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PEOPLE GROUP PROFILE

The Algerian Arabs of Canada

The Algerian Arabs of Canada, numbering approximately 72,000 people, are Engaged yet Unreached. They are described as a community of Arabic‑speaking Algerians whose cultural identity formed through centuries of Arab settlement, Islamization, and interaction with Indigenous Amazigh (Berber) peoples They are an Diaspora people, with Arab, Algerian as their ethnic/kinship group and are in the Arab, Maghreb people cluster of the Arab Peoples. Their primary religion is Sunni Islam. They primarily speak Arabic, Algerian.

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Fast Facts*:

Affinity Group: Arab Peoples
Country: Canada
People Cluster: Arab, Maghreb
Primary Language(s): Arabic, Algerian (arq)
Primary Religion(s): Sunni Islam
Population: 72,000
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): Engaged yet Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): Less than 2% Evangelical, No Recent CP Activity
People Group ID: PG047408
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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Sunni Islam
Religious Affiliation: Islam

99%
%
Sunni Islam Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: Arabic, Algerian
Language Family: Afro-Asiatic

100%
%
Arabic, Algerian Speakers

Media Resources in Arabic, Algerian:

Films:
TitleLink
JESUSView Film
MagdalenaView Film

2 films

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Bible Resources in Arabic, Algerian:

Bible Name (Translation)VideoAudioText
United Bible Societies✓

1 entry

Provided by Faith Comes by Hearing

Or check out the Arabic, Algerian bible at Bible.com

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SPI: Unreached yet Engaged

The Algerian Arabs 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 Algerian Arabs:
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 Algerian Arabs of Canada

For you, O LORD, are most high over all the earth; you are exalted far above all gods.
readPsalm 97:9

Pray that those who don't yet know Him will recognize the Lord as the Most High and turn from spiritual darkness to worship Him above all else.

And he made from one man every nation of mankind to live on all the face of the earth, having determined allotted periods and the boundaries of their dwelling place, that they should seek God, and perhaps feel their way toward him and find him. Yet he is actually not far from each one of us.
readActs 17:26-27

Pray that the lost will seek God and find Him, for He is not far from each one of us. Pray that they will have opportunities to access the gospel, learn God's purpose for their lives, and believe in Him.

For if we go on sinning deliberately after receiving the knowledge of the truth, there no longer remains a sacrifice for sins.
readHebrews 10:26

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ, they will live with reverence for God and not deliberately keep sinning after they receive the knowledge of the truth.

The true light, which gives light to everyone, was coming into the world. He was in the world, and the world was made through him, yet the world did not know him.
readJohn 1:9-10

Pray for those God might send to share the gospel here. Ask that they will grow closer to Jesus and be compelled to share His good news with people who don't know it.

Arab, Algerian Across Countries (ROP3 - 100226) reported in the following countries:

Strategic Progress Index
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10 people groups

PhotoPeople Group IDNameCountryPopulation ▼Strategic Progress IndexLanguageReligion
Algerian ArabsPG011251Algerian ArabsAlgeria34,820,000Engaged yet UnreachedArabic, AlgerianSunni Islam
Algerian ArabsPG011662Algerian ArabsFrance1,720,000Engaged yet UnreachedArabic, AlgerianSunni Islam
Algerian ArabsPG012207Algerian ArabsTunisia300,000Unengaged and UnreachedArabic, AlgerianSunni Islam
Algerian ArabsPG047408Algerian ArabsCanada72,000Engaged yet UnreachedArabic, AlgerianSunni Islam
Algerian ArabsPG042332Algerian ArabsSpain67,000Unengaged and UnreachedArabic, AlgerianSunni Islam
Algerian ArabsPG000048Algerian ArabsBelgium28,500Unengaged and UnreachedArabic, AlgerianSunni Islam
Algerian ArabsPG042324Algerian ArabsItaly27,000Unengaged and UnreachedArabic, AlgerianSunni Islam
Algerian ArabsPG047311Algerian ArabsUnited States25,500Unengaged and UnreachedArabic, AlgerianSunni Islam
Algerian ArabsPG012373Algerian ArabsBurkina Faso24,500Unengaged and UnreachedArabic, AlgerianFolk Islam
Algerian ArabsPG000393Algerian ArabsNetherlands8,700Engaged yet UnreachedArabic, AlgerianSunni Islam

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

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