People group profile · PG043351
The Algonquins of Canada
The Algonquins of Canada, numbering about 2,400 people, are No Longer Unreached. They are an Indigenous people of northeastern North America, traditionally living along the Ottawa River watershed in what is now western Quebec and eastern Ontario.
They are an indigenous people in the North American Indigenous people cluster of the North American Peoples. Their primary religion is Roman Catholicism, and they primarily speak Algonquin.
Fast facts
- Country
- Canada
- Population
- 2,400
- Affinity group
- American Peoples
- People cluster
- North American Indigenous
- Primary language
- Algonquin (alq)
- Primary religion
- Roman Catholicism
- Strategic Progress Index ?
- No Longer Unreached
- Evangelical
- 5% or Greater but Less than 10%
- GSEC ?
- 5% or Greater but Less than 10% Evangelical
- Lostness priority ?
- Marginally Reached People Group
- Region
- Northern America, Americas
- Location
- Quebec province: northwest of Ottawa, and Maniwaki; Ontario province: Golden Lake
Where they live
Gospel status
The Algonquins are No Longer Unreached, which means 2% or more are evangelical Christians. In GSEC terms, this people group is greater than or equal to 5% evangelical.
- Congregations exist No
- Church planting in the last two years No Churches Planted
Next steps for the Algonquins
- Pray for the churches among this group to grow in faithfulness and maturity
- Equip believers to reach the unreached peoples around them
- Send out laborers from this people to the nations
Primary religion
Roman Catholicism · Christianity
90% adherents
Primary language
Algonquin · Algic family
84% speak Algonquin
Gospel resources in Algonquin
- Bible available, published 2021
- JESUS Film not available
- Radio programs not available
- Gospel recordings available
- Audio resources available
- Bible stories not available
Find more at the JESUS Film Project, Bible.com and Faith Comes by Hearing.
Pray for the Algonquins
- Revelation 7:9. Pray for the day when people from this group stand before the throne with every nation, tribe, people and language.
- John 17:3. Pray that many will come to know the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom he has sent.
- Psalm 27:1. Pray that new believers will be strengthened in the face of persecution, with the Lord as their stronghold.
- Romans 12:4–5. Pray that believers from many cultures will work together as one body so that the church is built up.
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