Jamaican Canadians

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. The term usually refers to Black Jamaican Canadians. Jamaican Canadians comprise about 30% of the entire Black Canadian population.

Jamaican Canadians
Jamaico-Canadians
Total population
309,485
0.9% of Canada's population (2016)
Regions with significant populations
Greater Toronto Area, Southern Ontario, Quebec, Alberta, Vancouver
Languages
Canadian English, Jamaican Patois, Jamaican English, Canadian French
Religion
Christianity ยท 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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