Researching Ukrainian Canadians in Manitoba

The first Ukrainian family came to Manitoba in 1891 and settled on a farm near Gretna, where many Mennonites who spoke the Ukrainian language already lived, according to an article published in 1951 by the Manitoba Historical Society in celebration of the 60th anniversary of their arrival. In 1892, a group of Ukrainians from Halychyna settled in the Cooks Creek area of Manitoba.

The first Ukrainian rural settlements were established in August of 1896 by immigrants from Galicia and Bukovyna at Stuartburn and Lake Dauphin. They travelled to Dominion City by train and the twenty or more miles to the Stuartburn district by wagon. New settlements of Ukrainian families were also established during this period in the Pleasant Home, Lake Dauphin, Strathclair, Shoal Lake, Sifton and Ethelbert districts. Source: Early Settlers in Manitoba – The Ukrainians by Anthony Garbolinsky.
https://digitalcollections.lib.umanitoba.ca/islandora/object/uofm%3A2379220/datastream/PDF/view

Many of the earliest immigrants didn’t actually call themselves Ukrainians, instead referring to themselves as Ruthenians.

Alex Kolebaba and family at Gardenton, 1917.
Courtesy of the Archives of Manitoba

“Manitoba, especially its capital city of Winnipeg, will always have great historical significance in the settlement of Ukrainians in Canada. This was the first stopping place (at the Immigration Hall) for groups of Ukrainian immigrants who dispersed from here to their final destinations, the homesteads. In 1891, the year of the first wave of settlement, there were 4,833,000 souls in Canada and 152,506 in Manitoba.” Source: Ukrainian Canadian Congress – Manitoba Provincial Council.

Manitoba History: Welcoming Immigrants at the Gateway to Canada’s West: Immigration Halls in Winnipeg, 1872-1975 by Robert Veneberg, Manitoba Historical Society Archives, Winnipeg, 2011 https://www.mhs.mb.ca/docs/mb_history/65/immigrationhalls.shtml

Manitoba History: “Canadians and Ukrainians Inseparably”: Recent Writing on the History of Ukrainian Settlement in Canada by Peter Melnycky, Manitoba Historical Society Archives, 1992 https://www.mhs.mb.ca/docs/mb_history/24/ukrainians.shtml

Ukrainian Settlements in Manitoba
Article taken from Ukrainian Catholic Churches of Winnipeg Archeparchy, History of Ukrainian Catholic Churches in Canada, Volume 4 by Anna Maria Kowcz-Baran, Saskatoon, 1991.
https://www.archeparchy.ca/wcm-docs/docs/Ukrainian_Settlements_in_Manitoba.pdf

Manitoba Vital Statistics Branch, Province of Manitoba
https://vitalstats.gov.mb.ca/genealogy.html

Archives of Manitoba, Province of Manitoba
https://www.gov.mb.ca/chc/archives/

The Manitoba Genealogical Society, Inc.
https://mbgenealogy.com/

Local History and Genealogy Resources Information Guide – Winnipeg Public Library
https://guides.wpl.winnipeg.ca/localhistory

East European Genealogical Society
Based in Winnipeg, Manitoba
https://eegsociety.org/

Ukrainian Canadian Congress – Manitoba Provincial Council
https://uccmanitoba.ca/

Manitoba, CanGenealogy
https://www.cangenealogy.com/manitoba.html

Manitoba, Canada Genealogy – FamilySearch
https://www.familysearch.org/en/wiki/Manitoba,_Canada_Genealogy

Manitoba GenWeb Project
https://sites.rootsweb.com/~canmb/index.htm

Manitoba Genealogy (private group)
https://www.facebook.com/groups/1636186383286595

Manitoba History: A Public Discussion Forum of the MHS (private group)
https://www.facebook.com/groups/manitobahistory

Manitoba History (private group)
https://www.facebook.com/groups/1036509169818642/

Winnipeg and Manitoba history (public group)
https://www.facebook.com/groups/971227750235526/

