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PEOPLE GROUP PROFILE

The Micmac of Canada

The Micmac of Canada, numbering approximately 15,500 people, are No Longer Unreached. They are a Northeastern Woodlands people of Atlantic Canada organized into seven districts led by a Grand Chief, who intermarried with French Acadian settlers while resisting British encroachment, later signing Peace and Friendship Treaties from 1725 to 1779. They mostly adhere to Protestantism and Mi'kmaq is their primary language.

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

Fast Facts:

Affinity Group: North American Peoples
Country: Canada
People Cluster: North American Indigenous
Primary Language(s): Mi'kmaq (mic)
Primary Religion(s): Protestantism
Population: 15,500
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): No Longer Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): 10% or Greater Evangelical
People Group ID: PG043439
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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Protestantism
Religious Affiliation: Christianity

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%
Protestantism Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: Mi'kmaq
Language Family: Algic

47%
%
Mi’kmaq Speakers

Media Resources in Mi'kmaq:

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Bible Resources in Mi'kmaq:

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SPI: No longer Unreached

The Micmac 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 Micmac:
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 Micmac of Canada

He went to him and bound up his wounds, pouring on oil and wine. Then he set him on his own animal and brought him to an inn and took care of him
readLuke 10:34

Pray that the lost among them will experience the kind of compassion Jesus taught His followers to show others, and that they will trust in Him because He is the one who brings healing to the broken and lost.

Behold, children are a heritage from the LORD, the fruit of the womb a reward.
readPsalm 127:3

Pray that God will bless this generation of children, that they will come to know Jesus early in life and follow Him always.

For there is no distinction between Jew and Greek; for the same Lord is Lord of all, bestowing his riches on all who call on him.
readRomans 10:12

Pray that as people from different backgrounds place their faith in Christ, they will be unified by their faith Him.

I praise you, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made. Wonderful are your works; my soul knows it very well.
readPsalm 139:14

Praise God for His creativity and power, and pray that He will raise up men and women from among them who are in awe of all He has done and want to go share the hope of Christ with others.

Mi'kmaq Across Countries (ROP3 - 106612) reported in the following countries:

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2 people groups

PhotoPeople Group IDNameCountryPopulation ▲Strategic Progress IndexLanguageReligion
MicmacPG043546MicmacUnited States3,400No Longer UnreachedEnglishProtestantism
MicmacPG043439MicmacCanada15,500No Longer UnreachedMi'kmaqProtestantism

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