The Amish of Canada settled in southwestern Ontario, having come from the United States in 1815 and directly from Europe in 1822.
[3] Since 2015, some Amish families have settled in provinces other than Ontario, including Manitoba, New Brunswick, and Prince Edward Island.
[6] The majority of Old Order settlements are located in the province of Ontario, namely Oxford (Norwich Township) and Norfolk Counties.
[citation needed] In 2016, several dozen Old Order Amish families founded two new settlements in Kings County in the province of Prince Edward Island.
Increasing land prices in Ontario had reportedly limited the ability of members in those communities to purchase new farms.