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'''Barbadian Canadian''' or '''Bajan Canadian''', refers to [[Canadians|Canadian citizens]] of Barbadian descent or [[Barbados]]-born people who resides in Canada. According to the [[Canada 2016 Census|2016 Census]] 37,780 Canadians claimed full or partial Barbadian ancestry.<ref name="Barbadian Canadians">{{cite web|url=http://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2016/dp-pd/prof/details/page.cfm?Lang=E&Geo1=PR&Code1=01&Geo2=PR&Code2=01&Data=Count&SearchText=Canada&SearchType=Begins&SearchPR=01&B1=Ethnic%20origin&TABID=1|author=Statistics Canada|author-link=Statistics Canada|title=Census Profile, 2016 Census|access-date=25 June 2018}}</ref> Barbadian Canadians have the highest median income and the lowest incidence of poverty among [[Black Canadian]] groups.<ref name=York>{{cite journal|last1=Ornstein|first1=Michael|title=Ethno-Racial Groups in Toronto, 1971-2001: A Demographic and Socio-Economic Profile|url=http://www.isr.yorku.ca/download/Ornstein--Ethno-Racial_Groups_in_Toronto_1971-2001.pdf|access-date=20 February 2019}}</ref> Barbadians first start migrating to [[Nova Scotia]] in the early 1900s settling largely in the neighbourhood of [[Whitney Pier]] in Sydney.<ref name="Bonner">{{cite book|last1=Bonner|first1=Claudine|title=Industrial Island – African-Caribbean Migration to Cape Breton, Canada, 1900-1930|date=September 2017|url=https://dalspace.library.dal.ca/bitstream/handle/10222/73916/Bonner-Claudine-MA-HIST-Sept-2017.pdf?sequence=1|access-date=21 February 2019}}</ref> In Cape Breton, they established chapters of the [[United Negro Improvement Association]] and the [[African Orthodox Church]].<ref name="Bonner" /> As of 2016, over 70% of the Bajan population in Canada resides in Ontario.{{cn|date=October 2022}}
'''Barbadian Canadian''' or '''Bajan Canadian''', refers to [[Canadians|Canadian citizens]] of Barbadian descent or [[Barbados]]-born people who resides in Canada. According to the [[Canada 2016 Census|2016 Census]] 37,780 Canadians claimed full or partial Barbadian ancestry.<ref name="Barbadian Canadians">{{cite web|url=http://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2016/dp-pd/prof/details/page.cfm?Lang=E&Geo1=PR&Code1=01&Geo2=PR&Code2=01&Data=Count&SearchText=Canada&SearchType=Begins&SearchPR=01&B1=Ethnic%20origin&TABID=1|author=Statistics Canada|author-link=Statistics Canada|title=Census Profile, 2016 Census|access-date=25 June 2018}}</ref> Barbadian Canadians have the highest median income and the lowest incidence of poverty among [[Black Canadian]] groups.<ref name=York>{{cite journal|last1=Ornstein|first1=Michael|title=Ethno-Racial Groups in Toronto, 1971-2001: A Demographic and Socio-Economic Profile|url=http://www.isr.yorku.ca/download/Ornstein--Ethno-Racial_Groups_in_Toronto_1971-2001.pdf|access-date=20 February 2019}}</ref> Barbadians first start migrating to [[Nova Scotia]] in the early 1900s settling largely in the neighbourhood of [[Whitney Pier]] in Sydney.<ref name="Bonner">{{cite book|last1=Bonner|first1=Claudine|title=Industrial Island – African-Caribbean Migration to Cape Breton, Canada, 1900-1930|date=September 2017|url=https://dalspace.library.dal.ca/bitstream/handle/10222/73916/Bonner-Claudine-MA-HIST-Sept-2017.pdf?sequence=1|access-date=21 February 2019}}</ref> In Cape Breton, they established chapters of the [[United Negro Improvement Association]] and the [[African Orthodox Church]].<ref name="Bonner" /> As of 2016, over 70% of the Bajan population in Canada resides in Ontario.{{cn|date=October 2022}}

