Haitian Canadian

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Haitian Canadians

Notable Haitian Canadians: Michaëlle Jean Regine Chassagne Luck Mervil David Loiseau
Total population
102,430 0.3% of Canada's population^[1]
Regions with significant populations
Montreal, Quebec City
Languages
Haitian Creole, Canadian French
Religion
Christianity
Related ethnic groups
Haitians, Haitian Americans

A Haitian Canadian is a Canadian-born person of Haitian descent, or a Haitian-born person with Canadian citizenship. People from Haiti began immigrating to Canada in the 1960s, settling predominantly in Montreal and other parts of Quebec.

List of Haitian Canadians

Joachim Alcine, Boxer
Barbara Alexandre, actress
Régine Chassagne, musician, Arcade Fire
Ulrick Chérubin, mayor of Amos, Quebec
Samuel Dalembert, professional basketball player, NBA
DL Incognito, rapper
Muzion, rap group
Christopher "Freedom" LaRoche, rapper/singer/producer
Michaëlle Jean, journalist, Canada's first black Governor General
Dany Laferrière, novelist
Mélissa Laveaux, musician
David Loiseau, Mixed martial arts fighter
Sarah Louis-Jean, dancer
Luck Mervil, Quebec rock singer
Firmin Monestime, mayor of Mattawa, Ontario and the first black mayor in Canada
Bruny Surin, Olympic sprinter

References

^ Ethnic origins, 2006 counts, for Canada, provinces and territories - 20% sample data, Statistics Canada (2006). Retrieved on August 11, 2008.

External links

History of Haïtian Canadians

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