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PEOPLE GROUP PROFILE

The Hindi of Canada

The Hindi of Canada, numbering approximately 288,000 people, are Engaged yet Unreached. They are described as a diaspora community of Hindi in Canada They are an Diaspora people, with Hindi as their ethnic/kinship group and are in the Hindi people cluster of the South Asian Peoples. Their primary religion is Hinduism. They primarily speak Hindi.

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Fast Facts*:

Affinity Group: South Asian Peoples
Country: Canada
People Cluster: Hindi
Primary Language(s): Hindi (hin)
Primary Religion(s): Hinduism
Population: 288,000
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): Engaged yet Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): Less than 2% Evangelical, No Recent CP Activity
People Group ID: PG043407
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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Hinduism
Religious Affiliation: Hinduism

78%
%
Hinduism Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: Hindi
Language Family: Indo-European

100%
%
Hindi Speakers

Media Resources in Hindi:

Films:
TitleLink
JESUSView Film
MagdalenaView Film
The SaviorView Film

3 films

Provided by the Jesus Film Project

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Bible Resources in Hindi:

Bible Name (Translation)VideoAudioText
Easy-to-Read Version✓✓
Indian Revised Version (OT - Davar Audio)✓
New Hindi Version✓
New Hindi Version - LUMO Christmas Film✓
New Hindi Version - LUMO Easter Film✓
Sab Ki✓✓

6 entries

Provided by Faith Comes by Hearing

Or check out the Hindi bible at Bible.com

Linked from YouVersion

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SPI: Unreached yet Engaged

The Hindi are Engaged yet Unreached, which means there are less than 2% evangelical Christian populations but there are sustained efforts at establishing self-sustaining churches consistent with evangelical faith and practice.

Next steps for the Hindi:
Continue prayer and fasting for this group
Continue gospel seed sowing and church planting among this group
Begin training up local leaders to lead and develop strategies to reach their own people

Pray specifically for the Hindi of Canada

"And you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free.”
readJohn 8:32

Pray for those who live enslaved to sin to hear and receive the truth of the gospel and be set free.

Lead me in your truth and teach me, for you are the God of my salvation; for you I wait all the day long.
readPsalm 25:5

Pray that the gospel will advance and that God will lead people in His truth, bringing many to salvation.

The LORD is my chosen portion and my cup; you hold my lot... indeed, I have a beautiful inheritance.
readPsalm 16:5-6

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ and face hardship, they will remember that God is their portion and cup and that He has a beautiful inheritance for them.

This is the message we have heard from him and proclaim to you, that God is light, and in him is no darkness at all.
read1 John 1:5

Pray that God will raise up believers who can share the gospel with people who don't know the good news of Jesus, that God is light and in him, there is no darkness at all.

Hindi Across Countries (ROP3 - 103789) reported in the following countries:

Strategic Progress Index
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14 people groups

PhotoPeople Group IDNameCountryPopulation ▼Strategic Progress IndexLanguageReligion
Indian HindusPG042180Indian HindusSouth Africa1,375,000No Longer UnreachedHindiHinduism
HindiPG047203HindiUnited States910,000Engaged yet UnreachedHindiHinduism
HindiPG000641HindiUnited Kingdom734,000Engaged yet UnreachedHindiHinduism
HindiPG043407HindiCanada288,000Engaged yet UnreachedHindiHinduism
HindiPG022049HindiMyanmar276,000Engaged yet UnreachedHindiFolk Hinduism
HindiPG046411HindiOman130,000Engaged yet UnreachedHindiHinduism
HindiPG000243HindiGermany114,000Engaged yet UnreachedHindiHinduism
HindiPG042473HindiFrance95,500Engaged yet UnreachedHindiHinduism
HindiPG020236HindiMalaysia68,500Engaged yet UnreachedHindiHinduism
HindiPG016364HindiGuyana32,500Engaged yet UnreachedHindustani, SarnamiHinduism
HindiPG001227HindiBhutan17,000Engaged yet UnreachedHindiHinduism
HindiPG024828HindiPanama16,000Engaged yet UnreachedHindiHinduism
HindiPG010704HindiSingapore12,500Engaged yet UnreachedHindiHinduism
HindiPG048753HindiSouth Korea2,700Unengaged and UnreachedHindiHinduism

To download a comprehensive people group list in spreadsheet form, visit our Research Data page.

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