Icelanders started to build farm communities in the Prairie provinces around 1875. This excerpt shows the section of Winnipeg, Manitoba where many Icelanders live. The local availability of Icelandic newspapers and books testifies to the importance of language, tradition and education in Icelandic culture. Men are shown discussing politics at a local café.

This film tells the inspiring story of the rise of the Icelandic communities in western Canada and their fine contribution to the Canadian heritage. Like many people who have emigrated to Canada and become true Canadians, the prairie Icelanders have retained many of the customs and traditions of their ancestral land. Their food, for instance, is prepared in Icelandic fashion; and although their children go to Canadian schools, they also learn the sagas and legends of their forefathers.