Manitoba’s Abandoned History (private group)
https://www.facebook.com/groups/739382209487285/

Books:

Dictionary of Ukrainian Canadian Biography: Pioneer Settlers of Manitoba, 1891-1900, Vladimir J. Kaye, Ukrainian Canadian Research Foundation, 1975

Pioneer Profiles: Ukrainian Settlers in Manitoba, Michael Ewanchuk, Winnipeg, 1981

Hardships and Progress of Ukrainian Pioneers: Memoirs from Stuartburn Colony and Other Points, Peter Humeniuk, Winnipeg, 1977
A Guide to the Study of Manitoba Local History, Gerald Friesen and Barry Potyondi, Winnipeg, 1981

Finding Your Canadian Ancestors: A Beginner’s Guide, Sherry Irvine and Dave Obee, Ancestry Publishing, 2007. Chapter 18: Manitoba

Ukrainian settlers on their farm near Stuartburn, Manitoba,
early 1900’s, Courtesy of Olga Drozd on Pinterest.ca 

Researching Ukrainian Canadians in Saskatchewan

The first two Ukrainian settlers arrived in Canada in 1891 followed by tens of thousands until the start of the First World War. Most Ukrainian immigrants of this period were identified on government records as Poles, Russians, Austrians, Bukovinians, Galicians and Ruthenians, arriving from provinces in the Austro-Hungarian Empire. The vast majority of these immigrants settled in Manitoba, Saskatchewan, and Alberta.

The first wave of Ukrainian settlers to Saskatchewan arrived in the 1890’s and were mainly from the area of current Western Ukraine known as Halychyna or Galicia. Approximately 13% of Saskatchewan residents trace all or part of their ancestry to the former Galicia and Bukovina, according to the last census. Saskatchewan become a province in 1905 and prior to that it was the Saskatchewan and Assiniboia districts. This area was part of the Northwest Territories.

1917 Country Wedding, Sask. Courtesy of Archives Canada

There are a number of smaller rural communities in Western Canada with significant proportions of Ukrainians including Canora, Speers, Bradwell, Krydor, and Hafford, Saskatchewan. They settled around Rosthern and Yorkton-Canora districts of Saskatchewan. Many more of the smaller place names are listed in the “Dictionary of Ukrainian Canadian Biography: Pioneer Settlers of Saskatchewan-Assiniboia”, page vii.

There are numerous books about Ukrainians in Canada listing Ukrainian settlers and local community history books which settled in Saskatchewan. In the “Sources for Researching Ukrainian Family History” book, by John-Paul Himka and Frances, A. Swyripa, CIUS, The University of Alberta, 1984, on pages 34-35, it lists 20 local history books in Saskatchewan.

I assisted my friend, Ann V. (Thoms) Lummerding with the publishing of her "Thoms (Toms) Family History 1898 – 2002" book. Her family settled southwest of Alvena, Fish Creek and in the Bruno district, Saskatchewan. I also have some in-laws in my family branches who are from Saskatchewan and many of my immediate family members live in Lloydminster.

Hafford, Sask., Ruthenian Church,
Courtesy of Prairie Towns.com

About Ukrainians in Saskatchewan - Immigration and Settlement Patterns
https://www.ucc.sk.ca/oldsite/about.htm

About Ukrainians – Ukrainians in Saskatchewan
https://www.ucc.sk.ca/en/about/ukrainians-in-sk

Saskatchewan Genealogical Society
https://saskgenealogy.com/

Saskatchewan Genealogical Society – Regina Branch – Links page
https://sites.rootsweb.com/~canrbsgs/pages/links.html

The Provincial Archives of Saskatchewan (PAS)
https://www.saskarchives.com/

PAS online catalogue
https://search.saskarchives.com/

Saskatchewan Vital Statistics - eHealth Saskatchewan
https://www.ehealthsask.ca/residents/genealogy