=== Barbadian Canadians by Canadian province or territory ([[Canada 2016 Census|2016]]) ===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
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! Province !! Population !! Percentage !! Source
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| {{ON}}|| 26,630 || 0.2% || <ref name="2016ON">{{cite web |url=https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2016/dp-pd/hlt-fst/imm/Table.cfm?Lang=E&T=31&SP=1&geo=35&age=1&sex=1 |title=Ethnic Origin, both sexes, age (total), Ontario, 2016 Census – 25% Sample data |website=[[Canada 2016 Census]] |date=25 October 2017 |publisher=[[Statistics Canada]] |access-date=30 January 2020}}</ref>
|-
| {{QC}} || 5,575 || 0.1% || <ref name="2016QC">{{cite web |url=https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2016/dp-pd/hlt-fst/imm/Table.cfm?Lang=E&T=31&Geo=24 |title=Ethnic Origin, both sexes, age (total), Quebec, 2016 Census – 25% Sample data |website=[[Canada 2016 Census]] |date=25 October 2017 |publisher=[[Statistics Canada]] |access-date=30 January 2020}}</ref>
|-
| {{AB}} || 2,065 || 0.1% || <ref name="2016AB">{{cite web |url=https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2016/dp-pd/hlt-fst/imm/Table.cfm?Lang=E&T=31&SP=1&geo=48&age=1&sex=1 |title=Ethnic Origin, both sexes, age (total), Alberta, 2016 Census – 25% Sample data |website=[[Canada 2016 Census]] |date=25 October 2017 |publisher=[[Statistics Canada]] |access-date=30 January 2020}}</ref>
|-
| {{BC}} || 1,870 || 0.0% || <ref name="2016BC">{{cite web |url=https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2016/dp-pd/hlt-fst/imm/Table.cfm?Lang=E&T=31&SP=1&geo=59&age=1&sex=1 |title=Ethnic Origin, both sexes, age (total), British Columbia, 2016 Census – 25% Sample data |website=[[Canada 2016 Census]] |date=25 October 2017 |publisher=[[Statistics Canada]] |access-date=30 January 2020}}</ref>
|-
| {{MB}} || 740 || 0.1% || <ref name="2016MB">{{cite web |url=https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2016/dp-pd/hlt-fst/imm/Table.cfm?Lang=E&T=31&SP=1&geo=46&age=1&sex=1 |title=Ethnic Origin, both sexes, age (total), Manitoba, 2016 Census – 25% Sample data |website=[[Canada 2016 Census]] |date=25 October 2017 |publisher=[[Statistics Canada]] |access-date=30 January 2020}}</ref>
|-
| {{NS}} || 575 || 0.1% || <ref name="2016NS">{{cite web |url=https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2016/dp-pd/hlt-fst/imm/Table.cfm?Lang=E&T=31&SP=1&geo=12&age=1&sex=1 |title=Ethnic Origin, both sexes, age (total), Nova Scotia, 2016 Census – 25% Sample data |website=[[Canada 2016 Census]] |date=25 October 2017 |publisher=[[Statistics Canada]] |access-date=30 January 2020}}</ref>
|-
| {{SK}} || 110 || 0.0% || <ref name="2016SK">{{cite web |url=https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2016/dp-pd/hlt-fst/imm/Table.cfm?Lang=E&T=31&SP=1&geo=47&age=1&sex=1 |title=Ethnic Origin, both sexes, age (total), Saskatchewan, 2016 Census – 25% Sample data |website=[[Canada 2016 Census]] |date=25 October 2017 |publisher=[[Statistics Canada]] |access-date=30 January 2020}}</ref>
