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PEOPLE GROUP PROFILE

The Edo of Canada

The Edo of Canada, numbering approximately 1,300 people, are No Longer Unreached. They are an Edoid-speaking ethnic group indigenous to the Edo State in southern Nigeria. They mostly adhere to Protestantism and Bini is their primary language.

Photo by Google. (2026). Image generated by Gemini 3.1 Flash-Lite: Edo

Fast Facts:

Affinity Group: Sub-Saharan African Peoples
Country: Canada
People Cluster: Guinean
Primary Language(s): Bini (bin)
Primary Religion(s): Protestantism
Population: 1,300
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): No Longer Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): 2% or Greater but Less than 5% Evangelical
People Group ID: PG047449

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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Protestantism
Religious Affiliation: Christianity

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%
Protestantism Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: Bini
Language Family: Atlantic-Congo

100%
%
Edo Speakers

Media Resources in Bini:

Films:
TitleLink
JESUSView Film

1 film

Provided by the Jesus Film Project

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Bible Resources in Bini:

Bible Name (Translation)VideoAudioText
1996 Bible Society of Nigeria✓

1 entry

Provided by Faith Comes by Hearing

Or check out the Bini bible at Bible.com

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SPI: No longer Unreached

The Edo 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 Edo:
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 Edo of Canada

These have indeed an appearance of wisdom in promoting self- made religion and asceticism and severity to the body, but they are of no value in stopping the indulgence of the flesh.
readColossians 2:23

Pray for those without Christ, that they will see the emptiness of human traditions and turn to the truth and grace found in Jesus.

Then the LORD God formed the man of dust from the ground and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life, and the man became a living creature.
readGenesis 2:7

Pray that Christians will be able to share the hope of Christ with suffering people and that He will breathe new life into their souls.

Your word is a lamp to my feet and a light to my path.
readPsalm 119:105

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ, they will meditate daily on the Word of God so that, through it, they might have wisdom for the big and small decisions they face every day.

And he went away and began to proclaim in the Decapolis how much Jesus had done for him, and everyone marveled.
readMark 5:20

Pray that God will bring people who appear beyond hope to faith in Jesus and that they will then go and tell others of the marvelous things He has done.

Edo Across Countries (ROP3 - 102871) reported in the following countries:

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3 people groups

PhotoPeople Group IDNameCountryPopulation ▼Strategic Progress IndexLanguageReligion
EdoPG013756EdoNigeria2,385,000No Longer UnreachedBiniProtestantism
EdoPG047449EdoCanada1,300No Longer UnreachedBiniProtestantism
EdoPG050346EdoUnited States100No Longer UnreachedBiniProtestantism

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