As the number of Ukrainians in Canada increased, institutions and organizations were founded based on similar organizations in western Ukraine. The earliest community life centered around the churches. The first Ukrainian Catholic Mass was celebrated on April 12, 1897 and the first Ukrainian Catholic Church was erected in 1898 in Star, Alberta. Their distinctive architecture can still be seen in many urban and rural centers on the Prairies. Ukrainian-language newspapers began publishing in Winnipeg providing contacts with other Ukrainian communities across Canada.   In 1905, the Province of Manitoba and the newly established Province of Saskatchewan founded bilingual (Ukrainian-English) schools. A training school for Ukrainian teachers was founded in Winnipeg. Eventually, teachers and clergymen became the first Ukrainian community leaders and spokesmen and they were very important in the growth of the first local, regional and later national organizations and institutions.

Teachers and clergymen became the first Ukrainian community leaders and spokesmen and they were very important in the growth of the first local, regional and later national organizations and institutions.

A Ukrainian church in Alberta

A village wedding