People group profile · PG047358
The Inuit of Canada
The Inuit of Canada, numbering about 39,500 people, are No Longer Unreached. They are an Indigenous Inuit people who live primarily in the eastern regions of Inuit Nunangat, the Inuit homeland in Canada.
They are an indigenous people in the Arctic Peoples people cluster of the North American Peoples. Their primary religion is Protestantism, and they primarily speak Eastern Canadian Inuktitut.
Fast facts
- Country
- Canada
- Population
- 39,500
- Affinity group
- American Peoples
- People cluster
- Arctic Peoples
- Primary language
- Eastern Canadian Inuktitut (ike)
- 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
- Newfoundland and Labrador, Nunavut, and Quebec provinces: Hudson Strait, east through Nunavut, southern Baffin Island; northern coastal settlements in Quebec, and along North Atlantic coast
Where they live
Gospel status
The Inuit 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 Inuit
- 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 Canadian Inuktitut · Eskimo-Aleut family
100% speak Eastern Canadian Inuktitut
Gospel resources in Eastern Canadian Inuktitut
- Bible available, published 2022
- JESUS Film available
- Radio programs not available
- Gospel recordings available
- Audio resources available
- Bible stories not available
Films
- JESUS (Inuktitut, Eastern Canadian)
Find more at the JESUS Film Project, Bible.com and Faith Comes by Hearing.
Pray for the Inuit
- 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.
- 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.
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