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| * Izaak Helmuth, from Warsaw, Poland, came via England and was one of the founders of the University of Western Ontario. | * Izaak Helmuth, from Warsaw, Poland, came via England and was one of the founders of the University of Western Ontario. | ||
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| * ] - former Liberal MP 1950+ | * ] - former Liberal MP 1950+ | ||
| * ] - former Premier of Manitoba | * ] - former Premier of Manitoba | ||
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| * ] - ] for Brian Mulroney | * ] - ] for Brian Mulroney | ||
| * ] - the Labour Progressive (Communist) MP 1943-1947, from Cartier Quebec who was caught as being a Soviet spy, that started the Cold War | * ] - the Labour Progressive (Communist) MP 1943-1947, from Cartier Quebec who was caught as being a Soviet spy, that started the Cold War | ||
| *] - member of the Progressive Conservative Party. | *] - member of the Progressive Conservative Party. | ||
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===Music=== | ||
| ⚫ | * ] VC, Second World War airman | ||
| ⚫ | * ] - Major General. | ||
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| * ] - Conductor, pianist, arranger | * ] - Conductor, pianist, arranger | ||
| * ] - (born 1958) Musician | * ] - (born 1958) Musician | ||
| * ] - (born 1981) Pianist | * ] - (born 1981) Pianist | ||
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===Culture=== | ||
| * ] - broadcaster, writer and reporter | * ] - broadcaster, writer and reporter | ||
| * ]- Author, Poet | * ]- Author, Poet | ||
| * ] - Poet in English and Polish languages, Essayist, Painter | |||
| ===Armed Forces=== | |||
| ⚫ | * ] VC, Second World War airman | ||
| ⚫ | * ] - Major General. | ||
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===Sports=== | ||
| * ] - ice hockey goalie | * ] - ice hockey goalie | ||
| * ] - soccer player | * ] - soccer player | ||
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| * ] - Played for Detroit, St. Louis, Montreal ,1982-1988.Cousin of former NHL player Jim Peplinski. ... Came from family of Polish ancestry that had settled in Barry's Bay, Ontario. The family's last name in Poland was Treder. | * ] - Played for Detroit, St. Louis, Montreal ,1982-1988.Cousin of former NHL player Jim Peplinski. ... Came from family of Polish ancestry that had settled in Barry's Bay, Ontario. The family's last name in Poland was Treder. | ||
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| * ], mother of ] | * ], mother of ] | ||
| * ], Battle of Britain fighter pilot, Test pilot of the ] | * ], Battle of Britain fighter pilot, Test pilot of the ] | ||
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Polish Canadians are Canadians of Polish ancestry. According to the 2001 Canadian census, 817,000 Canadians claim full or partial Polish ancestry.
History
The earliest Polish immigrants to Canada were members of the Watt and De Meuron military regiments from Saxony and Switzerland sent overseas to help the British Army in North America. Several were émigrés from Poland who took part in the November Uprising of 1830 and 1863 insurrection against the Russian occupation.
The first Polish immigrant, Dominik Barcz, is known to have come to Canada in 1752. He was a fur merchant from Gdańsk who settled in Montreal. He was followed in 1757 by Charles Blaskowicz, who worked as deputy surveyor-general of lands. In 1776 arrived army surgeon Auguste Francois Globenski. His descendant, Charles Auguste Globenski was elected to the House of Commons in Ottawa in 1875.
In 1841, Casimir Stanislaus Gzowski from Poland arrived in Canada via U.S.A. and for 50 years worked in engineering, military and community sectors of Toronto and Southern Ontario, for which he was knighted by Queen Victoria.
Charles Horecki immigrated in 1872. He was an engineer with the cross-Canada railway construction from Edmonton to the Pacific Ocean through the Peace River Valley. Today, a mountain and a body of water in British Columbia are named after him.
The first group-settlers were the Kaszubs of Northern Poland who escaped from Prussian oppression following the partitions of Poland. They arrived in Renfrew County of Ontario in 1858, where they founded the settlements of Wilno, Barry’s Bay, and Round Lake. By 1890 there were about 270 Kaszub families working in the Madawaska Valley of Renfrew County, mostly in the lumber industry of the Ottawa Valley.
The consecutive waves of Polish immigrants in periods from 1890-1914, 1920-1939, and 1941 to this day, settled across Canada from Cape Breton to Vancouver, and made numerous and significant contributions to the agricultural, manufacturing, engineering, teaching, publishing, religious, mining, cultural, professional, sports, military, research, business, governmental and political life of Canada.