|-
| {{NB}} || 100 || 0.0% || <ref name="2016NB">{{cite web |url=https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2016/dp-pd/hlt-fst/imm/Table.cfm?Lang=E&T=31&SP=1&geo=13&age=1&sex=1 |title=Ethnic Origin, both sexes, age (total), New Brunswick, 2016 Census – 25% Sample data |website=[[Canada 2016 Census]] |date=25 October 2017 |publisher=[[Statistics Canada]] |access-date=30 January 2020}}</ref>
|-
| {{NL}} || 95 || 0.0% || <ref name="2016NL">{{cite web |url=https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2016/dp-pd/hlt-fst/imm/Table.cfm?Lang=E&T=31&SP=1&geo=10&age=1&sex=1 |title=Ethnic Origin, both sexes, age (total), Newfoundland and Labrador, 2016 Census – 25% Sample data |website=[[Canada 2016 Census]] |date=25 October 2017 |publisher=[[Statistics Canada]] |access-date=30 January 2020}}</ref>
|-
| {{NT}} || 10 || 0.0% || <ref name="2016NT">{{cite web |url=https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2016/dp-pd/hlt-fst/imm/Table.cfm?Lang=E&T=31&SP=1&geo=61&age=1&sex=1 |title=Ethnic Origin, both sexes, age (total), Northwest Territories, 2016 Census – 25% Sample data |website=[[Canada 2016 Census]] |date=25 October 2017 |publisher=[[Statistics Canada]] |access-date=30 January 2020}}</ref>
|-
| {{flag|Nunavut}} || 10 || 0.0% || <ref name="2016NU">{{cite web |url=https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2016/dp-pd/hlt-fst/imm/Table.cfm?Lang=E&T=31&SP=1&geo=62&age=1&sex=1 |title=Ethnic Origin, both sexes, age (total), Nunavut, 2016 Census – 25% Sample data |website=[[Canada 2016 Census]] |date=25 October 2017 |publisher=[[Statistics Canada]] |access-date=30 January 2020}}</ref>
|-
| {{PE}} || 10 || 0.0% || <ref name="2016PE">{{cite web |url=https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2016/dp-pd/hlt-fst/imm/Table.cfm?Lang=E&T=31&SP=1&geo=11&age=1&sex=1 |title=Ethnic Origin, both sexes, age (total), Prince Edward Island, 2016 Census – 25% Sample data |website=[[Canada 2016 Census]] |date=25 October 2017 |publisher=[[Statistics Canada]] |access-date=30 January 2020}}</ref>
|-
| {{YK}} || 0 || 0.0% ||<ref name="2016YK">{{cite web |url=https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2016/dp-pd/hlt-fst/imm/Table.cfm?Lang=E&T=31&SP=1&geo=60&age=1&sex=1 |title=Ethnic Origin, both sexes, age (total), Yukon, 2016 Census – 25% Sample data |website=[[Canada 2016 Census]] |date=25 October 2017 |publisher=[[Statistics Canada]] |access-date=30 January 2020}}</ref>
|-
| {{CAN}} || '''37,780''' || '''0.1%''' || <ref name="2016 Ethnic Origin">{{cite web |url=http://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2016/dp-pd/hlt-fst/imm/Table.cfm?Lang=E&T=31&Geo=01&SO=4D|title=Immigration and Ethnocultural Diversity Highlight Tables|date=25 October 2017 |publisher=statcan.gc.ca}}</ref>
|}



