African immigration to Canada
Total population
13.4% of recent immigrants[1]
Regions with significant populations
Ontario, Quebec, British Columbia, Alberta, Nova Scotia
Religion
Christianity, Islam, traditional, other
Related ethnic groups
African immigration to the United States

African immigration to Canada comprises citizens of countries in Africa who emigrated to Canada, as well as their descendants.

According to Statistics Canada, African-born individuals comprised 13.4% of recent immigrants to Canada as of 2016. This was the second largest number of recent immigrants to the nation after Europe, and a four-fold increase from the number of African-born immigrants in 1971 (3.2%). As of 2016, the top five countries of birth of recent African-born immigrants to Canada were Nigeria, Algeria, Egypt, Morocco and Cameroon.[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 0-14 years old (~12%).[2]

Many immigrants from French-speaking African countries have settled in Quebec. Of these, most were from Côte d'Ivoire, Congo-Kinshasa and Senegal, as well as Algeria, Morocco and Tunisia.[3]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b "Immigration and ethnocultural diversity: Key results from the 2016 Census" (PDF). Statistics Canada. Retrieved 23 June 2018.
  2. ^ "Census in Brief - Children with an immigrant background: Bridging cultures" (PDF). Statistics Canada. 17 May 2010. Retrieved 23 June 2018.
  3. ^ "Census in Brief - Linguistic integration of immigrants and official language populations in Canada" (PDF). Statistics Canada. 17 May 2010. Retrieved 23 June 2018.
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