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Jamaican Canadians are Canadian citizens of Jamaican descent or Jamaican-born permanent residents of Canada. The population, according to Canada's 2021 Census , is 249,070. [ 2 ] Jamaican Canadians comprise about 30% of the entire Black Canadian population.
Since March 4, 1963, Canada maintains a high commission in Kingston that gives accreditation to the Bahamas, Cayman Islands, and Turks and Caicos. Jamaica maintains a high commission in Ottawa. On April 20, 2009, Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper became the first Canadian head of government to address the Jamaican parliament. [4]
Many Jamaicans now live overseas and outside Jamaica, while many have migrated to Anglophone countries, including over 400,000 Jamaicans in the United Kingdom, over 300,000 in Canada and 1,100,000 in the United States. [23]
In the late 20th and early 21st century close to a million [8] Jamaicans have emigrated, especially to the United States, the United Kingdom, and Canada.Though this emigration appears to have been tapering off somewhat in recent years, the great number of Jamaicans living abroad has become known as the "Jamaican diaspora".
Between the 1970s and 1980s, as the number of Jamaicans migrating to Toronto increased to around 100,000, many settled in the Eglinton West area. [4] This has made Little Jamaica one of the largest expatriate Jamaican communities in the world. [5] However, the changing demographics of Little Jamaica have been noted by both locals and media. [6]
Many Jamaicans have emigrated to other countries, especially to the United Kingdom, the United States, and Canada. In the case of the United States, about 20,000 Jamaicans per year are granted permanent residence. [149] There has also been emigration of Jamaicans to other Caribbeans countries such as Cuba, [150] Puerto Rico, Guyana, and The ...
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After the defeat of the Jamaican measure, the government of The Bahamas presented a similar initiative in 1911. T.B. Macaulay encouraged members of the Legislative Council in the Bahamas to likewise consider pursuing political union with Canada, this political union proposal was ultimately rejected on the Canadian side for racial reasons. [2]