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The Maori of Canada

The Maori of Canada, numbering approximately 2,800 people, are No Longer Unreached. They are a diaspora community of Māori people from Aotearoa New Zealand who have established communities across Canada while maintaining cultural, ancestral, and social ties to their Indigenous homeland. They mostly adhere to Protestantism and English is their primary language.

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

Fast Facts:

Affinity Group: Pacific Islander Peoples
Country: Canada
People Cluster: Polynesian
Primary Language(s): English (eng)
Primary Religion(s): Protestantism
Population: 2,800
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): No Longer Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): 10% or Greater Evangelical
People Group ID: PG050518

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Pray for the Maori of Canada

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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Protestantism
Religious Affiliation: Christianity

50%
%
Protestantism Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: English
Language Family: Indo-European

90%
%
English Speakers

Media Resources in English:

Films:
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JESUSView Film

1 film

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Bible Resources in English:

Bible Name (Translation)VideoAudioText
American Standard Bible✓
English Standard Version® - Hear the Word Audio Bible✓✓
English Version for the Deaf✓
Holy Bible, New International Version ®✓
Holy Bible, New International Version ® - LUMO Christmas Film✓
Holy Bible, New International Version ® - LUMO Easter Film✓
King James Version✓✓✓
New American Standard Bible (NASB)✓
New Life Version (Easy to Read)✓
New Living Translation®, Holy Sanctuary version✓
Revised Version 1885✓
World English Bible - Winfred Henson✓✓
World Messianic Version✓
Wycliffe Modern✓

14 entries

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SPI: No longer Unreached

The Maori 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 Maori:
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 Maori of Canada

For his invisible attributes, namely, his eternal power and divine nature, have been clearly perceived, ever since the creation of the world, in the things that have been made. So they are without excuse.
readRomans 1:20

As God's creation declares His glory, pray that multitudes who don't know Him will see the works of His hands and desire to know more about the Creator.

“I was ready to be sought by those who did not ask for me; I was ready to be found by those who did not seek me. I said, ‘Here I am, here I am,’ to a nation that was not called by my name."
readIsaiah 65:1

Pray that the lost will be found by God, even when they are not seeking Him. Pray that He will reveal Himself to them in a way they cannot ignore and that they will respond in faith.

I appeal to you therefore, brothers, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and acceptable to God, which is your spiritual worship.
readRomans 12:1

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ, they will offer their bodies as living sacrifices, holy and acceptable to God, knowing that this is their spiritual worship.

"Whoever believes in me, as the Scripture has said, ‘Out of his heart will flow rivers of living water."
readJohn 7:38

Ask God to raise up believers and sustain them as they cross cultures to share hope with those who need it. Pray that many might come to know Christ and that streams of living water will flow from their hearts so they will never thirst again.

Maori Across Countries (ROP3 - 106291) reported in the following countries:

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5 people groups

PhotoPeople Group IDNameCountryPopulation ▲Strategic Progress IndexLanguageReligion
MaoriPG018311MaoriTonga60No Longer UnreachedMaoriProtestantism
MaoriPG047214MaoriUnited States700No Longer UnreachedEnglishProtestantism
MaoriPG050518MaoriCanada2,800No Longer UnreachedEnglishProtestantism
MaoriPG007985MaoriAustralia178,000No Longer UnreachedMaoriProtestantism
MaoriPG009627MaoriNew Zealand735,000No Longer UnreachedMaoriProtestantism

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

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