==List of notable Barbadian Canadians==
==List of notable Barbadian Canadians==

Revision as of 07:06, 1 November 2022

Barbadian Canadians
Bajan 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.[citation needed]

Barbadian Canadians by Canadian province or territory (2016)

Province Population Percentage Source
 Ontario 26,630 0.2% [4]
 Quebec 5,575 0.1% [5]
 Alberta 2,065 0.1% [6]
 British Columbia 1,870 0.0% [7]
 Manitoba 740 0.1% [8]
 Nova Scotia 575 0.1% [9]
 Saskatchewan 110 0.0% [10]
 New Brunswick 100 0.0% [11]
 Newfoundland and Labrador 95 0.0% [12]
 Northwest Territories 10 0.0% [13]
 Nunavut 10 0.0% [14]
 Prince Edward Island 10 0.0% [15]
 Yukon 0 0.0% [16]
 Canada 37,780 0.1% [17]


List of notable Barbadian Canadians

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See also

References

  1. ^ Statistics Canada. "Census Profile, 2016 Census". Retrieved 25 June 2018.
  2. ^ Ornstein, Michael. "Ethno-Racial Groups in Toronto, 1971-2001: A Demographic and Socio-Economic Profile" (PDF). Retrieved 20 February 2019. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  3. ^ a b Bonner, Claudine (September 2017). Industrial Island – African-Caribbean Migration to Cape Breton, Canada, 1900-1930 (PDF). Retrieved 21 February 2019.
  4. ^ "Ethnic Origin, both sexes, age (total), Ontario, 2016 Census – 25% Sample data". Canada 2016 Census. Statistics Canada. 25 October 2017. Retrieved 30 January 2020.
  5. ^ "Ethnic Origin, both sexes, age (total), Quebec, 2016 Census – 25% Sample data". Canada 2016 Census. Statistics Canada. 25 October 2017. Retrieved 30 January 2020.
  6. ^ "Ethnic Origin, both sexes, age (total), Alberta, 2016 Census – 25% Sample data". Canada 2016 Census. Statistics Canada. 25 October 2017. Retrieved 30 January 2020.
  7. ^ "Ethnic Origin, both sexes, age (total), British Columbia, 2016 Census – 25% Sample data". Canada 2016 Census. Statistics Canada. 25 October 2017. Retrieved 30 January 2020.
  8. ^ "Ethnic Origin, both sexes, age (total), Manitoba, 2016 Census – 25% Sample data". Canada 2016 Census. Statistics Canada. 25 October 2017. Retrieved 30 January 2020.
  9. ^ "Ethnic Origin, both sexes, age (total), Nova Scotia, 2016 Census – 25% Sample data". Canada 2016 Census. Statistics Canada. 25 October 2017. Retrieved 30 January 2020.
  10. ^ "Ethnic Origin, both sexes, age (total), Saskatchewan, 2016 Census – 25% Sample data". Canada 2016 Census. Statistics Canada. 25 October 2017. Retrieved 30 January 2020.
  11. ^ "Ethnic Origin, both sexes, age (total), New Brunswick, 2016 Census – 25% Sample data". Canada 2016 Census. Statistics Canada. 25 October 2017. Retrieved 30 January 2020.
  12. ^ "Ethnic Origin, both sexes, age (total), Newfoundland and Labrador, 2016 Census – 25% Sample data". Canada 2016 Census. Statistics Canada. 25 October 2017. Retrieved 30 January 2020.
  13. ^ "Ethnic Origin, both sexes, age (total), Northwest Territories, 2016 Census – 25% Sample data". Canada 2016 Census. Statistics Canada. 25 October 2017. Retrieved 30 January 2020.
  14. ^ "Ethnic Origin, both sexes, age (total), Nunavut, 2016 Census – 25% Sample data". Canada 2016 Census. Statistics Canada. 25 October 2017. Retrieved 30 January 2020.
  15. ^ "Ethnic Origin, both sexes, age (total), Prince Edward Island, 2016 Census – 25% Sample data". Canada 2016 Census. Statistics Canada. 25 October 2017. Retrieved 30 January 2020.
  16. ^ "Ethnic Origin, both sexes, age (total), Yukon, 2016 Census – 25% Sample data". Canada 2016 Census. Statistics Canada. 25 October 2017. Retrieved 30 January 2020.
  17. ^ "Immigration and Ethnocultural Diversity Highlight Tables". statcan.gc.ca. 25 October 2017.
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