Bruno History

In the fall of 1902, the Reverend Bruno Doerfler, a Benedictine Father and organizer of the mass migration of German American families, joined a group of seventeen families who left the states to answer the call to go to Canada. Together with these families, he started a new religious colony in Saskatchewan. It was to have been called St. Bruno, because of the postal address in St. Bruno, Quebec, the name of Bruno for the new settlement was decided upon. In 1905, the railroad was built through Bruno, and in 1906, a small log school was built, and the population began to increase.

In 1909, Bruno was incorporated as a village. Peter Schwinghamer was the first overseer, Willam Leisen and Frank Fisher the first councillors, and Willam Gleich the first constable and the first health inspector. By November of 1909, all members of Council took the Declaration of Office, and the Bylaws of the village were set up. In 1930, the Villlage of Bruno asked permission from the Department of Municipal Affairs to incorporate as a "town", and in 1960, Bruno finally became a town.