Amish Mennonites in Ontario

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Celebrating their 200th Anniversary in Ontario in 2024, Amish Mennonites are today a well established part of provincial history. First arriving in Wilmot Township (Waterloo County) in 1824, today these Anabaptist Christians are represented in Wellesley Township, Perth East, the city of Stratford, and also in Whitechurch (NW of Wingham).

A diverse history has seen Amish Mennonites face divisions in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, forming traditional, conservative and progressive branches. Today the Old Order Amish, the Beachy Amish Mennonites, and the Maranatha Amish Mennonites are the three descendants of the original settlers, with the progressive group of Amish Mennonites now a part of Mennonite Church-Canada.