| Total population | |
|---|---|
| 800,000+ | |
| Regions with significant populations | |
| Toronto,Brampton,Montreal,Ottawa,Calgary,Edmonton,Quebec City,Winnipeg,Vancouver | |
| Religion | |
| Christianity,Islam,traditional,other | |
| Related ethnic groups | |
| African immigration to the United States |
African immigration to Canada refers toimmigrants to Canada who are or were nationals of modernAfrican countries.
According toStatistics Canada, African-born individuals comprised 15.6% of recent immigrants to Canada as of 2021. This was the second largest number of recent immigrants to the nation after the Middle East and Asia region. As of 2021, the top five countries of birth of recent African-born Black immigrants to Canada wereNigeria,Ethiopia,Democratic Republic of Congo,Cameroon andSomalia.[1]
Among the population in Canada with an immigrant background, persons with ancestry from Africa were the youngest residents as of 2016, with the largest proportion aged between 0 and 14 years old (~12%).[2]
Many immigrants fromFrench-speaking African countries have settled inQuebec. Of these, most were fromCôte d'Ivoire,Congo-Kinshasa andSenegal, as well as Algeria, Morocco andTunisia.[3]
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