Overview
Ukrainians first came to Canada in the 19th century. The initial influx came as the Canadian government promoted the immigration of farmers.
During the First World War, thousands of Ukrainian Canadians were imprisoned as enemy aliens due to their origins in the Austro-Hungarian Empire.
According to 2016 census, Ukrainian Canadians number 1,359,655 or 3.8 per cent of the country's population and are mainly Canadian-born citizens.
- From Ukrainian Canadians, Canadian Encyclopedia.
View the Census Data.
Books
Our Canadian Mosaic by Publication Date: 1975Survey of Canadian immigrants by country of origin and the agencies providing for them. Includes B.C.
The Ukrainian Canadians: A History by Publication Date: 1982Monumental upon its release, this 4-part second edition examines the pioneer era in Ukrainian immigration to Canada, creation of many Ukrainian Canadian organizations, Ukrainian efforts in the Second World War and a decade of multiculturalism in Canada.
Reflections and Reminiscences: Ukrainians in Canada 1892-1992 by Publication Date: 1995Stories about the Ukrainian pioneers and their descendants in Canada, tracing their progress in spite of the difficulties encountered.
A Bare and Impolitic Right: Internment and Ukrainian-Canadian Redress by Publication Date: 2004Bohdan Kordan and Craig Mahovsky examine the internment of Ukrainian Canadians during the Great War, and explore the political, philosophical and ethical dimensions of redress.
Community and Frontier: A Ukrainian settlement in the Canadian Parkland by Publication Date: 2011Established in 1896, the Stuartburn colony was one of the earliest Ukrainian settlements in western Canada. Based on an analysis of government records, pioneer memoirs and the Ukrainian and English language press, Community and Frontier is a detailed examination of the social, economic and geographical challenges of this unique ethnic community.
Ethnic Elites and Canadian Identity: Japanese, Ukrainians, and Scots, 1919-1971 by Publication Date: 2012In Ethnic Elites and Canadian Identity, Aya Fujiwara examines the roles of Japanese, Ukrainian and Scottish elites during the transition of Canadian identity from Anglo-conformity to ethnic pluralism.
The Stories Were Not Told: Canada's First World War Internment Camps by Publication Date: 2018From 1914 to 1920, thousands of men who had immigrated to Canada from the Austro-Hungarian Empire, Germany and the Ottoman Empire were unjustly imprisoned as "enemy aliens". The Stories Were Not Told presents this largely unrecognized event through photography, cultural theory and personal testimony, including stories told at last by internees and their descendants.
Archives and Organizations
Ukrainian. Library and Archives Canada. Information about LAC holdings plus links to major collections elsewhere.
Ukrainian Canadian Congress. "Represents the Ukrainian Canadian community before the people and government of Canada."
Ukrainian Folklife Archive. (University of Alberta) Mandate is to document, preserve, and study Ukrainian vernacular culture in Ukraine, Canada, and around the world.