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In 1995 there were a total of 285 Hutterite colonies in Canada (138 in Alberta, 93 colonies in Manitoba and 54 in Saskatchewan). By 2011, there were 345 across the Prairies – a 21 percent increase. The 2016 census recorded 370 Hutterite colonies in Canada, of these: 175 were in Alberta, 110 in Manitoba and 70 in Saskatchewan. [80]
Hutterites are German-speaking Anabaptists who live in communal agricultural colonies. They have 188 colonies in Alberta, 117 in Manitoba, 72 in Saskatchewan and 3 in British Columbia. These Canadian colonies began with 18 colonies founded in 1919. [4] [5] Map
It was the only Hutterite Colony that did not relocate to Canada after World War I. 25 acres (10 ha) of the site were listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982. [2] Bon Homme Hutterite Colony in 2012 belonged to the more conservative Committee Hutterites, also called Schmiedeleut 2. [3]
The Rural Municipality of North Cypress is a former rural municipality (RM) in the Canadian province of Manitoba. It was originally incorporated as a rural municipality on January 1, 1883. [ 1 ] It ceased on January 1, 2015 as a result of its provincially mandated amalgamation with the RM of Langford to form the Municipality of North Cypress ...
Schmiedeleut Hutterites singing Schmiedeleut Hutterites at school in Crystal Springs Colony, Manitoba, Canada Schmiedeleut Hutterites at work Limestone House at Bon Homme Colony Schmiedeleut Hutterite women return from working in the fields. The Schmiedeleut, also Schmiedeleit, are a branch of the Hutterites that emerged in 1859. It is divided ...
Map of Manitoba. The geography of Manitoba addresses the easternmost of the three prairie Canadian provinces, located in the longitudinal centre of Canada. Manitoba borders on Saskatchewan to the west, Ontario to the east, Nunavut to the north, and the American states of North Dakota and Minnesota to the south. Although the border with ...
Protestant Church and Mission School, Red River Colony (Manitoba), c. 1820–1840. The early settlement of the Red River region was marked by a long series of crises and ecological disasters and within the first decade of settling the region it had already suffered renewed warfare, epidemics, prairie fires and a flood. [8]
Until the release of Hutterites, firsthand accounts of the Hutterite lifestyle had been largely limited to those written by current Hutterite members, or by ones who had left the colony at an early age. [9] According to The Nine, this had previously resulted in an idyllic and deceptive picture of Hutterite life being presented to society. [3]