Mennonite origins on the southern Prairie

Mennonite origin is reported by 30.8 percent of the population in private households in Winkler, against 0.31 percent across Canada.

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About 48,000 people in Manitoba reported Mennonite origin. · Prairies

Mennonite is reported by 30.8 percent of the population in private households in Winkler, 28.5 percent in Altona and 20.0 percent in Steinbach, against 0.31 percent across Canada.

The rural municipalities around those towns are higher still, at 46.7 percent in Rhineland and 29.1 percent in Stanley.

On the Saskatchewan plain the response reaches 29.6 percent in the Rosthern No. 403 municipality, and among municipalities of at least 2,000 people in private households counted the highest share is 57.9 percent, in Mackenzie County in northern Alberta.

Residents may report more than one origin, so the shares across origins can sum to more than 100 percent.

Statistics Canada, 2021 Census of Population

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