Barbadian 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[]
Academics
- Miriam Rossi, pediatrician and professor of medicine
- Rinaldo Walcott, academic and writer
Athletes
- Jeffrey Alleyne, boxer
- Fred Brathwaite, ice hockey player
- Pierre Browne, sprinter
- Slade Callaghan, jockey
- Roy Callender, bodybuilder and professional wrestler
- Anson Carter, ice hockey player and analyst
- George Codrington, cricketer
- La'Vere Corbin-Ong, soccer player
- Derek Cornelius, soccer player
- Anderson Cummins, cricketer
- Andre De Grasse, sprinter
- Jamar Dixon, soccer player
- Greg Douglas, sailor
- Phil Edwards, middle distance runner
- Ray Emery, ice hockey player
- Crystal Emmanuel, sprinter
- Martyn Forde, swimmer
- Andrew Harris, football player
- Terrence Haynes, swimmer
- Arthur Hendy, cricketer
- Nikkita Holder, sprinter
- Patrick Husbands, jockey
- Simon Husbands, jockey
- Nicholas Ifill, cricketer
- Ferguson Jenkins Sr., baseball player
- Ferguson Jenkins, baseball player
- Jonathan Jones, jockey
- Justyn Knight, long distance runner
- Ian Lowe, track and field athlete
- Don Maxwell, cricketer
- Jamal Mayers, ice hockey player
- Dru Onyx, professional wrestler
- Hal Padmore, cricketer
- Marita Payne, track and field athlete
- Glenroy Sealy, cricketer
- Akil Thomas, ice hockey player
- Fred Thomas, multi-sport athlete
- John Vaughan, cricketer
- Joel Ward, ice hockey player
- Damian Warner, decathlete
- Kevin Weekes, ice hockey player and analyst
- Andrew Wiggins, basketball player
Media, film and television
- Cameron Bailey, artistic director of the Toronto International Film Festival
- Demore Barnes, actor, Supernatural, The Unit
- Lisa Codrington, actress, Letterkenny
- Rachael Crawford, actress, The Firm, Brewster Place
- Barbada de Barbades, drag performer
- Melyssa Ford, model, actress and television personality
- Isabelle Lucas, actress, The Fosters, You and Me
- Lamar Johnson, actor, The Next Step, The Hate U Give
- Melanie Nicholls-King, actress, The Wire, Rookie Blue
- Jasmine Richards, actress, Camp Rock, Naturally, Sadie
- Kenny Robinson, comedian
- RT!, writer, filmmaker and music video director, Utopia Falls
- Alison Sealy-Smith, actress and voice actress, X-Men: The Animated Series
- Shawn Singleton, actor and musician, The Line, Lord Have Mercy!
- Makyla Smith, actress, Owning Mahowny, Queer as Folk
- Tamara Taylor, actress, Bones
Musicians
- Daniel Caesar, R&B singer
- Vita Chambers, pop singer
- Oliver Jones, jazz pianist
- Killy, rapper
- Tory Lanez, rapper and singer
- Baka Not Nice, rapper
- Trevor W. Payne, multi-instrumentalist and gospel choir director
Politicians
- Zanana Akande, former MPP for St. Andrew—St. Patrick and cabinet member
- Frank Baylis, former MP for Pierrefonds—Dollard
- Leonard Braithwaite, former MPP for Etobicoke, first Black person elected to a provincial legislature
- Anne Cools, first Black member of the Senate of Canada
- James Douglas, first governor of the Colony of British Columbia
- James W. Douglas, MLA for Victoria City
- George Prout, MLA for Kildonan and St. Andrews
- Calvin Ruck, senator
Writers and authors
- Austin Clarke, novelist
- Cecil Foster, novelist and essayist
- Odimumba Kwamdela, writer and spoken word artist
- Robert Edison Sandiford, short story writer and essayist
- Barbara Seagram, writer
Other
- Edward Mitchell Bannister, Tonalist oil painter
- Harold M. Brathwaite, educator and school administrator
- Alan Emtage, computer scientist
- Joe Fortes, first municipal lifeguard in the City of Vancouver
See also[]
- 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[]
- ^ Statistics Canada. "Census Profile, 2016 Census". Retrieved 25 June 2018.
- ^ 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) - ^ a b Bonner, Claudine (September 2017). Industrial Island – African-Caribbean Migration to Cape Breton, Canada, 1900-1930 (PDF). Retrieved 21 February 2019.
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- Citizenship and Immigration Canada (CIC) - Government of Canada country profile on Barbados.
- Canadian Factsheet on Barbados
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Categories:
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