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The Ilocano of Canada

The Ilocano of Canada, numbering approximately 16,500 people, are No Longer Unreached. They are an Austronesian ethnolinguistic people originating in the Ilocos region of northwestern Luzon whose communities in Canada reflect a long history of migration and strong family networks. They mostly adhere to Protestantism and Iloko is their primary language.

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Fast Facts:

Affinity Group: Malay Peoples
Country: Canada
People Cluster: Filipino, Central
Primary Language(s): Iloko (ilo)
Primary Religion(s): Protestantism
Population: 16,500
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): No Longer Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): 2% or Greater but Less than 5% Evangelical
People Group ID: PG047423
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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Protestantism
Religious Affiliation: Christianity

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%
Protestantism Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: Iloko
Language Family: Austronesian

100%
%
Ilocano Speakers

Media Resources in Iloko:

Films:
TitleLink
JESUSView Film

1 film

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Bible Resources in Iloko:

Bible Name (Translation)VideoAudioText
Revised Ilokano Popular Version✓✓✓

1 entry

Provided by Faith Comes by Hearing

Or check out the Iloko bible at Bible.com

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SPI: No longer Unreached

The Ilocano 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 Ilocano:
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 Ilocano 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.

But those that were sown on the good soil are the ones who hear the word and accept it and bear fruit, thirtyfold and sixtyfold and a hundredfold.
readMark 4:20

Pray that those who have never encountered the gospel will have the opportunity to receive it, and that it will fall on good soil and bear much fruit.

As for you, you meant evil against me, but God meant it for good, to bring it about that many people should be kept alive, as they are today.
readGenesis 50:20

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ, they will forgive those who do them harm and trust God as they walk in His ways.

After this I looked, and behold, a great multitude that no one could number, from every nation, from all tribes and peoples and languages, standing before the throne and before the Lamb, clothed in white robes, with palm branches in their hands, and crying out with a loud voice, “Salvation belongs to our God who sits on the throne, and to the Lamb!”
readRevelation 7:9-10

Pray that the promise in Revelation 7:9-10 will encourage believers from among them or from nearby people groups to share the gospel with people who have never learned it.

Ilocano Across Countries (ROP3 - 103997) reported in the following countries:

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4 people groups

PhotoPeople Group IDNameCountryPopulation ▲Strategic Progress IndexLanguageReligion
IlocanoPG047423IlocanoCanada16,500No Longer UnreachedIlokoProtestantism
IlocanosPG050298IlocanosGuam23,000No Longer UnreachedIlokoRoman Catholicism
IlocanoPG043275IlocanoUnited States88,500No Longer UnreachedIlokoRoman Catholicism
IlocanoPG007684IlocanoPhilippines10,690,000No Longer UnreachedIlokoRoman Catholicism

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

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