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The Inuit of Canada

The Inuit of Canada, numbering approximately 39,500 people, are No Longer Unreached. They are an Indigenous Inuit people who live primarily in the eastern regions of Inuit Nunangat, the Inuit homeland in Canada. They mostly adhere to Protestantism and Eastern Canadian Inuktitut is their primary language.

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Fast Facts:

Affinity Group: North American Peoples
Country: Canada
People Cluster: Arctic Peoples
Primary Language(s): Eastern Canadian Inuktitut (ike)
Primary Religion(s): Protestantism
Population: 39,500
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): No Longer Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): 10% or Greater Evangelical
People Group ID: PG047358
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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Protestantism
Religious Affiliation: Christianity

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%
Protestantism Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: Eastern Canadian Inuktitut
Language Family: Eskimo-Aleut

100%
%
Inuktitut, Eastern Canadian Speakers

Media Resources in Eastern Canadian Inuktitut:

Films:
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Bible Resources in Eastern Canadian Inuktitut:

No Bible resources are listed for this language.

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Or check out the Eastern Canadian Inuktitut bible at Bible.com

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SPI: No longer Unreached

The Inuit 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 Inuit:
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 Inuit of Canada

But he said, "What is impossible with man is possible with God."
readLuke 18:27

Praise God that He is the God of impossible things and that He is able to save even those who seem beyond hope.

All the earth worships you and sings praises to you; they sing praises to your name.
readPsalm 66:4

Pray that the good news of Jesus will advance here and that many will bow down and sing praises to His name.

I wait for the LORD, my soul waits, and in his word I hope.
readPsalm 130:5

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ, they will wait on the Lord and have patience and trust, knowing His ways and His timing are always perfect.

And he said to them, “Truly, I say to you, there is no one who has left house or wife or brothers or parents or children, for the sake of the kingdom of God, who will not receive many times more in this time, and in the age to come eternal life.”
readLuke 18:29-30

Pray that God will raise up people to go and share the gospel and help them trust His promise that anyone who has left those they treasure for the sake of the kingdom of God will receive many times more in this life and in the life to come.

Inuit, Eastern Canadian Across Countries (ROP3 - 104041) reported in the following countries:

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1 people group

PhotoPeople Group IDName ▼CountryPopulationStrategic Progress IndexLanguageReligion
InuitPG047358InuitCanada39,500No Longer UnreachedEastern Canadian InuktitutProtestantism

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