Saskatchewan Public Library – Local History
https://saskatoonlibrary.ca/collections/local-history/

Saskatchewan Newspapers
http://sabnewspapers.usask.ca/browse/city

Saskatchewan Wheat Pool Maps 60 years: 1924-1984
https://saskgenweb.ca/skwheat/

Saskatchewan Online Genealogy Records - FamilySearch.org
https://www.familysearch.org/en/wiki/Saskatchewan_Online_Genealogy_Records

Sask Gen Web – The Saskatchewan Genealogy Web
https://saskgenweb.ca/cansk/Saskatchewan/

Saskatchewan – CanGenelogy
https://www.cangenealogy.com/saskatchewan.html

Saskatchewan History and Folklore Society
http://www.shfs.ca/

Saskatchewan-Ukraine Relations – Government of Saskatchewan
https://www.saskatchewan.ca/government/government-structure/boards-commissions-and-agencies/saskatchewan--ukraine-relations

Pioneers of Canada – Saskatchewan
https://www.geni.com/projects/Pioneers-of-Canada-Saskatchewan/17832

Ukrainian Cultural Identity Deeply Rooted in Province
https://www.saskculture.ca/impact/success-stories/ukrainian-cultural-identity-deeply-rooted-in-province

Ukrainian Museum of Canada, Saskatchewan Branch
https://umcnational.ca/

Saskatchewan – Cyndi’s List
https://www.cyndislist.com/canada/provinces/sk/

Saskatchewan Genealogy (private group)
https://www.facebook.com/groups/107074456308967

Saskatchewan Genealogy Network (private group)
https://www.facebook.com/groups/805637286215465/

Historical Saskatchewan (public group)
https://www.facebook.com/groups/472456403800111

Old Saskatchewan (private group)
https://www.facebook.com/groups/424339521497698

Saskatchewan: History and memories (private group)
https://www.facebook.com/groups/growingupinsk/

Saskatchewan History (Private group)
https://www.facebook.com/groups/735338344738910/

Saskatchewan Memories (private group)
https://www.facebook.com/groups/1607888836109581/

Saskatchewan Adoption Search & Reunion (private group)
https://www.facebook.com/groups/178843212709623/

Saskatchewan Archives Week (public group, first week of February)
https://www.facebook.com/groups/44912069786

Aerial Photos of Saskatchewan Towns, Villages, Farms (public group)
https://www.facebook.com/groups/360702462918687/

Українці в Саскатчевані / Ukrainians in Saskatchewan
https://www.facebook.com/groups/1047710605310057/

Canora, Sask., Courtesy of Prairie Towns.com

Books and a Video

Tracing Your Saskatchewan Ancestors: A Guide to the Records and How to Use Them, Laura M. Hanowski, ed., Regina, Saskatchewan Genealogical Society, 2000.

How to Research Your Ukrainian Ancestry in Saskatchewan: Rodovid/Genealogy, Kathlyn Szalasznyj, Saskatoon, Ukrainian Canadian Committee, 1986

Dictionary of Ukrainian Canadian Biography of Pioneer Settlers of Saskatchewan-Assiniboia, 1892-1904, Dr. V. Kaye, East European Genealogical Society, 2018, (This book is no longer available from the distributor and they are working to find an alternative distributor).

Finding Your Canadian Ancestors: A Beginner’s Guide, Sherry Irvine and Dave Obee, Ancestry Publishing, 2007. Chapter 25: Saskatchewan

Ukrainian Genealogy, John D. Pihach, Canadian Institute of Ukrainian Studies Press, 2007, (Includes information on school records (pg. 26) and church records (pg. 46-49) in Saskatchewan.)

For Harry - Harry Tkachuk traveled from the Ukraine to settle in Saskatchewan, Canada.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=501FiHsZobc&t=132s

Naturalization and Citizenship and, the National Registration 1940

Naturalization

As per the book, “Dictionary of Ukrainian Canadian Biography of Pioneer Settlers of Alberta, 1891-1900, Vladimir J. Kaye, 1984”.

