People group profile · PG050393
The Goans of Canada
The Goans of Canada, numbering about 5,300 people, are No Longer Unreached. They are an ethnolinguistic community resulting from the assimilation of Indo-Aryan, Dravidian, Indo-Portuguese, and Austro-Asiatic ethnic groups who trace their ancestry to the Indian state of Goa during the time when Goa was an overseas province of Portugal.
They are a diaspora people in the Marathi-Konkani people cluster of the South Asian Peoples. Their primary religion is Roman Catholicism, and they primarily speak Goan Konkani.
Fast facts
- Country
- Canada
- Population
- 5,300
- Affinity group
- South Asian Peoples
- People cluster
- Marathi-Konkani
- Primary language
- Goan Konkani (gom)
- Primary religion
- Roman Catholicism
- 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 ?
- Moderately Reached People Group
- Region
- Northern America, Americas
Where they live
Gospel status
The Goans 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 Goans
- 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
Roman Catholicism · Christianity
89% adherents
Primary language
Goan Konkani · Indo-European family
100% speak Goan Konkani
Gospel resources in Goan Konkani
- Bible available
- JESUS Film available
- Radio programs not available
- Gospel recordings available
- Audio resources available
- Bible stories not available
Films
Find more at the JESUS Film Project, Bible.com and Faith Comes by Hearing.
Pray for the Goans
- 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.
- 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.
Goans in other countries
The same people is also reported in 6 other countries.
| People group | Country | Population | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Goans | India | 669,000 | No Longer Unreached |
| Goans | Pakistan | 81,000 | No Longer Unreached |
| Goans | United Arab Emirates | 74,500 | Engaged yet Unreached |
| Goans | Mozambique | 18,500 | Engaged yet Unreached |
| Goans | United Kingdom | 12,000 | Engaged yet Unreached |
| Goans | United States | 7,600 | Unengaged and Unreached |
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