People group profile · PG043389
The Chippewa (Eastern Ojibwa) of Canada
The Chippewa (Eastern Ojibwa) of Canada, numbering about 34,500 people, are No Longer Unreached. They are an Anishinaabe people known by the French-derived name Ojibwa and English name Chippewa, whose oral tradition traces their origin to the St. Lawrence River before a centuries-long westward migration into present-day Ontario.
They are an indigenous people in the North American Indigenous people cluster of the North American Peoples. Their primary religion is Protestantism, and they primarily speak Eastern Ojibwa.
Fast facts
- Country
- Canada
- Population
- 34,500
- Affinity group
- American Peoples
- People cluster
- North American Indigenous
- Primary language
- Eastern Ojibwa (ojg)
- Primary religion
- Protestantism
- Strategic Progress Index
- No Longer Unreached
- Evangelical
- 15% or Greater but Less than 20%
- GSEC
- 10% or Greater Evangelical
- Lostness priority
- Moderately Reached People Group
- Region
- Northern America, Americas
- Location
- Ontario province: north of Lake Ontario and east of Georgian Bay. East of north-south line through Bruce Peninsula base (Rhodes 1976)
Where they live
Gospel status
The Chippewa (Eastern Ojibwa) are No Longer Unreached, which means 2% or more are evangelical Christians. In GSEC terms, this people group is greater than or equal to 10% evangelical.
- Congregations exist Yes
- Church planting in the last two years No Churches Planted
Next steps for the Chippewa (Eastern Ojibwa)
- 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
Protestantism · Christianity
Primary language
Eastern Ojibwa · Algic family
84% speak Eastern Ojibwa
Gospel resources in Eastern Ojibwa
- Bible not available
- JESUS Film not available
- Radio programs not available
- Gospel recordings not available
- Audio resources not available
- Bible stories not available
Find more at the JESUS Film Project, Bible.com and Faith Comes by Hearing.
Pray for the Chippewa (Eastern Ojibwa)
- Romans 12:4–5. Pray that believers from many cultures will work together as one body so that the church is built up.
- 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.
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