Hutterite Colonization in Alberta
- 1 September 1971
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Taylor & Francis in Journal of Geography
- Vol. 70 (6) , 347-359
- https://doi.org/10.1080/00221347108981656
Abstract
This paper discusses the impact of Hutterian migration to Alberta in regards to the Communal Property Act and the evolution of the Hutterian settlement pattern. The Hutterites arrived in Alberta in 1918 and by 1940 had established thirty-one colonies, clustered primarily in the Lethbridge area. The sect's political and economic beliefs have been unpopular. Legislative action in the form of the Communal Property Act, and the establishment of the Communal Property Control Board has resulted in a dispersed settlement pattern. The legislative action initiated in the 1940s has had the perverse function of causing a hardship on the individual farmer of southern Alberta.Keywords
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