Pray for Canada

• Government Type: a parliamentary democracy, a federation, and a constitutional monarchy
• Leader(s): Queen Elizabeth II (represented by a governor-general), Stephen Harper (prime minister)
• Population: 34,030,589 (July 2011 est.)
• People Groups: 269
• Religions:
• Roman Catholic> 42.6%
• Protestant> 23.3%
• Other Christian> 4.4%
• Islam> 1.9%
• Other and unspecified> 11.8%
• None> 16%
• Average Annual Income (GNI per capita): $41,950 (2009 est.)
• Population Below Poverty Line: 9.4% (2008 est.)
• Prayer requests:
• “Most French Canadians in Quebec strongly identify with Catholic culture, but only a quarter of them ever attend church. There is, however, a growing prayer movement in Quebec, which is bringing together Christians from different denominations and traditions.”
• “Canada’s indigenous people suffered cruelly in the past at the hands of white people. Strong anti-white and anti-Christian propaganda leads many to be suspicious of Christianity and court cases against churches are increasing over their treatment of native Canadians earlier in the 20th century. Pray for a growth of indigenous leadership and culturally appropriate churches in these communities.”
• “The Inuit (Eskimos) in the Arctic have been devastatingly affected by the impact of Western culture. Their suicide rate is four times the national average. There are signs of hope - small numbers of people are becoming Christians.”
• “Immigrant communities in Canada continue to grow; Vancouver is the world’s second largest Sikh city and Toronto claims to be the most racially diverse city in the world. Pray for meaningful evangelism, church planting and spiritual growth into these diverse cultures”.