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