Just the Stats!
These 3 cities have the highest population of Black Canadians.
What are Toronto, Montreal and Ottawa?
This artist’s song has officially been crowned the biggest US Billboard Hot 100 single of all time.
Who is The Weeknd?
In 1955, he challenged the Canadian Brotherhood of Railway Employees Union and CNR to eliminate discriminatory clauses from their collective agreement, preventing promotions for porters.
Who is Lee Williams
Between 1815-1869 tens of thousands of African Americans sought refuge in Canada via this legendary route.
What is the Underground Railroad?
In 2013, the United Nations declared this Decade to recognize Black people as a distinct group whose human rights must be promoted and protected.
What is the International Decade for People of African Descent? or What is 2015 – 2024?
Beginning in the 2000s Canada’s Black immigrant population came primarily from this part of the world.
What is Africa?
He became the first Canadian to break the 10 second barrier in the 100 metre race and his record at the time made him the fastest ever recorded human.
Who is Donovan Bailey?
He won an award from the Manitoba Counsel for Exceptional Children
Who is Evan Tynes
In 2010, the mayor of Halifax apologized for the 1960s destruction of this historic Black community.
What is Africville?
This was Canada’s largest all-black military battalion.
What is the No.2 Construction Battalion?
It is the top country of birth of Black people in Canada.
What is Canada?
She was the first Black pharmacist to graduate from the University of Manitoba.
Who is Frances Atwell?
Who is the founder of Black History Month in Manitoba
Who is Wade Kojo Williams?
Between 1908 and 1911, approximately 1,000 Black people came to this province from Oklahoma in response to advertising campaigns initiated by the Canadian government.
What is Alberta?
The oldest Black Church in Winnipeg.
Who is Pilgrim Baptist Church
Black Canadians are more likely to speak this language at home than is the rest of the population of Canada.
What is French?
She is University of Manitoba’s First Black Female Medical Student
Who is June James?
She served as Pilgrim Baptist Secretary for 10 years.
Who is Carlette Ashley?
The first Black immigrants arrived in British Columbia from California in 1858 and settled in this historic area in Vancouver.
What is Hogan’s Alley?
This is North America's largest cultural street festival.
What is Toronto Caribbean Festival - Also known as: Caribana?
This community in eastern Canada has the highest percentage of Black people in the nation.
What is North Preston (Halifax)?
He was the former Light Heavy-Weight Boxing Champion of Canada and remained active in the boxing community as a trainer and mentor. Also inducted into the Manitoba Sports Hall of Fame in 1996.
Who is Al Sparks?
The longest serving Minister at Pilgrim Baptist Church.
Who is Reverend McCarver?
This Toronto community has been a destination for members of the Caribbean diaspora since at least the 1960s.
What is Little Jamaica?
This American law came into effect in 1850 and caused a flood of Black Americans to flee to Canada.
What was the Fugitive Slave Act?