Montreal’s Haitian community—about 47,550 strong within the city itself—is one of the city’s most vibrant cultural groups, and Christian faith plays a central role in community life.

Most people of Haitian origin in Canada identify with Christianity, with a majority historically Catholic and a substantial Protestant presence, and only a small share reporting no religious affiliation in past surveys, reflecting the importance of faith across generations.

Churches in neighbourhoods such as Montréal-Nord and Saint-Michel serve not only as places of worship but also as cultural and social hubs, offering services in French and Haitian Creole, fostering fellowship, and anchoring community events like pilgrimages and special Masses that blend Haitian spiritual traditions with local congregational life.

Through lively worship, youth outreach, and mutual support networks, Christian congregations help maintain cultural identity and provide support for newcomers navigating life in Montreal.

• Pray for this community as they adjust to living in a culture and world very different from where they were born.
• Pray for them as they are burdened for their nation and people, and especially for loved ones living with fear, violence and poverty, as well as the scars of abuse and injustice.
• Pray that those stuck in the bondage of religion (whether Voodoo, Christianity, Catholic or Protestant) would experience the fullness of God’s grace, mercy, peace and love in Jesus.
• Pray for Haitian Jesus followers in Montreal (and everywhere) as they witness to the healing grace of knowing Jesus, and to the Jesus way of overcoming evil with goodness and love.