Manitoba Colony is a large community of German speaking Mennonites mostly north of Ciudad Cuauhtémoc in the state of Chihuahua in Mexico. It was founded in 1922 by Old Colony Mennonites from Manitoba, Canada and consisted originally of 47 villages. It is the largest and oldest Mennonite colony in Mexico.
In 1926 the Manitoba settlement consisted of 3,340 persons, in 1949 the number had grown to 7,706, and in 1953 the number was 8,768. In 1987 the total population of the Manitoba was around 12,500 persons and 17,000 in 2006.
Adjacent to Manitoba Colony there is Swift Current Colony. Further to the north there are Ojo de la Yegua Colony (Nordkolonie), Santa Rita Colony and Santa Clara Colony. West of Santa Rita Colony there is Los Jagueyes Colony (Quellenkolonie). Altogether these Mennonite colonies stretch over more than 100 km and have some 50,000 Mennonites living in them (2015).