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The population is tiny. According to the 2016 Canada Census, number of immigrants from Mexico living in Canada were:
British Columbia: 10,375
Alberta: 15,665
Saskatchewan: 1,330
Manitoba: 6,650
Ontario: 30,080 (11,390 of that in Toronto)
Quebec: 15,815
Nova Scotia: 330
New Brunswick - 160
P.E.I.: 20
Newfoundland: 90
^^I wonder how many of them are Mennonites. Presumably they are included in the statistics? I always understood they were concentrated in the Winkler/Morden/south-western Red River area although there are a lot here too. In the first paragraph, this article has some statistics. http://jms.uwinnipeg.ca/index.php/jm...nload/995/994/
They have long-standing ties to Canada and immigrated from Canada to Mexico originally and there is a lot of back and forth movement of these Kanadier as the descendants of the 1874 immigration from Russia to Canada are known within the Mennoniite community (the later refugees are known as Russlaender, again, within the community/I].
^^I wonder how many of them are Mennonites. Presumably they are included in the statistics? I always understood they were concentrated in the Winkler/Morden/south-western Red River area....
They are here in Alberta too, and are often seen on the streets of southern Alberta towns and cities. I have represented them professionally before, and they are nice people and good clients; but it seems a little weird to hear them speak of their relatives back in Mexico, where they were born; when they have an unmistakable German name and German accent.
They are here in Alberta too, and are often seen on the streets of southern Alberta towns and cities. I have represented them professionally before, and they are nice people and good clients; but it seems a little weird to hear them speak of their relatives back in Mexico, where they were born; when they have an unmistakable German name and German accent.
^^I wonder how many of them are Mennonites. Presumably they are included in the statistics? I always understood they were concentrated in the Winkler/Morden/south-western Red River area although there are a lot here too. In the first paragraph, this article has some statistics. http://jms.uwinnipeg.ca/index.php/jm...nload/995/994/
They have long-standing ties to Canada and immigrated from Canada to Mexico originally and there is a lot of back and forth movement of these Kanadier as the descendants of the 1874 immigration from Russia to Canada are known within the Mennoniite community (the later refugees are known as Russlaender, again, within the community/I].
I have to drive down to Morden and Winkler every few weeks. I was surprused to see several Mexican business down there. Though I have to say I don't think many of the Mexican I met were Mennonite. The one or two Mennoites i did meet from Mexico did not speak Spanish. I met a few Mennonites from South American countries aswell. There is a lot of Mexicans and Cemtral Americans in Brandon. I rarely ever run into Mexicans or Central Americans here in Winnipeg.
In post #2 I posted a link to a provincial breakdown of immigrant population by country of birth. Statistics Canada also has a similar breakdown by city/town which is rather interesting:
In post #2 I posted a link to a provincial breakdown of immigrant population by country of birth. Statistics Canada also has a similar breakdown by city/town which is rather interesting:
The second highest immigrant group in Winkler totalled 1,560 and was born in Germany. Perhaps the attraction to the area was Mennonites from Mexico, and their descendants, who spoke German? (The Statistics Canada immigrant data does not include descendants.)
I have to drive down to Morden and Winkler every few weeks. I was surprused to see several Mexican business down there. Though I have to say I don't think many of the Mexican I met were Mennonite. The one or two Mennoites i did meet from Mexico did not speak Spanish. I met a few Mennonites from South American countries aswell. There is a lot of Mexicans and Cemtral Americans in Brandon. I rarely ever run into Mexicans or Central Americans here in Winnipeg.
That wouldn't necessarily be surprising. They had German schools until quite recently and i was under the impression that a lot did not speak Spanish. The language that not just the Mexican Mennonites use every day, but also the other Central and South American Mennonites is Low German not Spanish. When they immigrate here their default language is Low German. I know where they are from by their accent.
Mennonites tend to take care of their own in more ways than one. Mexican Mennonites had a reputation for being uneducated in more ways than one and if I remember correctly, about 25 years ago there was a push among the Canadian Mennonites to "do something" about it. There were a lot of Canadian Mennonites going there to promote healthier life choices, such as continuing on in school.
And just as the 1920s refugees will forever be known among Kanadier Mennonites as Russlaender, so will the descendants of Mexican Mennonite immigrants forever be known among the North American Mennonites as "Mexican."
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