Afro-Canadians

E280512
Canadian demographic group ethnic group

Afro-Canadians are Canadians of African descent whose diverse histories include descendants of enslaved Africans, Black Loyalists, Caribbean and African immigrants, and other members of the African diaspora living in Canada.

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All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Afro-Canadians canonical 2
African-Canadian 1
Ghanaian Canadians 1

Statements (51)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Canadian demographic group ⓘ
ethnic group ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Black Canadians ⓘ
citizenship Canadian ⓘ
continent North America ⓘ
country Canada ⓘ
culturalHeritage African cultures ⓘ
Canadian culture ⓘ
Caribbean peoples ⓘ
surface form: Caribbean cultures
demographicGroupOf Canadian population ⓘ
ethnicOrigin African ⓘ
hasSubgroup Black Canadians ⓘ
surface form: African immigrants to Canada

Black Loyalists ⓘ
Black Nova Scotians ⓘ
Caribbean Canadians ⓘ
Afro-Canadians self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Ghanaian Canadians

Haitian Canadians ⓘ
Jamaican Canadians ⓘ
Nigerian ⓘ
surface form: Nigerian Canadians

Somali diaspora ⓘ
surface form: Somali Canadians

Caribbean Canadians ⓘ
surface form: Trinidadian and Tobagonian Canadians

descendants of enslaved Africans in Canada ⓘ
historicalCommunity Africville ⓘ
Birchtown, Nova Scotia ⓘ
North Preston in Nova Scotia ⓘ
surface form: North Preston, Nova Scotia
historicalEvent Black Loyalists ⓘ
surface form: Black Loyalist migration to Nova Scotia

Caribbean migration to Canada after 1960s ⓘ
Underground Railroad settlement in Canada ⓘ
language Canadian English ⓘ
Quebec French ⓘ
surface form: Canadian French

English ⓘ
French ⓘ
partOf African diaspora ⓘ
populationCenter Calgary ⓘ
Edmonton ⓘ
Halifax ⓘ
Montreal ⓘ
Ottawa ⓘ
Toronto ⓘ
Vancouver ⓘ
relatedGroup Black Americans ⓘ
surface form: African Americans

Afro-Caribbean people ⓘ
surface form: Afro-Caribbeans

Afro-Latin Americans ⓘ
surface form: Afro-Latinos

Black British ⓘ
Black Canadians ⓘ
religion Christianity ⓘ
Islam ⓘ
Judaism ⓘ
Rastafari ⓘ
non-religious ⓘ
traditional African religions ⓘ

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

African diaspora → hasPart → Afro-Canadians ⓘ
Afro-Barbadians → relatedGroup → Afro-Canadians ⓘ
Afro-Canadians → hasSubgroup → Afro-Canadians self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ghanaian Canadians
Vanity → ethnicGroup → Afro-Canadians ⓘ
this entity surface form: African-Canadian