Canadian life until the New
Canadians could survive on
their own.
   The Ukranian culture
flourished in Canada through
rural and urban community
institutions modeled on
similar associations in the
Ukraine. In 1897, the first
Ukrainian Orthodox Church was

built in Gardenton, Manitoba;
in 1898 the first Ukrainian
Catholic church was erected
in Star, Alberta. Bilingual
public schools were founded
in 1905 in Manitoba and
Saskatchewan along with a
training school for Ukrainian
teachers in Winnipeg. These
teachers and clergymen

emerged as the first
Ukrainian spokesmen and
community leaders.
   The first Ukrainian
language newspaper, the
Canadian Farmer (Kanadiysky
Farmer) rolled off the
presses in 1903 and the first
Ukrainian book was printed in
Winnipeg a year later,

followed by the opening of
the first Ukrainian bookstore
in 1905. In 1918 the
progressive organization,
Association of United
Ukrainian Canadians was
founded.
   Those early Ukrainian
settlers established the
Canadian prairies as part of