Fast facts
Nunavut’s 26,000 inhabitants live in 28 communities widely scattered across 2 million square kilometres. All communities are accessible only by air and by sea. The Inuit have occupied the region for thousands of years and form almost 85 percent of the current population. Their language, Inuktitut is spoken by 80 percent of the population. Nunavut’s society is the youngest in Canada, with half the population under 21.
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Canadafacts.org
Canadian James Naismith from Ontario invented basketball, playing its first game on December 21, 1891, with a soccer ball and two peach baskets.
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Canadafacts.org
Canada boasts Baffin Island, the fifth largest island on earth, which is more than double the size of the United Kingdom and smaller than only two U.S. states: Alaska and Texas. The country also boasts the largest freshwater island on earth: Manitoulin Island in Lake Huron.
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Canadafacts.org
The majority of Canadians (75 percent) live within 161 kilometers of the Canadian-U.S. border.
The first Tim Hortons opened in Hamilton, Ontario, in 1964.
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www.timhortons.com
“We need to point churches to the three cities of Montreal, Toronto and Vancouver, with a specific emphasis on Montreal. It’s easily the darkest city in North America,” adds Christopherson. “I’d call on churches to adopt a church planter in Canada, to adopt a church plant in Canada and for Southern Baptists to get their passports and come see for themselves.”
Across Canada seven church planter catalysts are putting their efforts into discovering and training indigenous leadership who can carry the mantel of church planting toward the goal of a church planting movement. This year’s goal of 50 churches will be a test for Canadian Baptists.
Because much of Canada is so undeveloped spiritually, calling on churches within the country would not put a dent in the monumental task of reaching the lost there. This is why the mobilizing of strong established churches in the United States is key to strengthening and planting churches in this pioneer region. “It’s hyper aggressive,” says Christopherson. “When we cast our vision for 1,000 we had under a 100 churches. Now we’re at 270. If we plant 1,000 churches by 2020 it’ll be historic. Nobody has ever done this in the history of Canada.” OM
Adam Miller is associate editor of On Mission.
ACTION ITEM:
Pray for the newly-formed Francophone Church Planting Network in Quebec Plan a trip across the border to help support and encourage church planters and pastors in Vancouver, Toronto, Montreal and surrounding areas.
Watch a video about Canada at
onmission.com.
18 Summer 2011 •
onmission.com
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