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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]
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".
Little Jamaica, also known as Eglinton West, [1] is an ethnic enclave in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It is located along Eglinton Avenue West , from Marlee Avenue to Keele Street , and is part of four neighbourhoods: Silverthorn , Briar Hill–Belgravia , Caledonia–Fairbank , and Oakwood–Vaughan .
Canada’s ambassador to the United Nations, Robert Rae, recently spent three days in Haiti. Among the places he visited was a school serving as a shelter for people displaced by the ongoing violence.
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]
The number of people in the United States identifying as Jamaican because they were either born in the English-speaking Caribbean nation or are of Jamaican heritage has held steady over the last ...
Canadian people of Jamaican descent (2 C, 125 P) Pages in category "Jamaican diaspora in Canada" The following 2 pages are in this category, out of 2 total.