People group profile · PG043418
The Ashkenazi Jews of Canada
The Ashkenazi Jews of Canada, numbering about 13,500 people, are Engaged yet Unreached. They are a Jewish ethnocultural community originating in medieval Central Europe and later concentrated in Eastern Europe, historically linked by Yiddish language, shared ancestry, and distinctive religious and cultural traditions.
They are a diaspora people in the Jews people cluster of the Jewish Peoples. Their primary religion is Judaism, and they primarily speak Eastern Yiddish.
Fast facts
- Country
- Canada
- Population
- 13,500
- Affinity group
- Northern African and Middle Eastern Peoples
- People cluster
- Jews
- Primary language
- Eastern Yiddish (ydd)
- Primary religion
- Judaism
- Strategic Progress Index
- Engaged yet Unreached
- Evangelical
- No Known Evangelicals
- 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 Ashkenazi 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 No
- Church planting in the last two years No Churches Planted
Next steps for the Ashkenazi 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
92% adherents
Primary language
Eastern Yiddish · Indo-European family
100% speak Eastern Yiddish
Gospel resources in Eastern Yiddish
- Bible available
- JESUS Film available
- Radio programs not available
- Gospel recordings available
- Audio resources available
- Bible stories not available
Films
- JESUS (Yiddish)
Bibles
- Einspruch · audio
Find more at the JESUS Film Project, Bible.com and Faith Comes by Hearing.
Pray for the Ashkenazi Jews
- Romans 10:14–15. Ask God to send messengers, so that people can hear, believe and call on the name of the Lord.
- Matthew 9:37–38. Ask the Lord of the harvest to send out laborers into his harvest field.
- 2 Timothy 2:2. Pray for faithful local leaders who will teach others, so that the church multiplies.
- Ephesians 5:8. Pray that those walking in darkness will turn to the light and live as children of light.
Jew, Ashkenazi in other countries
The same people (ROP3 104247) is reported in 10 other countries.
| People group | Country | Population | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ashkenazi Jews | United States | 192,000 | Engaged yet Unreached |
| Ashkenazi Jews | Hungary | 48,000 | Engaged yet Unreached |
| Ashkenazi Jews | Switzerland | 18,000 | Unengaged and Unreached |
| Ashkenazi Jews | Azerbaijan | 18,000 | Unengaged and Unreached |
| Ashkenazi Jews | Germany | 8,600 | Unengaged and Unreached |
| Ashkenazi Jews | Moldova | 3,800 | Unengaged and Unreached |
| Ashkenazi Jews | Poland | 3,200 | Unengaged and Unreached |
| Ashkenazi Jews | Georgia | 3,000 | Engaged yet Unreached |
| Ashkenazi Jews | Kazakhstan | 1,400 | Unengaged and Unreached |
| Ashkenazi Jews | Turkmenistan | 800 | Unengaged and Unreached |
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