List of Black Canadians

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This is a list of Black Canadians.

It incorporates, in a separate section below where known, multiracial Canadians whose background includes Black and African descent. These individuals may variously identify or be identified as being Black Canadian without qualification, as being multiracial, or both.

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[edit] Actors and directors

[edit] Athletes

[edit] Musicians

[edit] Politicians, public servants, and soldiers

[edit] Writers, journalists, and broadcasters

[edit] Scholars and scientists

  • George Dei, educational scholar
  • Lorne Foster, public policy scholar
  • Larry W. Gaiters, theologian, international lecturer, human rights activist and a bishop.
  • Carl E. James, educational scholar

Joachim Kapalanga, Physician-Scientist, Pediatrician, Geneticist

[edit] Artists

[edit] Other historical figures

[edit] Multiracial Black Canadians

The people listed here are of mixed Black/Caucasian or Black/Asian backgrounds.

Author Lawrence Hill published a bestselling memoir of his experiences as a multiracial Canadian, Black Berry, Sweet Juice: On Being Black and White in Canada, in 2001.

[edit] See also