By the numbers: Black History Month 2024 (PDF, 994.96 KB)
Description: By the numbers: Black History Month 2024
Sociodemographic diversity
In 2021, the Black population in Canada reached 1.5 million, accounting for 4.3% of the total population and 16.1% of the racialized populationFootnote 1.
Source: Statistics Canada, Census of Population, 2021.
Among Canada’s Black population born outside the country, 55.3% were born in Africa and 35.6% were born in the Caribbean and Bermuda.
Source: Statistics Canada, Census of Population, 2021.
Educational attainment
In 2021, about one-third (32.4%) of the Black population aged 25 to 64 held a bachelor’s degree or higher, which is comparable to the total population aged 25 to 64 (32.9%).
Source: Statistics Canada, Census of Population, 2021.
Future outlook
In 2021/2022, nearly three-quarters (72.5%) of the Black population reported having a hopeful view of the future, compared with 64.1% of the total population.
Source: Statistics Canada, Canadian Social Survey, 2021/2022.