Calgaryi magyar közösség
Calgary's Hungarian Community

Summary/Abstract: In Calgary, which is a dynamic Canadian city, there live almost 20 000 people of Hungarian ancestry. More than 8000 kilometres from Hungary, they maintain Hungarian organizations and institutions, because hundreds of them are dedicated to Hungarian cultural and community life. In the first part of my study I focus on their successful activity maintaining their Hungarian identity. In Canada, where multiculturalism is supported, the Hungarians arrived in waves. The first wave came mainly for economic reasons, but later waves left their homeland for political reasons. The second part of my paper focuses on the role of the religious institutions in the history of the Hungarian inhabitants of Calgary. I summarise the history of Calvin Hungarian Presbyterian Church and St. Elizabeth of Hungary Parish to 1968. That was the year for the establishment of the Calgary Hungarian scout troops that have provided for the needs of children and youth. Up to this time the emigrants of the 1956 revolution were the base for the flourishing Hungarian community and cultural life of Calgary. Their achievements are continued by the present leaders and volunteers of the Hungarian organizations.

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