Elko Kalinchuk, naturalization granted 10 September 1902, Supr. Crt. NWT, Edmonton, Alta (NWT is listed because Alberta did not become a province until 1905), name Elko Kalanczuk, residence is Wostok, Alta, occupation is farmer, and former residence is Galicia.

Partemij Pawluk, naturalization granted 29 December 1903, Supr. Crt. NWT, Edmonton, name Partemij Pawluk, residence Wostok, Alta, occupation is farmer and former residence is Bukowina, Austria.

Note that prior to January 1, 1947, when the “Canadian Citizenship Act” came into force, my ancestors were considered British subjects.

On February 22, 1991, I received a letter from the Department of the Secretary of State of Canada, Citizenship Registration and Promotion Branch about Elko Kalanczuk’s naturalization record. They stated, “Our records show that Elko Kalanczuk was naturalized as a British subject on September 10, 1902. His residence at the time was Wostok, Alberta and former residence was Galiciz, Austria.” They told me exactly what was listed in the book, “Dictionary of Ukrainian Canadian Biography of Pioneer Settlers of Alberta, 1891-1900”.

Immigration and Citizenship currently only lists the process if you need a record for legal purposes, costs $75 and processing time is 14 months. If your family member was naturalized after 1917 then you might want to go this route, but I would suggest checking out if there is a cheaper route for genealogy.
https://www.canada.ca/en/immigration-refugees-citizenship/services/canadian-citizenship/proof-citizenship/search-records.html

These records began in 1854 and were destroyed in 1917 with only a card index remaining with the name of the head of the family and no details about his wife nor children. The records created after 1917 were microfilmed and contain more information but my ancestors were naturalized in 1902 and 1903.

I also found two letters from the federal government regarding the naturalization of Elko Kalynchuk at the end of his homestead documents. The first letter dated 14 June 1939 that “he was naturalized the 10th of September 1902. A certified copy of his Certificate of Naturalization now on file in this office” (Secretary of State, Naturalization Branch, Ottawa) and the second letter states that a copy of his Certificate of Naturalization was sent to the Old Age Pensions Department, Edmonton, Alberta. Because the federal government record was destroyed, I am going to find out if the copy sent to the Old Age Pension Department has been archived or not. This inquiry was made because Elko's wife was applying for the Canada Pension Plan. She had turned 70 and I was told received $5.00 pension per month.

National Registration 1940

Elko Kalynchuk passed away in 1926 so will not be part of the national registration 1940. My grandfather, Gregore (Harry) Kalynchuk was born in 1901 so was 39 in 1940. He also had sisters and first cousins in the same age group. Partemy Pawliuk passed away in 1949 and was 74 in 1940. Partemy had one son, Danylo (Daniel) who was born in 1899 so was 41 in 1940 plus had a couple of daughters. I will be checking into this and updating this article if I receive any news.

In the book, “Finding Your Ukrainian Ancestors…, Muryl Andrejciw Geary on page 147, lists that “From 1940-46 persons 16 years of age and older, male and female, were requested to complete a Registration form. They had to provide their full name and address, age, …. and among other things, whether they could ride a horse! The registration was part of the War Measures Act, so that in case of war, Canada would have a military reserve.”

The National Registration 1940
Statistics Canada
https://www66.statcan.gc.ca/eng/1941/194101280070_p.%2070.pdf

In the “Ukrainian Genealogy” book by John D. Pilash, he states on page 73 that “At the time of naturalization, the individual’s name, address, and country of origin were published in the “Canada Gazette”, which is available at archives, university libraries and some large public libraries. An index of names printed in the “Canada Gazette’s” naturalization lists has been published.” Dave Obee created the “Naturalization and citizenship indexes in the Canada Gazette, 1915-1951: a Finding Aid. It contains a chronological index to the naturalization (1915-1946) and citizenship (1947-1951) indexes printed in the Canada gazette, a weekly report of federal government activities. My family received their naturalization and citizenship earlier than this period. However, for others that this applies to:

