Haitian Canadians
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| Notable Haitian Canadians: Michaëlle Jean • Regine Chassagne Luck Mervil • David Loiseau |
| Total population |
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| 102,430 0.3% of Canada's population[1] |
| Regions with significant populations |
| Greater Montreal, Quebec, Greater Toronto |
| Languages |
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Haitian Creole, Haitian French, Quebec French, Canadian English (as a second language). |
| Religion |
| Related ethnic groups |
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Afro-Latin Americans, Black Canadians, Latin Americans, Haitians in France, Haitian Brazilians |
Citizens from the Francophone Caribbean island nation of Haiti began immigrating to Canada in the 1960s, settling predominantly in Montreal and other parts of Quebec. Though their reasons for leaving Haiti were manifold, their choice to settle in Quebec is mainly due to their fluency in French. The Canada 2006 Census showed a total population of 102,430 Haitian-Canadians residing in Canada.[2] Of this total, 90,135 (88%) resided in Quebec.[3]
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[edit] List of Canadians of Haitian descent
[edit] Film and television
- Jephté Bastien - film director
- Anthony Kavanagh - comedian
- Jessica Lucas - actress
- Panou - actor
- Quddus - MTV veejay
[edit] Music
- Marc-Antoine - singer
- Régine Chassagne - musician, (group Arcade Fire )
- Pierre Gage - singer-songwriter
- Roi Heenok - rapper
- Imposs - rapper
- DL Incognito - rapper
- Olivier Jarda - singer-songwriter
- Mélissa Laveaux - musician
- Marie-Josée Lord - opera soprano
- Luck Mervil - Quebec-based rock singer
- Muzion - rap group
[edit] Literature
- Dany Laferrière - novelist
[edit] Politicians
- Jean Alfred - former Quebec-based politician
- Ulrick Chérubin - mayor of Amos, Quebec
- Michaëlle Jean - journalist and Canada's first black Governor General
- Firmin Monestime - mayor of Mattawa, Ontario and the first elected black mayor in Canada
[edit] Sports
- Joachim Alcine - professional boxer
- Wyn Belotte - Canadian football player
- Marc Calixte - Canadian football player
- Obed Cétoute - Canadian football player
- Antoine Craan - professional soccer player
- Samuel Dalembert - professional basketball player for the Sacramento Kings
- Edrick Floreal - Olympic long and triple jumper
- Maxime Fortunus - professional ice hockey player
- Yves Jabouin - Mixed martial arts fighter
- Georges Laraque - former professional hockey player
- David Loiseau - Mixed martial arts fighter
- Jean Pascal - professional boxer
- Bruny Surin - Olympic sprinter
[edit] Visual arts
- Leonel Jules - painter
[edit] References
- ^ Ethnic origins, 2006 counts, for Canada, provinces and territories - 20% sample data, Statistics Canada (2006). Retrieved on August 11, 2008.
- ^ 2006 Canada Census: Ethinic Origin (National)
- ^ 2006 Canada Census: Quebec Ethnic Origin
[edit] See also
- Canadians
- Haitian immigration to the United States and Canada
- List of Haitians
- List of Haitian Americans
[edit] External links
- The Haitian Community in Canada
- Multicultural Canada: Haitians
- Haitian Consulate General in Montreal
- Montreal International Haitian Film Festival
- Quebec Government Portal: Relations with Haiti
- Article on Haitian immigration to Quebec
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