Statistics
- About 30% of Black Canadians have Jamaican heritage.
- An additional 32% have heritage elsewhere in the Caribbean or Bermuda.
- 60% of Black Canadians are under the age of 35.
- 60% of Black Canadians live in the province of Ontario.
- 97% of Black Canadians live in urban areas.
- There are 32,000 more black women than black men in Canada.
- Compared:
- Black Canadians – 783,795 (2.5% of Canadian population)
- Black British – 1,464,000 (2.5% of British population)
- African Australians – 400,000 (2.2% of Australian population)
- African Americans – 39,500,000 (12.4% of American population)
- Afro-Brazilians – 13,252.000, (6.9% of Brazilian population)
- Afro-Colombians – 10,500,000 (21% of Colombian population)
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