Amish in Canada
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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.[1] Today, the Canadian Amish population exceeds 6,000 people, living in 20 different communities.[2]
Rising land prices are causing some Amish families to leave Ontario.[3] Since 2015, some Amish families have settled in provinces other than Ontario, including Manitoba, New Brunswick, and Prince Edward Island.[4] Since 2017, some Amish families originally from Ontario have settled in Manitoba's Rural Municipality of Stuartburn.[5]
The Old Order Amish in Canada trace their origins to two distinct waves of Amish Mennonite migration. The first wave occurred in the 1880s, 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.[6]
| Canada | 1992 | 2010 | 2020 | 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| All of Canada | 2,295 | 4,725 | 5,995 | 6,190 |
| Ontario | 2,295 | 4,725 | 5,605 | 5,785 |
| Prince Edward Isl. | 0 | 0 | 250 | 280 |
| New Brunswick | 0 | 0 | 70 | 125 |
The majority of Old Order settlements are located in the province of Ontario, namely Oxford (Norwich Township) and Norfolk Counties. A small community is also established in Bruce County (Huron-Kinloss Township) near Lucknow.[citation needed]
In 2016, several dozen Old Order Amish families founded two new settlements in Kings County in the province of Prince Edward Island. Increasing land prices in Ontario had reportedly limited the ability of members in those communities to purchase new farms.[7] At about the same time a new settlement was founded near Perth-Andover in New Brunswick, only about 12 km (7.5 mi) from Amish settlements in Maine. In 2017, an Amish settlement was founded in Manitoba near Stuartburn.[8] In 2024 this colony ceased to exist, as the Amish have sold their properties and moved to Minnesota.[9]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Amish". www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca. Retrieved 2024-12-16.
- ^ "The Amish in Canada: 2024 Guide – Amish America". 2011-11-18. Retrieved 2024-12-16.
- ^ "Amish communities checking out province". The Guardian (Charlottetown). Retrieved 2024-12-17.
- ^ Arsenault, Gabriel (2021). "Understanding Amish Migrations to New Brunswick, Prince Edward Island, and Manitoba". The Journal of Plain Anabaptist Communities. 1 (2): 22–41. doi:10.18061/jpac.v1i2.7944. Retrieved 2024-12-16.
- ^ "Amish putting down new roots". Winnipeg Free Press. 6 November 2017. Retrieved 2024-12-17.
- ^ "Old Order Amish | Mennonite Archives of Ontario". uwaterloo.ca. Retrieved 2024-12-17.
- ^ "Amish scout new community in P.E.I." Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Archived from the original on September 12, 2016. Retrieved January 31, 2017.
- ^ Amish Moving To Fourth Canadian Province Archived October 6, 2018, at the Wayback Machine at amishamerica.com.
- ^ "Amish Studies". Retrieved 2025-01-13.
External links
[edit]- Quebec Bans Mennonite Kerchiefs, The Unger Review
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