When did the first Ukrainians come to Canada?

The first Ukrainians in Canada

Перші українці в Канаді

1891. In 1891 two men from the village of Nebyliv in Galicia, then part of Austria-Hungary, Ivan Pylypiw and Vasyl Eleniak, travelled to Canada.

Where: Ukraine

What happened

In 1891 two men from the village of Nebyliv in Galicia, then part of Austria-Hungary, Ivan Pylypiw and Vasyl Eleniak, travelled to Canada. They were the first of a great wave: tens of thousands of Ukrainian peasants followed them to the prairies of Manitoba, Saskatchewan and Alberta, where they farmed land that had never been ploughed. Today over a million Canadians have Ukrainian roots, and Ukrainian words, churches and varenyky are part of life on the prairies.

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У 1891 році перші українці поїхали до Канади.

In 1891 the first Ukrainians went to Canada.

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