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The Northwestern Ojibwa of Canada

The Northwestern Ojibwa of Canada, numbering approximately 26,500 people, are No Longer Unreached. They are an Algonquian-speaking Ojibwe people descended from bands that expanded west from Lake Huron in the seventeenth century, relying on hunting, wild rice harvesting, and maple sugaring in northwestern Ontario. They mostly adhere to Protestantism and Northwestern Ojibwa is their primary language.

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

Fast Facts:

Affinity Group: North American Peoples
Country: Canada
People Cluster: North American Indigenous
Primary Language(s): Northwestern Ojibwa (ojb)
Primary Religion(s): Protestantism
Population: 26,500
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): No Longer Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): 10% or Greater Evangelical
People Group ID: PG043376
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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Protestantism
Religious Affiliation: Christianity

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%
Protestantism Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: Northwestern Ojibwa
Language Family: Algic

80%
%
Ojibwa, Northwestern Speakers

Media Resources in Northwestern Ojibwa:

Films:

No film resources are listed for this language.

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Bible Resources in Northwestern Ojibwa:

Bible Name (Translation)VideoAudioText
2008 Canadian Bible Society✓✓
2008 Canadian Bible Society✓✓

2 entries

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SPI: No longer Unreached

The Northwestern Ojibwa 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 Northwestern Ojibwa:
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 Northwestern Ojibwa of Canada

And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, so must the Son of Man be lifted up, that whoever believes in him may have eternal life.
readJohn 3:14-15

Pray that the lost among them will look to the One lifted up on the cross, believing in Him and receiving eternal life.

Other seeds fell on good soil and produced grain, some a hundredfold, some sixty, some thirty. He who has ears, let him hear.
readMatthew 13:8-9

Pray that they will have open hearts and minds to the Word of God, and that it will take root in their lives and bear fruit for His glory.

Delight yourself in the Lord, and he will give you the desires of your heart.
readPsalm 37:4

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ, they will delight themselves in the Lord, trusting Him to give them the desires of their hearts.

To that end, keep alert with all perseverance, making supplication for all the saints, and also for me, that words may be given to me in opening my mouth boldly to proclaim the mystery of the gospel.
readEphesians 6:18b-19

Ask God to give believers He sends to the lost of this people group the boldness and clarity to proclaim the mystery of the gospel in a way that people can understand.

Ojibwa, Northwestern Across Countries (ROP3 - 114921) reported in the following countries:

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1 people group

PhotoPeople Group IDNameCountryPopulationStrategic Progress Index ▼LanguageReligion
Northwestern OjibwaPG043376Northwestern OjibwaCanada26,500No Longer UnreachedNorthwestern OjibwaProtestantism

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