Canadian Food
Ukrainian-Canadian Food: Perogies, Cabbage Rolls and More
How Ukrainian settlers shaped Prairie cooking, and the dishes — perogies, holubtsi, kubasa — that became Canadian staples.
Waves of Ukrainian immigrants settled the Prairies starting in the 1890s. Today Canada has one of the largest Ukrainian diasporas in the world, and their food is part of everyday Prairie life — church perogy suppers, fall suppers and holiday tables.
The essentials
- Perogies (varenyky) — dough pockets filled with potato and cheddar, cottage cheese or sauerkraut, boiled then fried with onions and served with sour cream. Try our [Prairie perogies](/recipes/prairie-perogies).
- Cabbage rolls (holubtsi) — cabbage leaves wrapped around rice (often with meat), baked in tomato sauce.
- Kubasa (kielbasa) — garlic sausage; the town of Mundare, Alberta, is famous for it.
- Nalysnyky — thin crêpes rolled around sweetened cottage cheese.
- Borscht — beet soup, often with dill.
- Paska — sweet Easter bread.
Prairie landmarks
Glendon, Alberta, has a giant perogy statue; Vegreville has a giant pysanka (Easter egg); Mundare has a giant sausage.
See more Prairie dishes in our [Canadian food by province guide](/blog/canadian-food-iconic-dishes-by-province).
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