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PEOPLE GROUP PROFILE

The Han Chinese (Wu) of Canada

The Han Chinese (Wu) of Canada, numbering approximately 9,200 people, are No Longer Unreached. They are described as an ethnolinguistic subgroup of Han Chinese originating from the Yangtze River area of China's Shanghai, Zhejiang, and Jiangsu provinces They are an Diaspora people, with Chinese as their ethnic/kinship group and are in the Chinese people cluster of the East Asian Peoples. Their primary religion is Chinese Folk Religion. They primarily speak Chinese, Wu.

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Fast Facts*:

Affinity Group: East Asian Peoples
Country: Canada
People Cluster: Chinese
Primary Language(s): Chinese, Wu (wuu)
Primary Religion(s): Chinese Folk Religion
Population: 9,200
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): No Longer Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): 5% or Greater but Less than 10% Evangelical
People Group ID: PG047430
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Pray for the Han Chinese (Wu) of Canada

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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Chinese Folk Religion
Religious Affiliation: Ethnoreligion

75%
%
Chinese Folk Religion Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: Chinese, Wu
Language Family: Sino-Tibetan

100%
%
Chinese, Wu Speakers

Media Resources in Chinese, Wu:

Films:
TitleLink
JESUSView Film

1 film

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Bible Resources in Chinese, Wu:

No Bible resources are listed for this language.

Provided by Faith Comes by Hearing

Or check out the Chinese, Wu bible at Bible.com

Linked from YouVersion

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SPI: No longer Unreached

The Han Chinese (Wu) 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 Han Chinese (Wu):
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 Han Chinese (Wu) of Canada

Note then the kindness and the severity of God: severity toward those who have fallen, but God's kindness to you, provided you continue in his kindness. Otherwise you too will be cut off.
readRomans 11:22

Pray that God will transform those who persist in unbelief and, in His everlasting kindness, graft them into His family.

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.

All the ends of the earth shall remember and turn to the LORD, and all the families of the nations shall worship before you.
readPsalm 22:27

Pray that all families of the nations will worship the Lord in spirit and in truth.

After this the Lord appointed seventy-two others and sent them on ahead of him, two by two, into every town and place where he himself was about to go.
readLuke 10:1

Ask God to raise up, send out, and sustain Christians who can go together to share the good news of Jesus with those who need it.

Han Chinese, Wu Across Countries (ROP3 - 102143) reported in the following countries:

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4 people groups

PhotoPeople Group IDNameCountryPopulationStrategic Progress IndexLanguage ▼Religion
Han Chinese (Wu)PG006806Han Chinese (Wu)China92,530,000No Longer UnreachedChinese, WuChinese Folk Religion
Han Chinese (Wu)PG047187Han Chinese (Wu)United States8,400No Longer UnreachedChinese, WuAtheism
Han Chinese (Wu)PG047430Han Chinese (Wu)Canada9,200No Longer UnreachedChinese, WuChinese Folk Religion
Han Chinese (Wu)PG050606Han Chinese (Wu)Hong Kong56,500No Longer UnreachedChinese, WuChinese Folk Religion

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

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