It is funny you posted that... long story I wont get into but I do have some knowledge of that...in fact as to the firearms thing..oh yah.. I dont mean Sks, Folding minni 14s, with over cap clips...but hunting..shotgun..22's yep.. that I know in my area, in other areas I have know idea...I dont know as its impolite to ask, but I suspect like much of the rest of Alberta, unregistered, or were so when they had to be...
They would carry on just as before....I suspect they have more to fear from outsiders than you do from them.
I am sure they will help anyone to the degree that they are capable as does most country folk...but they are established and while they would help you, as all should, You are a outsider and very much so during troubled times, You wont be welcomed in as such during any troubled time, helped to a degree, should you need yes....
I was visiting a friend a couple months back figuring out the programing on his new outback and some hudderites were doing some work on the roof, anyway I get to talking with them as they were way more interesting than my friend, one who sees what we have been doing starts asking me questions and I find out they are very much into off grid electrical stuff but apparently there education or experience technicaly speaking is not up to all that can be done as such..anyway he tells me his mom is fully off grid as such, just a wood stove for heat, and he tells me how he figured out how to wire up a old forklift battery for her with a few panels and a CT inverter to run all her kitchen apliances, lights and stuff...he had it all figured out pretty good I thought but he wasnt up on how efficient led lights were or how she could have her own fridge or freezer, she had been having to walk back to the main place for things that needed refrigeration or freezing, not fun to do when you 80 + , anyway when I explained how much more efficient things are now days and how to mod things he was happy as hell, as she is going to be able to have her own fridge and freezer now... anyway they are much like you ,chill...you have far to to fear from others like me...
I do have one problem with them..the businesses they run off there properties... I was at one this was 2 years back , and as we walked passed one barn like building I heard a sound very unfarmlike so I asked what that was and they showed me..... two water tabled Plasma cutters cutting steel plate... no way they should be able to run businesses that compete with others that dont have the advantage of a cheap on site labour pool, and farm subsidised land. thats just not right.

Where to begin? I wouldn't worry about Hutterites suddenly becoming crazed cannibal clowns in funny hats and bonnets. Hutterites do have a distinct advantage during a collapse in that they are a communal society.(Like a very advanced farm co-op) The work together instead of against each other and hold no private property. Each colony does not expand beyond 150 people. At that point, they divide in half to start a new colony in a different location. The only thing Hutterites want is to be left alone to be...Hutterites. They wont be bringing in the starving masses to join them...though they may do acts of christian charity with their surplus, after charity within there own community. They do not want to be part of our society, nor governance of it. They do not join the military. They have been extremely persecuted in the past but this is one of the central features that has tied them together as separate and held together. They are the only known form of communism that has survived for more than 100 years. They do have some inbreading problems because they are a closed society, but they already know all about this (because they are deeply involved in animal husbandry) and have come up with some creative ways to bring in genetic stock to try and reverse this. That's all I got but it should ease your fears and help you know how to relate to them.

I can't tell you how anyone would handle a TEOTWAWKI event but I assume that the Hutterite would probably fare better than the average communities.

I have lived and worked close to colonies and let me tell you the members of the local colonies were extremely caring during times of emergencies. Local VFDs fighting bush fires could almost count on a pick up truck driving by at meal times with a fresh meal prepared for them by the local colony or the Hutterites would offer their machinery to help. Christian charity I would guess.

Though their farming has become much more industrialized (you would be surprised to see the latest technology in machinery, from brand new combines to computerized milking stations), I would expect they could revert back to old ways of subsistence farming easily.

