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People group profile · PG043414

The Anglo-Canadian Jews of Canada

The Anglo-Canadian Jews of Canada, numbering about 283,000 people, are Engaged yet Unreached. They are an ethnoreligious community of English-speaking Jews in Canada.

They are an indigenous people in the Jews people cluster of the Jewish Peoples. Their primary religion is Judaism, and they primarily speak English.

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Fast facts

Country
Canada
Population
283,000
Affinity group
Northern African and Middle Eastern Peoples
People cluster
Jews
Primary language
English (eng)
Primary religion
Judaism
Strategic Progress Index
Engaged yet Unreached
Evangelical
Less than 2%
GSEC
Less than 2% Evangelical, No Recent CP Activity
Lostness priority
Frontier Unreached People Group
Region
Northern America, Americas

Where they live

Gospel status

The Anglo-Canadian Jews are Engaged yet Unreached, which means fewer than 2% are evangelical Christians, but there are sustained efforts to establish self-sustaining churches consistent with evangelical faith and practice. In GSEC terms, this people group is less than 2% evangelical, some evangelical resources are available, but there has been no active church planting among them within the past two years.

  • Congregations exist Yes
  • Church planting in the last two years No Churches Planted

Next steps for the Anglo-Canadian Jews

  • 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

Primary religion

Judaism

Primary language

English

100% speak English

Gospel resources in English

  • Bible available
  • JESUS Film available
  • Radio programs not available
  • Gospel recordings available
  • Audio resources available
  • Bible stories available

Films

  • JESUS (English, North American Indigenous)

Bibles

Find more at the JESUS Film Project, Bible.com and Faith Comes by Hearing.

Pray for the Anglo-Canadian Jews

  1. 2 Timothy 2:2. Pray for faithful local leaders who will teach others, so that the church multiplies.
  2. Ephesians 5:8. Pray that those walking in darkness will turn to the light and live as children of light.
  3. Romans 10:14–15. Ask God to send messengers, so that people can hear, believe and call on the name of the Lord.
  4. Matthew 9:37–38. Ask the Lord of the harvest to send out laborers into his harvest field.

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Jew (English) in other countries

The same people (ROP3 117322) is reported in 5 other countries.

People groupCountryPopulationStatus
JewsAustralia119,000Engaged yet Unreached
JewsSouth Africa71,500Engaged yet Unreached
HasidimUnited Kingdom32,500No Longer Unreached
JewsNew Zealand7,400Unengaged and Unreached
Singaporean JewsSingapore850Engaged yet Unreached

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