Eastern ojg 1 0 Translation Needed
Ojibwa, Northwestern ojb 1 0 New Testament
Ojibwa, Western ojw 1 0 Bible Portions
Okanagan oka 1 0 Unspecified
Oneida one 1 0 Bible Portions
Onondaga ono 1 0 Unspecified
Oromo, West Central gaz 1 0 Complete Bible
Ottawa otw 1 0 New Testament
Pashto, Northern pbu 1 1 Complete Bible
Persian, Iranian pes 1 0 Complete Bible
Plautdietsch pdt 1 0 Complete Bible
Polish pol 1 0 Complete Bible
Portuguese por 2 0 Complete Bible
Potawatomi pot 1 0 Bible Portions
Pular fuf 1 1 New Testament
Punjabi, Eastern pan 2 2 Complete Bible
Punjabi, Western pnb 1 1 New Testament
Romani, Sinte rmo 1 0 Complete Bible
Romani, Vlax rmy 1 0 Complete Bible
Romanian ron 2 0 Complete Bible
Rundi run 1 0 Complete Bible
Russian rus 2 1 Complete Bible
Scottish Gaelic gla 1 0 Complete Bible
Seneca see 1 0 Bible Portions
Serbian srp 3 0 Complete Bible
Seychelles French Creole crs 1 0 Complete Bible
Shona sna 1 0 Complete Bible
Shuswap shs 1 0 Unspecified
Sicilian scn 1 0 Bible Portions
Sinhala sin 1 1 Complete Bible
Slavey, North scs 1 0 Translation Needed
Slavey, South xsl 1 0 New Testament
Slovak slk 1 0 Complete Bible
Slovene slv 1 0 Complete Bible
Somali som 1 1 Complete Bible
Soninke snk 1 1 Bible Portions
Spanish spa 19 0 Complete Bible
Stoney sto 1 0 Bible Portions
Sukuma suk 1 0 Complete Bible
Swahili swh 1 0 Complete Bible
Swedish swe 1 0 Complete Bible
Tagalog tgl 1 0 Complete Bible
Tahltan tht 1 0 Unspecified
Tajik tgk 1 1 Complete Bible
Tamazight, Central Atlas tzm 1 1 Bible Portions
Tamil tam 1 0 Complete Bible
Tanana, Upper tau 1 0 Bible Portions
Tatar tat 1 1 Complete Bible
Thai tha 1 1 Complete Bible
Thompson thp 1 0 Unspecified
Tibetan, Central bod 1 1 Complete Bible
Tigre tig 1 1 Complete Bible
Tigrigna tir 1 0 Complete Bible
Tlicho dgr 1 0 New Testament
Tlingit tli 1 0 Bible Portions
Tsimshian tsi 1 0 Bible Portions
Turkish tur 1 1 Complete Bible
Tutchone, Northern ttm 1 0 Unspecified
Tutchone, Southern tce 1 0 Unspecified
Ukrainian ukr 1 0 Complete Bible
Urdu urd 1 1 Complete Bible
Uyghur uig 1 1 Complete Bible
Uzbek, Northern uzn 1 1 Complete Bible
Vietnamese vie 1 0 Complete Bible
Vincentian English Creole svc 1 0 Bible Portions
Welsh cym 1 0 Complete Bible
West Flemish vls 1 0 Bible Portions
Wolof wol 1 1 New Testament
Yiddish, Eastern ydd 1 1 Complete Bible
Yoruba yor 1 0 Complete Bible
Totals: 226 295 61   128 138 156 195 101
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There are many agencies and churches looking for additional staff to help them in their mission and calling in Canada. Internet searches are probably the best way to find these organizations. The following are some example search topics you might try:

  • Church planting agencies in Canada
  • Christian ministry in Canada
  • Business as mission
  • Christian literature distribution
  • Evangelism agencies
  • Christian discipleship
  • Short term Christian missions
  • Long term Christian missions
  • Urban ministries
  • Christian media opportunities
  • Bible translation opportunities
  • Relief and development agencies
  • Clean water projects
  • Christian medical outreaches

Canada Statistics
People Groups 295
Unreached People Groups 61  (20.7%)
Population 38,510,000
Population Annual Growth Rate 0.9%
Population in Unreached 2,812,000  (7.3%)
Primary Religion Christianity
Percent Christian Adherent 71.1%
Percent Evangelical 7.7%
Evangelical Annual Growth Rate 0.8%
Pioneer Workers Needed * 91
Country Progress Level 4
Urbanization 81%
Continent North America
Region America, North and Caribbean
10/40 Window No
Country Code CA
Official Language(s) EnglishFrench
Literacy Rate 99%
Estimated Illiterate Population 385,000
Persecution Ranking Not ranked
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