Afro-Canadians
Country · Canada
From Black Loyalists in Nova Scotia to Haitian Montréal and Somali Toronto — and Caribana, the largest Caribbean festival in North America.
Afro-Canadians at a glance
- Country
- Canada
- Main centres
- Toronto · Montréal · Halifax · Ottawa · Calgary
- Region
- North America
- How many
- About 1.5 million, roughly 4% of the population
- Languages
- English · French · Haitian Creole · Somali
- Dialling code
- +1
The African connection
Black Loyalists were promised land in Nova Scotia after the American Revolution; many received little and over a thousand left for Sierra Leone in 1792, founding Freetown. Africville, Halifax's Black community, was demolished by the city in the 1960s.
Key dates for Afro-Canadians
The dates this community marks — independence, emancipation, and the festivals that fill a hall wherever its people have settled.
Diaspora meets diaspora
AfricAsia began with Africans in Asia. The same story runs through every entry in this section — people of African descent building a life a long way from where their ancestors started.
If you are from Afro-Canadians and you are anywhere in Asia — studying, working, playing, passing through — there are people here who will know what you are asking before you finish the question.
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