Jamaican Canadians
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Jamaican Canadians are Canadians of Jamaican descent or Jamaican-born permanent residents of Canada. The population, according to Canada's 2021 Census, is 249,070.[2] The term usually refers to Black Jamaican Canadians. Jamaican Canadians comprise about 30% of the entire Black Canadian population.[3][4]
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Quick Facts Total population, Regions with significant populations ...
Total population | |
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309,485 0.9% of Canada's population (2016)[1] | |
Regions with significant populations | |
Greater Toronto Area, Southern Ontario, Quebec, Alberta, Vancouver | |
Languages | |
Canadian English, Jamaican Patois, Jamaican English, Canadian French | |
Religion | |
Christianity · Rastafari | |
Related ethnic groups | |
Jamaican British, British Indo-Caribbean people, Indo-Caribbeans, Multi-Racial British Caribbean, Jamaican Americans, Afro-Jamaicans, Chinese Jamaicans, Indo-Jamaicans, Germans in Jamaica, Jamaican Australians, Indo-Canadians, Chinese Canadians |
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