Basics of Canadian Naturalization Indexes by Dave Obee
http://www.daveobee.com/columns/natural2.htm

Naturalization indexes --- An example by Dave Obee
http://www.daveobee.com/columns/natural.htm

Naturalization lists, 1915 to 1951
Library and Archives Canada
https://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/immigration/citizenship-naturalization-records/naturalized-records-1915-1951/Pages/introduction.aspx

Naturalization and citizenship indexes in the Canada gazette, 1915-1951: a finding aid (1999)
Family Search.org
https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/837659?availability=Family%20History%20Library

Resources

Ancestry.ca
Citizenship and Naturalization
https://www.ancestry.ca/search/categories/img_citizenship/

Canadian Immigration Records, Part One, 1780-1906 

(I could not find anything here searching under my family)
https://www.ancestry.ca/search/collections/3795/

Canadian Immigration Records, Part Two
https://www.ancestry.ca/search/collections/3798/

Citizenship and Naturalization Records
Library and Archives Canada
https://library-archives.canada.ca/eng/collection/research-help/genealogy-family-history/immigration/pages/citizenship-naturalization.aspx

Books by Dave Obee
https://www.daveobee.com/books.html

National Registration File of 1940 - Statistics Canada  

The National Registration File of 1940 resulted from the compulsory registration of all persons, 16 years of age or older, in the period from 1940 to 1946. (Note the hourly rate.)
https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/n1/en/catalogue/93C0006

Globe Map of Western Canada, Photo by
World Maps on StockSnap, Free Download

Woman Waving Canadian Flag, Courtesy of Adobe
Stock, by nicoletaionescu, Free with Trial

Ukrainian Canadian History

In 1891 Iwan Pyllipiw and Wasyl Eleniak were recorded as the first Ukrainians in Canada, while Stefan Koroluk also filed his homestead in Alberta. There also had been some other individuals who had arrived earlier, but this year is considered the start of the Ukrainian settlement in Western Canada.

The first wave from 1892 to 1914, were mainly peasants and farmers fleeing the Austro-Hungarian Empire. There was limited land, primitive farming methods, malnutrition, widespread illiteracy, mounting indebtedness etc. Most Ukrainians emigrated to Canada came from Galicia and Bukovina in the Austro-Hungarian Empire. This first wave of Ukrainian settlers halted in 1914 due the start of World War I. Approximately 170,000 Ukrainians from the Austro-Hungarian Empire arrived in Canada.

My Kalynchuk and Stetsko ancestors arrived in Halifax, Canada on April 30, 1897, and made their way to the Edna-Star Ukrainian Bloc by the fall of 1897. They came from Galicia. My Pawliuk and Tkachuk ancestors arrived in Alberta in 1898 from Bukovina and settled near Smoky Lake, with other Bukovinians.

In the book, “Dictionary of Ukrainian Canadian Biography of Pioneer Settlers of Alberta, 1891-1900, Vladimir J. Kaye, 1984” (and some other books), I was able to find entries about my two-family branches. I continue to seek out more books and look at the contents and index first, under Galicia, Bukovina, and my family surnames and villages. We are quite fortunate that there are many publications and videos/ films produced about the first wave of Ukrainians, coming to Alberta and Western Canada.

