Yemini Arabs of Canada (PGID: PG050485)

The Yemini Arabs of Canada

The Yemini Arabs of Canada, numbering approximately 7,100 people, are Engaged yet Unreached. They are an indigenous community of Yemeni Arabs in Canada. They mostly adhere to Sunni Islam and Ta'izzi-Adeni Arabic is their primary language.

Photo by Google. (2026). Image generated by Gemini 3.1 Flash-Lite: Arab, Yemini

Fast Facts:

Affinity Group: Arab Peoples
Country: Canada
People Cluster: Arab, Yemeni
Primary Language(s): Ta'izzi-Adeni Arabic (acq)
Primary Religion(s): Sunni Islam
Population: 7,100
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): Engaged yet Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): Less than 2% Evangelical, No Recent CP Activity
People Group ID: PG050485

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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Sunni Islam
Religious Affiliation: Islam

65%

Sunni Islam Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: Ta'izzi-Adeni Arabic
Language Family: Afro-Asiatic

75%

Arabic, Ta’izzi-Adeni Speakers

Media Resources in Ta'izzi-Adeni Arabic:

Films:

Title	Link
JESUS	View Film
Magdalena	View Film

2 films

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Bible Resources in Ta'izzi-Adeni Arabic:

No Bible resources are listed for this language.

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SPI: Unreached yet Engaged

The Yemini Arabs 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 Yemini Arabs:

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Pray specifically for the Yemini Arabs of Canada

For my own sake, for my own sake, I do it, for how should my name be profaned? My glory I will not give to another.
Isaiah 48:11

Pray that those who have been living for their own glory will turn to the One who is worthy of all praise and find their true identity in Him.

"You are the salt of the earth, but if the salt has lost its taste, how shall its saltiness be restored? It is no longer good for anything except to be thrown out and trampled under people's feet."
Matthew 5:13

Pray that the lost will have the opportunity to hear a Christian witness of how the gospel can bring hope and that they will put their faith in Christ.

The LORD is good to those who wait for him, to the soul who seeks him.
Lamentations 3:25

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ, they will trust in the goodness of the Lord as they wait on Him to answer their cries for help.

But by the grace of God I am what I am, and his grace toward me was not in vain. On the contrary, I worked harder than any of them, though it was not I, but the grace of God that is with me. Whether then it was I or they, so we preach and so you believed.
1 Corinthians 15:10–11

Pray that God's people will preach the message of Jesus' death and resurrection and that it will spread among the lost through the selfless witness of believers.

Arab, Yemeni Across Countries (ROP3 - 109729) reported in the following countries:

Strategic Progress Index

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Engaged yet Unreached UUPG No Longer Unreached

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13 people groups

People Group ID	Name	Country	Population	Strategic Progress Index ▲	Language	Religion
PG011483	Djiboutian Arabs	Djibouti	80,500	Unengaged and Unreached	Ta'izzi-Adeni Arabic	Shia Islam
PG011896	Yemeni Arabs	Oman	25,500	Unengaged and Unreached	Ta'izzi-Adeni Arabic	Sunni Islam
PG011940	Yemeni Arabs	Saudi Arabia	259,000	Unengaged and Unreached	Ta'izzi-Adeni Arabic	Sunni Islam
PG012262	Yemeni Arabs	United Arab Emirates	214,000	Unengaged and Unreached	Ta'izzi-Adeni Arabic	Sunni Islam
PG042710	Yemeni Arabs	Eritrea	71,000	Unengaged and Unreached	Ta'izzi-Adeni Arabic	Sunni Islam
PG042743	Yemeni Arabs	Ethiopia	40,000	Unengaged and Unreached	Ta'izzi-Adeni Arabic	Sunni Islam
PG042759	Yemeni Arabs	Kuwait	8,500	Unengaged and Unreached	Ta'izzi-Adeni Arabic	Sunni Islam
PG042862	Yemeni Arabs	Sudan	35,000	Unengaged and Unreached	Ta'izzi-Adeni Arabic	Sunni Islam
PG011516	Yemeni Arabs	Egypt	1,085,000	Engaged yet Unreached	Ta'izzi-Adeni Arabic	Sunni Islam
PG012274	Southern Yemeni Arabs	Yemen	12,190,000	Engaged yet Unreached	Ta'izzi-Adeni Arabic	Sunni Islam
PG015315	Yemeni Arabs	Madagascar	63,500	Engaged yet Unreached	Ta'izzi-Adeni Arabic	Sunni Islam
PG047588	Yemeni Arabs	United States	55,000	Engaged yet Unreached	Ta'izzi-Adeni Arabic	Shia Islam
PG050485	Yemini Arabs	Canada	7,100	Engaged yet Unreached	Ta'izzi-Adeni Arabic	Sunni Islam

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