Mennonites are more of whom we live around in this neck but they are not as well organised. Excuse me for taking this in a different direction but one of the other religious communities I have suspected for years will do well in a collapse is the Sikh community in Canada. This may be a surprise to many dullard Canadians that see them as somehow alien. Strong community values, built in , completely independent welfare as part of their religious practices. I have eaten in the basement of their temples and they were very welcoming though it was culturally awkward. They are also held together by a long history of persecution in their world travels (Inspite of that we would have lost WW1 if not the Sikh Army had swept in at the last moment to save us from utter defeat (I suspect few Canadians know this). Hard working. Strong family values. And a history of knowing adversity that would leave most middle and upper middleclass Canadians psychologically crippled with their loss of god given expected privillage. I like Sikhs. They are a proud people but humble and accommodating to others. For some of the more lead paint eating Canadians preparing for the invasion of muslims....They are a Hindu sect....Dumb asses.
Sooo....I was living in a high Sikh population area during 911. All of my fears about the worldly ignorant nature of some Canadians that I suspected would happen did happen. They were good neighbours and weathered it well. I remember a common joke I herd Sikhs saying while I was sitting near was, "Dirka , Dirka." and they would try to keep a straight face...but couldn't always pull it off.

For some of the more lead paint eating Canadians .

Im just going to steal that line...thanks

1st of all..C5, u know a bit my friend...and it's not just them...as 4 the 'colony folk'...does anyone else think that our 'free society' has more than just a bit, to be desired...this is why I try (and sometimes to my demise...crap!!!) to respect and learn from all. Lol, on a side note, I put in a couple raised garden beds this summer, and an elderly gentleman from down the road asks what I'm going to grow...I told him "some spinach, chards, blah, blah...this year (now this was early August). He makes a joke about feeding the neighborhood... Low and behold, I come back home from other stuff, and all has grown fantastically. I blanch and freeze a bit, dehydrate a bunch, give a bunch to the fam-damly, and still got leftovers for the neighborhood. When I knock on his door with my basket of "fresh goodies" for him and his wife, the look on his face was more than priceless. (Yeah!!) Hahahaha, since then I got 2 apple pies (yum!!! I hate baking) and enough cut up apple slices (from their backyard) to make 2 batches of homemade wine...not a bad trade, without even trying to set up trading parameters...just being friendly.

May I suggest visiting their website ( and other similar community religious organizations )
http://www.hutterites.org/gallery/

There are alot of interesting images , showing various aspects of their community. Gives some additional
food for thought ideas in the event of a future SHTF for created communities and things they have found works.

What about some other religious groups ?

Amish ( there is lots in Ontario )

Mennonites

Pennsylvania Dutch

Quakers

LDS or Mormons

We have Mennonites, thousands of them throughout our area. Real salt of the earth people and the old order ones you can learn a lot about homesteading, and in turn apply that to prepping.

They are our "go to" for produce, maple syrup, meats, etc. Whether its dropping by there house, or at a farmers market. Honest people for the most part, and really emulate the best of humanity both as individuals and as a community. My son's sitter is a mennonite. They dont own a TV. And when we pick him up, he's always outside helping in the garden, or doing something productive. I know it sounds cliche...but we could all learn a lot from (well at least I could! 🙂 ) the Mennonites.

I just hate getting caught behind there horse/buggies when I'm in a rush.....bah! 😉

As for the LDS, Scrounger noted last year they had a "preparedness" expo at there church in Kitchener. It was very well done...and no one tried to convert us. lol. It was all about emergency preparedness, long term food storage, etc. Was disappointed they didn't have another one this summer, but rumour has it they plan to do one every second year. So the summer of 2015 would be the next. There entire Mormon community seems to have a system set up for emergencies with local, regional, federal planners and staff with an infrastructure for major disaster scenarios. I think its based on the second coming of Christ and the trials/tribulations suffered by those of us left behind per Revelations... but the application for any major disaster is there. Quite amazing. An entire community but with every individual making preparations as well. They have the food canning facility in Toronto which many of us go to for long term food items. And they are cheaper than the grocery store! lol. I dont know much else about the Mormons but for main stream religious groups that make emergency preparedness part of there creed...this group has that niche locked down.

I think they would close the door to the outside world entirely. You would never see them. If the SHTF scenario were to last for an extended period, they may send men out to recruit new members or "new blood", most likely new men to join the group and take wives. They might be interested in young women as well, but not families or groups.
I think we can assume they are well armed and more than self sufficient. They generally would not allow or assist outsiders.
They stick to themselves.