Edited by books:

The Ukrainian Canadians: A Study in Assimilation, Charles H. Young, Edited by Helen R.Y. Reid, 1931

Continuity and Change: The Cultural Life of Alberta’s First Ukrainians, Edited by Manoly R. Lupul, 1988
https://marketplace.ualberta.ca/products/continuity-and-change-the-cultural-life-of-albertas-first-ukrainians

A Heritage in Transition: Essays in the History of Ukrainians in Canada, Edited by Manoly R. Lupul, 1982

New Soil – Old Roots: The Ukrainian Experience in Canada, Edited by Jaroslav Rozumnyj, assisted by Oleh W. Gerus and Myhailo H. Marunchak, 1983

Canada’s Ukrainians: Negotiating an Identity, 1891 – 1991, Edited by Stella Hryniuk and Lubomyr Y. Luciuk, 1991

Ukraine and Ukrainians Throughout the World: A Demographic and Sociological Guide to the Homeland and Its Diaspora, Edited by Ann Lencyk Pawliczko, 1994

Re-imaging Ukrainian Canadians: History, Politics and Identify, Edited by Rhonda L. Hinther and Jim Mochoruk, 2011

The Extraordinary Lives of Ukrainian-Canadian Women: Oral Histories of the Twentieth Century, Edited by Iroida Wynnychyj, 2022

Authored books:

Men in Sheepskin Coats: A Study in Assimilation, Vera Lysenko, 1947

The Ukrainians in Canada, Ol’ha Woycenko, Second Revised Edition, 1968

Vilni Zemli (Free Lands): The Ukrainian Settlement of Alberta, J. G. MacGregor, 1969

Chronology of Ukrainian Canadian History, Andrew Gregorovich, 1973
https://archive.org/details/chronologyofukra0000andr

Greater Than Kings: Ukrainian Pioneer Settlement in Canada, Zonia Keywan and Martin Coles, 1977

No Streets of Gold: A Social History of Ukrainians in Alberta, Helen Potrebenko, 1977

Land of Pain, Land of Promise: First Person Accounts by Ukrainian Pioneers 1891-1914, translated by Harry Piniuta, 1978

Recollections About the Life of the First Ukrainian Settlers in Canada, William Czumer, 1981

Ukrainian Canadians: A History, Michael Marunchak, 1982

Salt and Braided Bread: Ukrainian Life in Canada, Jars Balan, 1984

Peasants in the Promised Land: Canada and the Ukrainians, 1891-1914, Jaroslav Petryshyn and Luba Dzubak, 1985

Creating a Landscape: A Geography of Ukrainians in Canada, Lubomyr K. Luciuk and Bohdan S. Kordan, 1989

The Ukrainian Bloc Settlement in East Central Alberta, 1890-1930: A History, Orest T. Martynowych, 1985, preprint 1990
https://archive.org/details/ukrainianblocset00mart

Ukrainians in Canada: The Formative Period, 1891-1924, Orest T. Martynowych, 1991

Ukrainians in North America: An Illustrated History by Orest Subtelny, 1991

All of Baba’s Children, Myrna Kostash, Fourth Edition, 1992

The Land They Left Behind: Canada's Ukrainians in the Homeland, Stella Hryniuk and Jeffrey Picknicki, 1995

Community and Frontier: A Ukrainian Settlement in the Canadian Parkland, John C. Lehr, 2011

Community books:

Alberta in the 20th Century: A Journalistic History of the Province, Volume 1: The Great West Before 1900, edited by Ted Byfield, 1991

Alberta in the 20th Century: A Journalistic History of the Province, Volume 2: The Birth of the Province, 1900-1910, edited by Ted Byfield, 1992

Alberta in the 20th Century: Centennial Limited Edition, The Albertans: From Settlement to Super Province, 1905-2005, Author and Edited by Paul Stanway, 2005

Early Ukrainian Settlements in Canada, 1895-1900: Dr. Josef Oleskiw’s Role in the Settlement of the Canadian Northwest, Vladimir J. Kaye, 1964

Dictionary of Ukrainian Canadian Biography of Pioneer Settlers of Alberta, 1891-1900, Vladimir J. Kaye, 1984*
https://diasporiana.org.ua/wp-content/uploads/books/14179/file.pdf

The Ukrainian Pioneers in Alberta, Canada, The Ukrainian Pioneers in Alberta, Canada, 1970 (Blue book)*

Ukrainians in Alberta, Ukrainian Pioneers Association of Alberta, 1975 (Red book)*

