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| Since 2015, some Amish families have settled in provinces other than Ontario, including ], ], and ].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://bhacjournal.org/index.php/JPAC/article/view/7944 |title=Understanding Amish Migrations to New Brunswick, Prince Edward Island, and Manitoba | Since 2015, some Amish families have settled in provinces other than Ontario, including ], ], and ].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://bhacjournal.org/index.php/JPAC/article/view/7944 |title=Understanding Amish Migrations to New Brunswick, Prince Edward Island, and Manitoba | ||
| |publisher=The Journal of Plain Anabaptist Communities |accessdate=2024-12-16}}</ref> | |publisher=The Journal of Plain Anabaptist Communities |accessdate=2024-12-16}}</ref> Since 2017, some Amish families have settled in Manitoba's ].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.winnipegfreepress.com/breakingnews/2017/11/06/amish-putting-down-new-roots |title=Amish putting down new roots |publisher=] |accessdate=2024-12-17}}</ref> | ||
| The ] in Canada trace their origins to two distinct waves of Amish ] migration. The first wave occurred in 1882, when a group of Amish Mennonites from Europe settled in Ontario. The second wave of Old Order Amish migration occurrd in the 1950s, when Amish communities from states such as ], ], and ] established settlements in Ontario.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Old Order Amish {{!}} Mennonite Archives of Ontario |url=https://uwaterloo.ca/mennonite-archives-ontario/catalogs/archives/old-order-amish |access-date=2024-12-17 |website=uwaterloo.ca |language=en}}</ref> | The ] in Canada trace their origins to two distinct waves of Amish ] migration. The first wave occurred in 1882, when a group of Amish Mennonites from Europe settled in Ontario. The second wave of Old Order Amish migration occurrd in the 1950s, when Amish communities from states such as ], ], and ] established settlements in Ontario.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Old Order Amish {{!}} Mennonite Archives of Ontario |url=https://uwaterloo.ca/mennonite-archives-ontario/catalogs/archives/old-order-amish |access-date=2024-12-17 |website=uwaterloo.ca |language=en}}</ref> | ||
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The Amish of Canada settled in southwestern Ontario, having come from the United States in 1815 and directly from Europe in 1822. They numbered about 1,000 people in 1991. Today, the Canadian Amish population exceeds 6,000 people, living in 20 different communities.
Since 2015, some Amish families have settled in provinces other than Ontario, including Manitoba, New Brunswick, and Prince Edward Island. Since 2017, some Amish families have settled in Manitoba's Rural Municipality of Stuartburn.
The Old Order Amish in Canada trace their origins to two distinct waves of Amish Mennonite migration. The first wave occurred in 1882, when a group of Amish Mennonites from Europe settled in Ontario. The second wave of Old Order Amish migration occurrd in the 1950s, when Amish communities from states such as Ohio, Pennsylvania, and Iowa established settlements in Ontario.
See also
References
- "Amish". www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca. Retrieved 2024-12-16.
- "The Amish in Canada: 2024 Guide - Amish America". 2011-11-18. Retrieved 2024-12-16.
- "Understanding Amish Migrations to New Brunswick, Prince Edward Island, and Manitoba". The Journal of Plain Anabaptist Communities. Retrieved 2024-12-16.
- "Amish putting down new roots". Winnepeg Free Press. Retrieved 2024-12-17.
- "Old Order Amish | Mennonite Archives of Ontario". uwaterloo.ca. Retrieved 2024-12-17.
External links
- Quebec Bans Mennonite Kerchiefs, The Unger Review