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Black Canadians
Black Canadians or African Canadians are designations used for people of African descent who reside in Canada. The label is used by and of Canadian citizens who trace their ancestry back to people who were indigenous to Sub-Saharan Africa; there are many Black Canadians with partial European heritage as well. The majority have relatively recent origins in the Caribbean, while some trace their lineage to the first slaves brought by British and French colonists to North America. A minority have recent African roots.
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