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The Hausa of Canada

The Hausa of Canada, numbering approximately 375 people, are Engaged yet Unreached. They are a community in Canada descended from the Hausa of northern Nigeria and Niger, preserving a West African cultural identity rooted in the historic Hausa states. They mostly adhere to Sunni Islam and Hausa is their primary language.

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Fast Facts:

Affinity Group: Sub-Saharan African Peoples
Country: Canada
People Cluster: Hausa
Primary Language(s): Hausa (hau)
Primary Religion(s): Sunni Islam
Population: 375
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): Engaged yet Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): Less than 2% Evangelical, No Recent CP Activity
People Group ID: PG047465

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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Sunni Islam
Religious Affiliation: Islam

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Sunni Islam Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: Hausa
Language Family: Afro-Asiatic

100%
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Hausa Speakers

Media Resources in Hausa:

Films:
Title Link
JESUS View Film
Magdalena View Film
The Savior View Film

3 films

Provided by the Jesus Film Project

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Bible Resources in Hausa:

Bible Name (Translation) Video Audio Text
1979 Bible Society of Nigeria ✓
Common Language Version (FCBH Audio) ✓ ✓
Littafi Mai Tsarki ✓

3 entries

Provided by Faith Comes by Hearing

Or check out the Hausa bible at Bible.com

Linked from YouVersion

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SPI: Unreached yet Engaged

The Hausa 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 Hausa:
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 Hausa of Canada

I will put enmity between you and the woman, and between your offspring and her offspring; he shall bruise your head, and you shall bruise his heel.
readGenesis 3:15

Pray that those without Christ will hear the words of Genesis 1-3 in their own language, and desire to know their Creator and His provision of salvation.

All the ends of the earth shall remember and turn to the LORD, and all the families of the nations shall worship before you. For kingship belongs to the LORD, and he rules over the nations.
readPsalm 22:27-28

Pray that entire families will turn to the Lord in repentance and faith, and that they will worship Him and declare His righteousness to the nations.

We give thanks to you, O God; we give thanks, for your name is near. We recount your wondrous deeds.
readPsalm 75:1

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ, they will give thanks to the Lord for His wondrous works and declare His goodness to all people.

And when Jesus finished these sayings, the crowds were astonished at his teaching, for he was teaching them as one who had authority, and not as their scribes.
readMatthew 7:28-29

Pray that God will remind believers that they have His authority as they share His truth with the lost, and pray He will draw crowds of people to this message and plant it deeply in their hearts.

Hausa Across Countries (ROP3 - 103733) reported in the following countries:

Strategic Progress Index

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19 people groups

Photo People Group ID Name Country Population ▲ Strategic Progress Index Language Religion
Hausa PG047465 Hausa Canada 375 Engaged yet Unreached Hausa Sunni Islam
Hausa PG013409 Hausa Guinea 1,500 Engaged yet Unreached Hausa Sunni Islam
Hausa PG050354 Hausa United States 5,400 Unengaged and Unreached Hausa Sunni Islam
Hausa PG012404 Hausa Burkina Faso 12,000 Engaged yet Unreached Hausa Folk Islam
Hausa PG011263 Hausa Algeria 12,500 Unengaged and Unreached Hausa Sunni Islam
Hausa PG012971 Hausa Congo 12,500 Unengaged and Unreached Hausa Folk Islam
Hausa PG014358 Hausa Togo 26,000 Unengaged and Unreached Hausa Folk Islam
Hausa PG013165 Hausa Equatorial Guinea 32,500 Unengaged and Unreached Hausa Folk Islam
Hausa PG012869 Hausa Central African Republic 41,500 Unengaged and Unreached Hausa Folk Islam
Hausa PG012327 Hausa Benin 44,500 Unengaged and Unreached Hausa Folk Islam
Hausa PG013188 Hausa Gabon 45,000 Unengaged and Unreached Hausa Folk Islam
Hausa PG042724 Hausa Ethiopia 134,000 Unengaged and Unreached Hausa Sunni Islam
Hausa PG011360 Hausa Chad 296,000 Engaged yet Unreached Hausa Folk Islam
Hausa PG013336 Hausa Ghana 323,000 Engaged yet Unreached Hausa Folk Islam
Hausa PG012616 Hausa Cameroon 434,000 Engaged yet Unreached Hausa Folk Islam
Hausa PG013089 Hausa Cote d’Ivoire 484,000 Engaged yet Unreached Hausa Folk Islam
Hausa PG012037 Hausa Sudan 1,060,000 Engaged yet Unreached Hausa Sunni Islam
Hausa PG013600 Hausa Niger 16,200,000 Engaged yet Unreached Hausa Folk Islam
Hausa PG013828 Hausa Nigeria 40,650,000 Engaged yet Unreached Hausa Folk Islam

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