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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
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]
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]
In the 1940s, there were 52 Hutterite colonies in Canada. [34] Today, more than 75% of the world's Hutterite colonies are located in Canada, mainly in Alberta, Manitoba and Saskatchewan, the rest being almost exclusively in the United States. [35] The Hutterite population in North America is about 45,000 people. [36]
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 ...
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 ...
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]
According to the "2004 Hutterite Phone Book" there were 69 Lehrerleut colonies in Alberta and 30 in Saskatchewan. An additional 44 colonies were in Montana, all together 143. [5] Rod Janzen and Max Stanton report in their book of 2010 that there were 139 Lehrerleut colonies, 72 in Alberta, 32 Saskatchewan and 35 in Montana. [6]