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Canadian Donauschwaben Clubs / Organizations In all settlement periods, German immigrants to North America (USA & Canada) generally either joined existing clubs, or they established new ones. Some of these clubs or associations were religion-based; others were not. Some associations united all Germans, whether they came from Germany proper or from other regions of German settlement (Banat, Batschka, Russia, Volhynia, and many others). Other clubs were more narrowly defined (Danube-Swabian clubs; Transylvania Saxon clubs; Lieblinger clubs, etc). Many associations did not survive the anti-German campaigns associated with both world wars; others survived and provided post-war help to their countrymen in need. In Canada, Danube-Swabian clubs were established as follows: In Montreal (1929); in Kingsville ON (1930); in Niagara Falls ON (1934); in Kitchener ON (1934); and in Windsor ON (1935). [ON = Canadian Province of Ontario]. In Eastern Canada, the following were active in 1992 (and many have websites today): Teutonia Club Windsor; Parish of St.Michael, Windsor; Rhine-Danube Club Leamington; Niagara German-Canadian Club; Kitchener Schwabenclub; Alliance of Danube Swabians, Toronto; St. Michaelswerk Toronto; Danube Swabian Park Waldheim; Donau-Deukania Montreal. An umbrella organization called Trans-Canada Alliance of German-Canadian (TCA) existed from 1952 to the late seventies. Its successor is the German-Canadian Congress (GCC) established in 1984. In 1994 the GCC had branches in Ontario, Quebec, and British Columbia, plus some 550 member organizations across Canada (130 churches, 100 German-language schools, 20 senior citizens' homes, plus art associations, museums, theatres, and credit unions, etc. including Mennonites and Hutterites). Like in the USA, there were many German-language newspapers in Canada, as German-speakers were the third largest ethnic group in Canada (after English and French). [Nick Tullius] From: Nick Tullius  Subject: Re: [DVHH] social clubs - Canada Date: Thu, 3 Apr 2008   Alberta Calgary   British Columbia     Manitoba     Ontario Kitchener Kitchener Schwaben Club 1668 King Street East, Kitchener, Ontario, N2G 2P1 519.742.7979 www.kitchenerschwabenclub.com schwaben@kitchenerschwabenclub.com Alpine Club 464 Maple Avenue Kitchener Ontario, Canada N2H 4x5 519-744-1521 info@alpineclub.ca www.alpineclub.ca/ The German-Canadian Club  Northumberland County www.eagle.ca/~waltlued/welcome.html   Niagara Falls Windsor, Ontario Scarborough Donau Schwaben Club - Vereinigung der Donauschwaben - Toronto www.bluedanube.org 1686 Ellesmere Road Scarborough Ontario M1H 2V5 416-290-6186 bluedanube@bluedanube.org Windsor The Teutonia Club www.teutoniaclub.com/ Walter Bloedow Telephone 519-969-3815 55 Edinborough Street Windsor, Ontario N8X 3C3 The Church of St. Michael in Windsor, Canada - Excerpt from the book "Canada's Danube Swabians - Kanadas Donauschwaben" by Fritz Wieden and Michael Benzinger in 1992   Saskatchewan According to the 2001 census, Germans make up the largest ethnic group in Saskatchewan. Many people assume they came from Germany, but the vast majority came from German communities in Eastern Europe, and a significant number of Saskatchewan’s Germans are descendants of Banat Donauschwaben (Danube Swabians from the Banat region, divided today between Romania and Serbia).  read more http://esask.uregina.ca/entry/danube_swabians.html Saskatchewan Genealogical Society www.saskgenealogy.com Zichydorf Village Association http://feefhs.org/zva/frg-zva.html   Quebec Montreal Toronto Toronto, Association of the Danube Swabian www.bluedanube.org/homeclub.html   Other German Clubs Alpenland Schuhplattler [http://www.geocities.com/alpenland2002/]  18205 Boul. Elkas, Kirkland QC H9J3Y3 Austria Vancouver Club 5851 Westminster Highway Richmond, B.C. Austrian Internation Club Kingston 355 Lakeview Ave. Kingston ON K7M 3V9 Austrian Society of Montreal 5710 Upper Lachine Rd. Montreal QC, H4A 2B2 514.369.2339 ahold@tonalco.ca Austrian Society of Ottawa 1391 Cavendish Rd. Ottawa ON K1h 6B8 Bavarian Schuhplattlers of Edmonton 8310 Roper Road (51 Avenue) Edmonton, Alberta CANADA T6E 6E3 Club Berlin 604-437-9149 Präsident: Fred Mayer Club Loreley http://www.clubloreley.org/ 389 Dean Avenue, Oshawa, Ontario Canada L1H 3E1 Club Rheingold http://www.clubrheingold.com/ Yager Road Port Colborne Box 22Ontario, Canada L3K 5V7 Concordia Club 429 Ottawa Street South Kitchener, Ontario N2M 3P6 519-745-5617 mail@concordiaclub.ca Concordia Enzian Schuhplattler Verein 429 Ottawa St. South Kitchener, Ontario N2M 3P6 enzian@sympatico.ca Deutsch-Kanadisches Hilfswerk 2010 Harrison Drive, Vancouver, B.C.  V5P 2P6 604-713-6500 Deutsch-Kanadischer Kongress von B.C. 306-1877 West 5th Avenue Vancouver, B.C. V6J 1P5 Friends of Austria http://www3.sympatico.ca/hans.plangger/index_eng.html 1391 Cavendish Road Ottawa, Ontario K1H 6B8613.521.3603 Roland@Austrian-Canadian-Council.ca Hansa Haus 6650 Hurontario St. Mississauga, ON L5W-1N3 Heidelberg Club - German-Canadian Club P.O. Box 20102 Penticton, British Columbia, Canada V2A 8K3 German Canadian Club of Calgary 3127 Bowwood Drive NW CALGARY, Alberta, Canada T3B 2E7 German Canadian Cultural Centre 8310 Roper Road (51. Ave) Edmonton, Alberta, Canada T6E 6E3 Kingston Frauengruppe 118 Nicholson's Pt. RR3 Bath ON K0H1G0 Klub Treff http://www.eagle.ca/~waltlued/welcome.html Northumberland County, Cobourg & Port Hope Ontario, Canada Kolping Society of Canada www.kolping.org/Canada/KFC/Pages/common-page/index.html Maennerchor Liederkranz (GCCA) 8310 Roper Road in Edmonton. akmills@misc.ca Oshawa Club Loreley 389 Dean Ave. Oshawa ON L1H 3E1 905.728.9221 info@clubloreley.org Vancouver Alpen-Club 4875 Victoria Drive Vancouver, B.C.  V5N 4P3 604-736-0927  604-874-3811     Alberta British Columbia Manitoba Ontario Saskatchewan Quebec Other German Clubs DVHH < Destination: The Americas < Canada < Canadian Danube Swabian Clubs