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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.

Photo by Google. (2026). Image generated by Gemini 3.1 Flash-Lite: Hindi

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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Pray for the Hindi of Canada

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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

For we do not wrestle against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the cosmic powers over this present darkness, against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly places.
readEphesians 6:12

Pray for those ensnared by the darkness of this world, that they will recognize the spiritual forces at work and turn to the light of Christ.

For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life.
readJohn 3:16

Pray that the lost will seek God and learn that they have a heavenly Father who loves them and wants them to live eternally with Him.

Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old has passed away; behold, the new has come.
read2 Corinthians 5:17

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ, they will understand and experience the truth that in Christ, they are a new creation, and the old has gone and the new has come.

And through him to reconcile to himself all things, whether on earth or in heaven, making peace by the blood of his cross.
readColossians 1:20

As believers cross cultures to tell others about Jesus, praise God for allowing them to be a part of His reconciling all things to Himself, asking Him to help them remember their role in His beautiful plan of salvation for others.

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

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14 people groups

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

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

*Peoplegroups.org relies on updates from the field and other organizations for much of our data, so if you have any updates, please contact us. We use various international naming standards. For a list of these standards and fields, visit our Data Standards section.

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