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People group profile · PG047471

The Malawian of Canada

The Malawian of Canada, numbering about 600 people, are No Longer Unreached. They are a Malawian Canadian community shaped by migration for education, employment, and family opportunity that preserves the cultural heritage and traditions of the Malawian people.

They are a diaspora people in the Sub-Saharan African, generic people cluster of the Sub-Saharan African Peoples. Their primary religion is Protestantism, and they primarily speak English.

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AI-generated illustration representing the Malawian people
AI-generated illustration, not a photograph. Photo by Google. (2026). Image generated by Gemini 3.1 Flash-Lite: Malawian

Fast facts

Country
Canada
Population
600
Affinity group
Sub-Saharan African Peoples
People cluster
Sub-Saharan African, generic
Primary language
English (eng)
Primary religion
Protestantism
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

Where they live

Gospel status

The Malawian 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 Malawian

  • 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

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 Malawian

  1. Revelation 7:9. Pray for the day when people from this group stand before the throne with every nation, tribe, people and language.
  2. John 17:3. Pray that many will come to know the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom he has sent.
  3. Psalm 27:1. Pray that new believers will be strengthened in the face of persecution, with the Lord as their stronghold.
  4. 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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Malawian in other countries

The same people is also reported in 1 other country.

People groupCountryPopulationStatus
MalawianUnited States1,800No Longer Unreached

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