Religious services, first Churches
The first Polish Catholic priest visited Polish immigrants in 1862 in Kitchener. The first church serving Polish immigrants was built in 1875 in Wilno, Ontario. In Winnipeg, the Holy Ghost Church was built in 1899.
The first Polish-Canadian Roman Catholic bishop is Reverend Mathew Ustrzycki, consecrated in June 1985, auxiliary bishop of the Hamilton Diocese. There are Polish-Canadian priests in many congregations and orders, such as the Franciscans, Jesuits, Redemptorists, Saletinians, Resurrectionists, Oblates, Michaelites, and the Society of Christ. In addition, 80 priests are serving in 120 parishes.
The Victoria Cross
Polish-Canadians have been recognized by awards and appointments by the Queen, and the Canadian governments, universities and various organizations. Notably:
- Andrew Mynarski, pilot-gunner from Winnipeg, awarded the Victoria Cross posthumously for extreme valor in World War II
Polish Canadian recipients of the Order of Canada
- Irena Ungar, citizenship judge
- Stefan Sznuk, Group Captain
- Rev. Anthony Hylla, Oblate priest
- Rev. Michael Smith, missionary Oblate priest
- Rt. Rev. Monsignor Anthony Gocki of Regina
- B. Dubienski of Winnipeg, lawyer
- Peter Taraska of Winnipeg, Knight of St. Gregory, alderman and citizenship judge
- Casimir Stanczykowski of Montreal, multilingual radio station founder and broadcaster
- Captain Andrew Garlicki of Ottawa
- Jan Drygala of Oshawa, WWII staff-sergeant of the Polish Army.
Polish Canadian Queen’s Counsels and lawyers appointed as judges
- Their Honors Judge Allan H. J. Wachowicz of the Court of Queen’s Bench in Edmonton
- Judge P. Swiecicki, of the Superior Court of BC in Vancouver
- Judge Paul Staniszewski of Toronto, Montreal and the County Court of Windsor
- Judge E.F. Wrzeszczinski-Wren of the County Court of Toronto.
Notable Polish Canadians
Science
- Witold Rybczynski - architect, professor and writer
Education
- Izaak Helmuth, from Warsaw, Poland, came via England and was one of the founders of the University of Western Ontario.
Politics
- Leon David Crestohl - former Liberal MP 1950+
- Gary Filmon - former Premier of Manitoba
- Jesse Flis - Liberal MP from Toronto
- Casimir Gzowski - Lieutenant Governor of Ontario
- Stanley Haidasz - Doctor, former Liberal MP Trinity/Parkdale 1957-?
- Stan Kazmierczak Keyes - former national chair of Liberal Party of Canada
- Alexandre Edouard Kierzkowski - former Liberal MP 1867-?, First MP of Polish Decent
- Don Mazankowski - Deputy Prime Minister for Brian Mulroney
- Fred Rose - the Labour Progressive (Communist) MP 1943-1947, from Cartier Quebec who was caught as being a Soviet spy, that started the Cold War
- Paul Yakabuski - member of the Progressive Conservative Party.
Music
- Tadeusz Biernacki - Conductor, pianist, arranger
- Luba - (born 1958) Musician
- Daniel Wnukowski - (born 1981) Pianist
Culture
- Peter Gzowski - broadcaster, writer and reporter
- Chava Rosenfarb- Author, Poet
- Richard Tylman - Poet in English and Polish languages, Essayist, Painter
Armed Forces
- Andrew Charles Mynarski VC, Second World War airman
- Stefan Sznuk - Major General.
Sports
- Turk Broda - ice hockey goalie
- Tomasz Radzinski - soccer player
- Trish Stratus - Female professional wrestler
- Wojtek Wolski - Colorado Avalanche Prospect
- Jim Peplinski - Calgary Flames NHL
- Larry J. Trader - Played for Detroit, St. Louis, Montreal ,1982-1988.Cousin of former NHL player Jim Peplinski. ... Came from family of Polish ancestry that had settled in Barry's Bay, Ontario. The family's last name in Poland was Treder.
Other Polish Canadians
- Mary (Fock) Moberly, mother of Walter Moberly (engineer)
- Janusz Żurakowski, Battle of Britain fighter pilot, Test pilot of the Avro Arrow