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The Kazakh of Canada

The Kazakh of Canada, numbering approximately 7,900 people, are Engaged yet Unreached. They are a Turkic people of Central Asia whose historic homeland is the vast steppe region of present-day Kazakhstan. They are the largest ethnic group in Kazakhstan and also have significant communities in China (Xinjiang), Mongolia, Uzbekistan, and Russia. They mostly adhere to Sunni Islam and Kazakh is their primary language.

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

Fast Facts:

Affinity Group: Turkic Peoples
Country: Canada
People Cluster: Kazakh
Primary Language(s): Kazakh (kaz)
Primary Religion(s): Sunni Islam
Population: 7,900
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): Engaged yet Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): Less than 2% Evangelical, No Recent CP Activity
People Group ID: PG047416

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Pray for the Kazakh of Canada

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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Sunni Islam
Religious Affiliation: Islam

75%
%
Sunni Islam Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: Kazakh
Language Family: Turkic

100%
%
Kazakh Speakers

Media Resources in Kazakh:

Films:
TitleLink
JESUSView Film
MagdalenaView Film

2 films

Provided by the Jesus Film Project

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Bible Resources in Kazakh:

Bible Name (Translation)VideoAudioText
Kiyeli kitap 2010✓✓✓

1 entry

Provided by Faith Comes by Hearing

Or check out the Kazakh bible at Bible.com

Linked from YouVersion

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SPI: Unreached yet Engaged

The Kazakh 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 Kazakh:
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 Kazakh of Canada

O Lord, you hear the desire of the afflicted; you will strengthen their heart; you will incline your ear to do justice to the fatherless and the oppressed, so that man who is of the earth may strike terror no more.
readPsalm 10:17-18

Pray that God, in accordance with His good character, will give justice to those who are oppressed by sin and that they will know that His offer of salvation is for everyone.

More than that, we also rejoice in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have now received reconciliation.
readRomans 5:11

Pray for the gospel to advance and for more people to be brought into God's family through the reconciliation Jesus offers them.

But my righteous one shall live by faith, and if he shrinks back, my soul has no pleasure in him.
readHebrews 10:38

Pray that as people trust in Christ, they will live by faith and not shrink back from their hope in Christ.

To the Jews I became as a Jew, in order to win Jews. To those under the law I became as one under the law (though not being myself under the law) that I might win those under the law.
read1 Corinthians 9:20

Pray that believers from similar cultures will be compelled by Christ's love to reach people who don't know the gospel, and that those people will receive the good news with joy.

Kazakh Across Countries (ROP3 - 104791) reported in the following countries:

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12 people groups

PhotoPeople Group IDNameCountryPopulation ▼Strategic Progress IndexLanguageReligion
KazakhPG024277KazakhKazakhstan12,530,000Engaged yet UnreachedKazakhSunni Islam
KazakhPG024103KazakhChina1,400,000Engaged yet UnreachedKazakhSunni Islam
KazakhPG024681KazakhUzbekistan905,000Engaged yet UnreachedKazakhSunni Islam
KazakhPG000916KazakhRussian Federation807,000Engaged yet UnreachedKazakhSunni Islam
KazakhPG024620KazakhTurkmenistan165,000Unengaged and UnreachedKazakhSunni Islam
KazakhPG007493KazakhMongolia161,000Engaged yet UnreachedKazakhSunni Islam
KazakhPG000247KazakhGermany40,500Unengaged and UnreachedKazakhSunni Islam
KazakhPG024355KazakhKyrgyzstan26,500Unengaged and UnreachedKazakhSunni Islam
KazakhPG024564KazakhTurkiye9,600Engaged yet UnreachedKazakhSunni Islam
KazakhPG047416KazakhCanada7,900Engaged yet UnreachedKazakhSunni Islam
KazakhPG024169KazakhIran6,100Unengaged and UnreachedKazakhSunni Islam
KazakhPG047197KazakhUnited States2,100Engaged yet UnreachedKazakhSunni Islam

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

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