Ukrainians in Alberta, Ukrainian Pioneers Association of Alberta, 1981, (Green book)*

(*Regarding the above mentioned four books, the Ukrainian Pioneers Association of Alberta has scanned and put these books online at their website, 

https://ukrainianpioneers.wordpress.com/resources/publications/ )

Videos

130th anniversary of Ukrainian Immigration to Canada Story
Historian Radomir Bilash tells the Iwan Pylypow & Vasyl Ilyniak (Eleniak) story of their immigration from Nebyliv, Ukraine to the current day Lamont County in Alberta, Canada in 1891.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RqGP5rrnHh0

Studying Ukrainian Communities in Canada: Where to Start?, by Jars Balan
This is the second in a series of presentations for the 2021 Summer Institute at the Kule Folklore Centre for the project: Trapped in the Archives of Repression. 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KdlDQZ2aDFc

Ukrainian Archival Collections in Canada: Preserving the Past, Building the Future
May 11 – 13, 2018. Organized by the Kule Folklore Centre (KuFC), the Canadian Institute of Ukrainian Studies (CIUS), and the Friends of the Kule Folklore Centre, the three-day event brought together some 70 archivists, academics, and community members interested in the state of Ukrainian archives in Canada and the challenges they face in the future. Keynote is Myron Momryk and 7 panel sessions.
http://ukrainian-archives.artsrn.ualberta.ca/, conference schedule
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0W64Q_Gg8hE&list=PLzaAluGOZByFxw0MPc15Ak5Fdc_KOSTtO

Steamship Agents During the First Wave of Immigration: Migrants and Historians Tell Different Stories, by Dr. Andriy Nahachewsk
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ICdxP65g_SI

Oldest film showing Ukrainians in Canada, 1921
This 23-minute film titled "The Ukrainians" is part of a series of early silent films in the Nation Building in Saskatchewan series. This video was posted on YouTube by Ed Monton. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_b9m9Tf7vSc

Ukrainian Winter Holidays, 1942
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ecqK4wM9fyo

New Home In The West - Ukrainian pioneers/immigrants in Canada, 1943
Was posted on YouTube by Don Goodes. This early film is about the Ukrainian pioneers in central Canada. In 1943 when the film was released, Canada was in the throws of World War II.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZMnqLR-y6bU

Ukrainians in Canada, 1946, Edmonton Festival
Has been posted on YouTube by Ed Monton. This is a rare film that highlights a festival of dance that took place in Edmonton in the summer of 1946. The first pioneer Wasyl Elyniak can be seen at 8:07.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vxP0zBbiYoI

Kurelek/Курилик, 1967
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=86hAzgPFUHw

Reflections of the Past, 1974, Ukrainian Pioneers, Manitoba, Canada
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lSpkE9VamX0

Teach Me to Dance, 1978
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ymh03NxLNAk

Wood Mountain Poems, 1978
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kxa1ediYuqM

Canada Vignettes: Easter Eggs (pysanky) / Великодні писанки, 1978
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xb_rSMNRx74

Laughter in My Soul, 1983
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mxJT01C4Xmk

Ukrainian Canadians - A Time to Remember, 1988
Ed Monton posted this video on YouTube
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VcGhp7W98d8

Memories of a Ukrainian boy growing up in Alberta in the 1920's
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kt55eu9C8Ak

A Place Called Shandro, Directed and produced by James E Motluk
An impressionistic documentary that chronicles the settlement of Alberta, Canada by Ukrainian immigrants at the turn of the 20th century. Narrated by the voices of actual pioneers and their descendants, their stories of struggle and celebration come to life through spectacular cinematography that captures the majesty and beauty of the prairie landscape they helped to tame.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R_zcKXEzncs Trailer
https://vimeo.com/ondemand/aplacecalledshandro to rent this film

Courtesy of CIUS Press, 1988,
Book Image, Public Domain

Courtesy of the University of Alberta,
1991, Book Image, Public Domain