Grenadians in the United Kingdom
Total population
9,783 Grenadian-born (2001)[1] *
Over 0.01% of the UK's population
30,000 (Grenadian ancestry, 2010)[2]
Regions with significant populations
London, Birmingham, Leeds, Manchester, Leicester
Languages
English (British English, Grenadian Creole)
French Patois
Religion
Roman Catholicism
Protestantism
Related ethnic groups
Afro-Grenadians
Indo-Grenadians
British African-Caribbean people
Black British · Black African
Mulatto · Indo-Caribbeans
Amerindian
* In 2001 only 40.4% of Afro-Caribbeans in the UK were actually born in the Caribbean, 59.6% were born elsewhere (of which 57.9% of the total ethnic groups population was born in the UK)[3]
Grenadian Britons

Grenadians in the United Kingdom are citizens or residents of the United Kingdom whose ethnic origins lie fully or partially in Grenada. 9,783 Grenadian-born people were recorded by the 2001 UK Census.[1]

Migration from Grenada to the UK

Migration has included that of the Windrush Generation; many of the Grenadians who left home as part of this movement settled in Yorkshire.[4][5]

People

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See also: Category:English people of Grenadian descent

The following is an incomplete list of notable UK residents of Grenadian heritage:

See also

References

  1. ^ a b "Country-of-birth database". Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. Archived from the original on 17 June 2009. Retrieved 21 September 2008.
  2. ^ "PM Thomas makes direct appeals to overseas nationals to invest at home". GIS. Retrieved 5 August 2010.
  3. ^ National Statistics 2006 Archived 2010-07-03 at the Wayback Machine
  4. ^ "Yorkshire's Windrush generation to share their stories in new film". Yorkshire Post. 12 September 2018. Retrieved 7 May 2022.
  5. ^ Hirst, Andrew (10 May 2017). "Go explore Huddersfield's 70-year-old Caribbean heritage in just two hours". Yorkshire Live. Retrieved 7 May 2022.
  6. ^ a b Olow, Fadumo (25 March 2021). "Meet Lauren and Reece James: 'How many siblings play elite football? We're living a dream'". The Telegraph. ISSN 0307-1235. Retrieved 24 January 2022.
  7. ^ "London's 1000 most influential people 2010: Night Owls". London Evening Standard. 15 November 2010. Retrieved 9 May 2014.

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