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Barbadian Canadians
Bajan Canadians
Total population
37,780
(by ancestry, 2016)
Languages
English
Religion
Christianity
Related ethnic groups
Black Canadians, Barbadian Americans, Barbadian British, Barbadian Brazilians, Indo-Caribbeans, Barbadians

Barbadian Canadian or Bajan Canadian, refers to Canadian citizens of Barbadian descent or Barbados-born people who resides in Canada. According to the 2016 Census 37,780 Canadians claimed full or partial Barbadian ancestry.[1] Barbadian Canadians have the highest median income and the lowest incidence of poverty among Black Canadian groups.[2] Barbadians first start migrating to Nova Scotia in the early 1900s settling largely in the neighbourhood of Whitney Pier in Sydney.[3] In Cape Breton, they established chapters of the United Negro Improvement Association and the African Orthodox Church.[3] As of 2016, over 70% of the Bajan population in Canada resides in Ontario.

List of notable Barbadian Canadians[]

Authors and journalists[]

  • Austin Clarke

Civil servants[]

  • Joe Fortes

Entertainment[]

  • Melyssa Ford
  • Oliver Jones
  • Trevor W. Payne
  • RT!
  • Alison Sealy-Smith
  • Tory Lanez
  • Zoey Katz
  • Daniel Caesar
  • Baka Not Nice
  • Killy
  • Cameron Bailey
  • Mitchell Donnell-Ralph Hughes aka Bajan Canadian (YouTube)

Politicians[]

  • Zanana Akande
  • Anne Cools
  • James Douglas
  • James W. Douglas
  • Calvin Ruck

Sports[]

  • Jeffrey Alleyne
  • Fred Brathwaite
  • Pierre Browne
  • Anson Carter
  • Andre De Grasse
  • Greg Douglas
  • Phil Edwards
  • Ray Emery
  • Crystal Emmanuel
  • Nikkita Holder
  • Patrick Husbands
  • Nicholas Ifill
  • Ferguson Jenkins
  • Jonathan Jones
  • Ian Lowe
  • Marita Payne
  • Joel Ward
  • Damian Warner
  • Kevin Weekes
  • Andrew Wiggins (son of Marita Payne)

See also[]

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  • Whitney Pier
  • Black Nova Scotians
  • Barbados–Canada relations
  • List of Canadians by ethnicity
  • Canadian High Commission to Barbados
  • Barbadian High Commission to Canada
  • List of Barbadian Britons
  • List of Barbadian Americans

References[]

  1. Statistics Canada. "Census Profile, 2016 Census". Retrieved 25 June 2018.
  2. Ornstein, Michael. "Ethno-Racial Groups in Toronto, 1971-2001: A Demographic and Socio-Economic Profile" (PDF). Retrieved 20 February 2019. Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  3. 3.0 3.1 Bonner, Claudine (September 2017). Industrial Island – African-Caribbean Migration to Cape Breton, Canada, 1900-1930 (PDF). Retrieved 21 February 2019.

External links[]


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