A 35 Karol Wojtyla Square, Barry’s Bay, Ontario
P.O. Box 309
K0J 1B0
E email the office
P 1.613.756.2243
P.O. Box 309
K0J 1B0
E email the office
P 1.613.756.2243
The Kashubs formed the largest and most distinct element of Polish emigration to Renfrew County and are recognized as the first large group of Polish immigrants to arrive in Canada with their Canadian history starting in 1858. Today, the Kashubs constitute one of the most distinct regional and ethnocultural groups in Poland.
The first Polish-Kashub church was built on Siberia Road, two miles from the village of Barry’s Bay by the Father Bronislaus Jankowaski in 1896. Prior to that Father Jankowski and his predecessors, Fathers Dembski and Korbutowicz offered Mass several times a year in the homes of the settlers, going as far as Siberia.