Black Canadian

The term Black Canadian refers to Canadian citizens who are of African descent. Black Canadians for the most part have recent origins in the Caribbean region, and to a lesser extent Africa and even Latin America. Some Black Canadians, like those in Nova Scotia, trace their ancestry to freed black American slaves who fled to Canada seeking refuge from American slavery and institutional racism.

Multiracial Canadians

Multiracial refers to people who are of mixed racial heritage.

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There are a number of famous Canadians who are of mixed African/Caucasian or African/Asian descent.

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Author Lawrence Hill published a bestselling memoir of his experiences as a multiracial Canadian, Black Berry, Sweet Juice: On Being Black and White in Canada, in 2001.

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• Malcolm Azania, writer and activist
• Keshia Chante, singer
• Rae Dawn Chong, actor
• Fefe Dobson, rock singer
• James Douglas, early governor of Vancouver Island
• Grant Fuhr, former NHL hockey star and member of the Hockey Hall of Fame
• Anais Granofsky, actor (Degrassi)
• Dan Hill, pop singer/songwriter
• Lawrence Hill, novelist and memoirist
• Jarome Iginla, NHL hockey star
• Michael Lee-Chin, business leader
• Amanda Marshall, pop singer/songwriter
• Tessa McWatt, novelist
• Juliette Powell, television host and the first black Miss Canada (1989)
• Makyla Smith, actress (Queer as Folk)
• Tamia Washington, R&B singer and wife of NBA player Grant Hill