Haitian Canadian
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| Total population | |
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| 137,995 (by ancestry, 2011 Census) |
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| Regions with significant populations | |
| Mostly Quebec, with smaller populations in Ontario | |
| Languages | |
| Canadian French, Canadian English, Haitian Creole |
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| Religion | |
| Predominantly Roman Catholicism and Protestantism, minority irreligion | |
| Related ethnic groups | |
| Haitians, French Canadians, Black Canadians, Haitian Americans |
Haitian Canadians are Canadian citizens of Haitian descent or Haiti-born people who reside in Canada.
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 2011 Census showed a total population of 137,995 Haitian-Canadians residing in Canada,[1] an increase of 35,565 respondents who identified themselves as Haitian Canadians compared with the Canada 2006 Census, which showed a total population of 102,430 respondents.[2] Of this total, 119,185 (97%) resided in Quebec.[3]
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Demographics
| Number of Haitian nationals granted permanent residence in Canada by year[4] | |||
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| Year | Number of Haitian nationals admitted | Total number of permanent residents admitted | Proportion of permanent residents admitted |
| 2002 | 2,217 | 229,048 | 1% |
| 2003 | 1,945 | 221,349 | 0.9% |
| 2004 | 1,657 | 235,823 | 0.7% |
| 2005 | 1,719 | 262,242 | 0.7% |
| 2006 | 1,650 | 251,640 | 0.7% |
| 2007 | 1,614 | 236,753 | 0.7% |
| 2008 | 2,509 | 247,246 | 1% |
| 2009 | 2,085 | 252,174 | 0.8% |
| 2010 | 4,552 | 280,691 | 1.6% |
| 2011 | 6,208 | 248,748 | 2.5% |
List of notable Haitian Canadians
Artists
- Marie-Denise Douyon - painter, graphic artist
- Leonel Jules - painter
- Guerdy J. Préval - painter
Athletes
- Jennifer Abel - Olympic swimmer
- Joachim Alcine - professional boxer
- Wyn Belotte - professional soccer player
- Patrice Bernier - professional soccer player
- Maxime Boisclair - professional Canadian hockey player
- Francis Bouillon - defenceman for the Montreal Canadiens
- Félix Brillant - professional soccer player
- Dayana Cadeau - Haitian-born Canadian American professional bodybuilder
- Marc Calixte - professional soccer player
- Obed Cétoute - professional Canadian Football League player
- Gilles Colon - former professional Canadian Football League player
- Antoine Craan - professional soccer player
- Samuel Dalembert - professional basketball player for the Milwaukee Bucks
- Anthony Duclair - professional hockey player[5]
- Edrick Floréal - Olympic long and triple jumper
- Raymond Fontaine - professional Canadian Football League player
- Maxime Fortunus - professional ice hockey player
- Jean-Luc Grand-Pierre - professional hockey player
- Ronald Hilaire - former CFL defensive lineman; current head coach of McGill Redmen
- Schiller Hyppolite - professional boxer
- Yves Jabouin - mixed martial arts fighter
- Dierry Jean - professional boxer
- Osvaldo Jeanty - professional basketball player
- Loudia Laarman - sprinter
- Georges Laraque - former professional hockey player
- David Loiseau - mixed martial arts fighter, the first Haitian-Canadian to fight in the Ultimate Fighting Championship
- Elkana Mayard - professional soccer player
- Josué Mayard - professional soccer player
- Pierre-Rudolph Mayard - professional soccer player
- Olivier Occéan - professional soccer player
- Jean Pascal - professional boxer
- Adonis Stevenson - professional boxer, current WBC Light Heavyweight Champion
- Bermane Stiverne - professional boxer
- Bruny Surin - Olympian gold medal winning sprinter
- Claude Vilgrain - professional hockey player
Business
- Ralph Gilles - automobile designer (Chrysler 300)
- Jean-Ernest Pierre - owner of CJWI radio station in Montreal, Quebec
Entertainment
- Ronald Selmour - actor, renaissance man
- Benz Antoine - actor
- Bad News Brown - musician
- Jephté Bastien - film director
- Fabienne Colas - actress, director and producer and head of the Fabienne Colas Foundation
- Anthony Kavanagh - comedian
- Panou - actor
- Quddus - MTV veejay
Literature
- Marie-Célie Agnant - author and poet
- Georges Anglade - Geographer and writer
- Paul Arcelin - writer
- Gérard Étienne - writer
- Gary Klang - poet and novelist
- Dany Laferrière - novelist
- Émile Ollivier, writer
Music
- Régine Chassagne - musician with group Arcade Fire
- DL Incognito - rapper
- Pierre Gage - singer-songwriter
- Roi Heenok - rapper
- Imposs - rapper
- Olivier Jarda - singer-songwriter
- Kaytranada - electronic musician, producer and DJ
- Yvon Krevé - hip hop artist
- Mélissa Laveaux - musician
- Marie-Josée Lord - opera soprano
- Marc Antoine - singer
- Luck Mervil - Quebec-based rock singer
- Muzion - rap group
- Édouard Woolley - tenor, actor, composer, and music educator
Politicians
- Jean Alfred - former MNA for Hull
- Dominique Anglade - MNA for Saint-Henri-Sainte-Anne
- Vivian Barbot - former MP for Papineau in Montreal
- Frantz Benjamin - Montreal city councillor for Saint-Michel
- Ulrick Chérubin - former mayor of Amos, Quebec
- Emmanuel Dubourg - MP for Bourassa, former MNA of Viau in Montreal
- Michaëlle Jean - journalist and Canada's first black Governor General
- Firmin Monestime - mayor of Mattawa, Ontario and the first elected black mayor in Canada
See also
- Canada–Haiti relations
- Haitian diaspora
- Haitians in France
- List of Haitians
- List of Haitian Americans
References
- ↑ 2011 Canada Census: Ethnic Origin (National)
- ↑ 2006 Canada Census: Ethnic Origin (National)
- ↑ 2011 Canada Census: Quebec Ethnic Origin
- ↑ [1], Facts and figures 2011 — Immigration overview: Permanent and temporary residents — Permanent residents
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
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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