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The Northwestern Ojibwa of Canada

The Northwestern Ojibwa of Canada, numbering approximately 26,500 people, are No Longer Unreached. They are an Algonquian-speaking Ojibwe people descended from bands that expanded west from Lake Huron in the seventeenth century, relying on hunting, wild rice harvesting, and maple sugaring in northwestern Ontario. They mostly adhere to Protestantism and Northwestern Ojibwa is their primary language.

Photo by Google. (2026). Image generated by Gemini 3.1 Flash: Northwestern Ojibwa

Fast Facts:

Affinity Group: North American Peoples
Country: Canada
People Cluster: North American Indigenous
Primary Language(s): Northwestern Ojibwa (ojb)
Primary Religion(s): Protestantism
Population: 26,500
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): No Longer Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): 10% or Greater Evangelical
People Group ID: PG043376
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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Protestantism
Religious Affiliation: Christianity

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%
Protestantism Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: Northwestern Ojibwa
Language Family: Algic

80%
%
Ojibwa, Northwestern Speakers

Media Resources in Northwestern Ojibwa:

Films:

No film resources are listed for this language.

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Bible Resources in Northwestern Ojibwa:

Bible Name (Translation)VideoAudioText
2008 Canadian Bible Society✓✓
2008 Canadian Bible Society✓✓

2 entries

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SPI: No longer Unreached

The Northwestern Ojibwa are No Longer Unreached, which means there are more than 2% evangelical Christian populations and there are churches consistent with evangelical faith and practice. There is still more to be done among them.

Next steps for the Northwestern Ojibwa:
Empower local believers to begin praying for their own people
Continue gospel seed sowing and church planting
Encourage local leaders to being leading church planting strategy and looking for Unreached and Unengaged groups nearby

Pray specifically for the Northwestern Ojibwa of Canada

But Jesus said, "Let the little children come to me and do not hinder them, for to such belongs the kingdom of heaven"
readMatthew 9:14

Pray that those who are spiritually dead will recognize their need for spiritual nourishment and turn to the One who offers true fulfillment.

O LORD, our Lord, how majestic is your name in all the earth! You have set your glory above the heavens.
readPsalm 8:1

Pray that those who have yet to believe will soon recognize the majesty of God's name and raise their voices in praise to the Lord Almighty.

But God, being rich in mercy, because of the great love with which he loved us, even when we were dead in our trespasses, made us alive together with Christ—by grace you have been saved.
readEphesians 2:4-5

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ, they will remember God's mercy and grace and experience joy as they walk in new life with Christ.

After this I looked, and behold, a great multitude that no one could number, from every nation, from all tribes and peoples and languages, standing before the throne and before the Lamb, clothed in white robes, with palm branches in their hands, and crying out with a loud voice, “Salvation belongs to our God who sits on the throne, and to the Lamb!”
readRevelation 7:9-10

Pray that the promise in Revelation 7:9-10 will encourage believers from among them or from nearby people groups to share the gospel with people who have never learned it.

Ojibwa, Northwestern Across Countries (ROP3 - 114921) reported in the following countries:

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1 people group

PhotoPeople Group IDNameCountryPopulation ▼Strategic Progress IndexLanguageReligion
Northwestern OjibwaPG043376Northwestern OjibwaCanada26,500No Longer UnreachedNorthwestern OjibwaProtestantism

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