This publication is the final article of our Black History Month 2025 series examining the data on various topics concerning the Black populations across Canada. If you missed any of the articles, you can easily find them by searching for “Black History Month 2025” in the app.
- More than one-third (35.0%) of Black persons aged 15 years and older were part of a household consisting of one couple with children in 2021. This proportion is similar to the national average (34.5%).1
- In 2022, almost two-fifths (39.0%) of the Black populations aged 15 years and over had a high level of satisfaction with feeling part of the community. Nearly three-fifths (59.0%) had a high level of satisfaction with the neighbourhood in which they lived.
- A majority (82.3%) of the Black populations aged 15 years and over felt safe walking in the neighbourhood alone after dark, second only to the Filipino populations (83.8%) among racialized groups.2
- Almost half (48.0%) of Black populations aged 15 years and over experienced difficulty in meeting household financial needs in 2022 (second to only the Arab populations among all racialized groups).3
Note to readers
This publication is the final article of our Black History Month 2025 series examining the data on various topics concerning the Black populations across Canada. If you missed any of the articles, you can easily find them by searching for “Black History Month 2025” in the app.
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