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Jamaican Canadians Jamaico-Canadians
Total population
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
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]
^"Census Profile, 2016 Census – Canada". Statistics Canada. Retrieved 2018-08-13.
^Government of Canada, Statistics Canada (2023-02-02). "Jamaica and Canada: Connected by people, travel and trade". www.statcan.gc.ca. Retrieved 2023-06-03.
^Cite error: The named reference jamaicans was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
^Visible minority groups, 2006 counts, for Canada, provinces and territories - 20% sample data Archived 2017-11-14 at the Wayback Machine, Statistics Canada (2006). Retrieved on March 19, 2011.
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