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{{Short description|Canadian citizens of Barbadian descent}}
#REDIRECT [[Caribbean Canadians]]
{{Notability|date=August 2023}}
{{Refimprove|date=April 2023}}
{{Infobox ethnic group
|group = Barbadian Canadians<br />{{small|''Bajan Canadians''}}
|image =
|caption =
|pop = '''37,780'''<br />(by ancestry, [[Canada 2016 Census|2016]])
|popplace = [[Toronto]]
|langs = [[Canadian English]], [[Bajan Creole]]
|rels = [[Christianity]]
}}
'''Barbadian Canadian''' or '''Bajan Canadians''' are [[Canadians|Canadian citizens]] of Barbadian descent or [[Barbados]]-born people who reside 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
|-
| {{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==
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===Academics===
*[[Miriam Rossi]], pediatrician and professor of medicine
*[[Michael Tudor]], professor in emeritus, author, and educator
*[[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)|Greg Douglas]], sailor
*[[Phil Edwards (runner)|Phil Edwards]], middle distance runner
*[[Ray Emery]], ice hockey player
*[[Crystal Emmanuel]], sprinter
*[[Martyn Forde]], swimmer
*[[Andrew Harris (Canadian football)|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 C. Jones|Jonathan Jones]], jockey
*[[Justyn Knight]], long distance runner
*[[Ian Lowe (athlete)|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 (athlete)|Fred Thomas]], multi-sport athlete
*[[John Vaughan (cricketer)|John Vaughan]], cricketer
*[[Joel Ward (ice hockey)|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 (American TV series)|''Supernatural'']], ''[[The Unit]]''
*[[Lisa Codrington]], actress, [[Letterkenny (TV series)|''Letterkenny'']]
*[[Rachael Crawford]], actress, [[The Firm (2012 TV series)|''The Firm'']], ''[[Brewster Place]]''
*[[Barbada de Barbades]], drag performer
*[[Melyssa Ford]], model, actress and television personality
*[[Isabelle Lucas]], actress, [[The Fosters (British TV series)|''The Fosters'']], [[You and Me (British TV series)|''You and Me'']]
*[[Lamar Johnson (actor)|Lamar Johnson]], actor, [[The Next Step (2013 TV series)|''The Next Step'']], [[The Hate U Give (film)|''The Hate U Give'']]
*[[Melanie Nicholls-King]], actress, ''[[The Wire]]'', ''[[Rookie Blue]]''
*[[Jasmine Richards]], actress, ''[[Camp Rock]]'', ''[[Naturally, Sadie]]''
*[[Kenny Robinson (comedian)|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 (TV series)|''The Line'']], ''[[Lord Have Mercy!]]''
*[[Makyla Smith]], actress, ''[[Owning Mahowny]]'', [[Queer as Folk (American TV series)|''Queer as Folk'']]
*[[Tamara Taylor]], actress, [[Bones (TV series)|''Bones'']]

===Musicians===
*[[Daniel Caesar]], R&B singer
*[[Vita Chambers]], pop singer
*[[Oliver Jones (pianist)|Oliver Jones]], jazz pianist
*[[Killy (rapper)|Killy]], rapper
*[[Tory Lanez]], rapper and singer
*[[Baka Not Nice]], rapper
*[[Trevor W. Payne]], multi-instrumentalist and gospel choir director

===Politicians===
*[[Zanana Akande]], former [[Member of Provincial Parliament (Canada)|MPP]] for [[St. Andrew—St. Patrick]] and cabinet member
*[[Frank Baylis]], former [[Parliament of Canada|MP]] for [[Pierrefonds—Dollard]]
*[[Leonard Braithwaite]], former MPP for [[Etobicoke (provincial electoral district)|Etobicoke]], first Black person elected to a provincial legislature
*[[Anne Cools]], first Black member of the [[Senate of Canada]]
*[[James Douglas (governor)|James Douglas]], first governor of the Colony of [[British Columbia]]
*[[James W. Douglas]], [[Member of the Legislative Assembly|MLA]] for [[Victoria City (provincial electoral district)|Victoria City]]
*[[George Prout]], MLA for [[Kildonan (electoral district)|Kildonan and St. Andrews]]
*[[Calvin Ruck]], senator

===Writers and authors===
*[[Austin Clarke (novelist)|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]], [[Tonalism|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==
*[[List of Canadians by ethnicity]]
*[[Barbados–Canada relations]]
*[[Caribbean Canadians]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
{{Commons category}}
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20061001173640/http://www.cp-pc.ca/english/barbados/ Citizenship and Immigration Canada] (CIC) - Government of Canada country profile on Barbados.
*[http://www.dfait-maeci.gc.ca/latin-america/latinamerica/country_info/barbados-en.asp Canadian Factsheet on Barbados]

{{People of Canada}}
{{Barbadian diaspora}}

[[Category:Barbadian diaspora in Canada| ]]
[[Category:Canadian people of Barbadian descent| ]]
[[Category:Caribbean diaspora in Canada]]

Revision as of 02:05, 7 March 2024

Barbadian Canadians
Bajan Canadians
Total population
37,780
(by ancestry, 2016)
Regions with significant populations
Toronto
Languages
Canadian English, Bajan Creole
Religion
Christianity

Barbadian Canadian or Bajan Canadians are Canadian citizens of Barbadian descent or Barbados-born people who reside 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

 

Academics

Athletes

Media, film and television

Musicians

Politicians

Writers and authors

Other

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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