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The Wolof of Canada

The Wolof of Canada, numbering approximately 1,300 people, are Engaged yet Unreached. They are a West African ethnic group indigenous to northwestern Senegal, the Gambia, and southwestern coastal Mauritania. They mostly adhere to Sunni Islam and Wolof is their primary language.

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

Fast Facts:

Affinity Group: Sub-Saharan African Peoples
Country: Canada
People Cluster: Atlantic-Wolof
Primary Language(s): Wolof (wol)
Primary Religion(s): Sunni Islam
Population: 1,300
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): Engaged yet Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): Less than 2% Evangelical, No Recent CP Activity
People Group ID: PG047451
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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Sunni Islam
Religious Affiliation: Islam

99%
%
Sunni Islam Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: Wolof
Language Family: Atlantic-Congo

100%
%
Wolof Speakers

Media Resources in Wolof:

Films:
TitleLink
JESUSView Film
MagdalenaView Film

2 films

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Bible Resources in Wolof:

Bible Name (Translation)VideoAudioText
2004 La Mission Baptiste du Sénégal✓

1 entry

Provided by Faith Comes by Hearing

Or check out the Wolof bible at Bible.com

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SPI: Unreached yet Engaged

The Wolof 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 Wolof:
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 Wolof of Canada

Listen, my beloved brothers, has not God chosen those who are poor in the world to be rich in faith and heirs of the kingdom, which he has promised to those who love him?
readJames 2:5

Pray for those living in despair to experience the riches of God's love and the hope of eternal life through faith in Christ.

How beautiful upon the mountains are the feet of him who brings good news, who publishes peace, who brings good news of happiness, who publishes salvation, who says to Zion, "Your God reigns."
readIsaiah 52:7

Pray that those who don't know the good news of peace and salvation through Jesus Christ will have an opportunity to receive it. Pray that it will bring hope and healing to their souls.

Have this mind among yourselves, which is yours in Christ Jesus, who, though he was in the form of God, did not count equality with God a thing to be grasped, but emptied himself, by taking the form of a servant, being born in the likeness of men.
readPhilippians 2:5-7

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ, they will imitate His humility in all they do.

Say among the nations, “The LORD reigns! Yes, the world is established; it shall never be moved; he will judge the peoples with equity.”
readPsalm 96:10

Pray for God to put in the hearts of believers to go to the lost and testify about the Lord who reigns.

Wolof Across Countries (ROP3 - 110856) reported in the following countries:

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9 people groups

PhotoPeople Group IDNameCountryPopulationStrategic Progress Index ▼LanguageReligion
WolofPG047653WolofUnited States27,000Engaged yet UnreachedWolofSunni Islam
WolofPG047451WolofCanada1,300Engaged yet UnreachedWolofSunni Islam
WolofPG014267WolofSenegal7,050,000Engaged yet UnreachedWolofFolk Islam
WolofPG013247WolofGambia399,000Engaged yet UnreachedGambian WolofFolk Islam
WolofPG013222WolofGabon25,000Engaged yet UnreachedWolofFolk Islam
WolofPG042327WolofItaly81,000Unengaged and UnreachedWolofSunni Islam
WolofPG042188WolofGuinea-Bissau11,500Unengaged and UnreachedWolofSunni Islam
WolofPG013591WolofMauritania212,000Unengaged and UnreachedWolofSufi Islam
WolofPG013147WolofCote d’Ivoire21,000Unengaged and UnreachedWolofFolk Islam

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