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'''Black Canadians''' ({{Lang-fr|Canadiens Noirs}}), also known as '''African Canadians''' (French: ''Canadiens Africains'') or '''Afro-Canadians''' (French: ''Afro-Canadiens''), are [[Canadians]] of full or partial [[sub-Saharan Africa]]n descent.<ref>{{cite book |last = Harrison |first = Faye Venetia|author-link= Faye Harrison |year = 2005 |title = Resisting racism and xenophobia : global perspectives on race, gender, and human rights |url = https://books.google.com/books?id=-mHGl5HnEBIC&q=Resisting%20racism%20and%20xenophobia%3A%20global%20perspectives%20on%20race&pg=PA180 |publisher= AltaMira Press |isbn= 978-0-7591-0482-2 |page= 180 }}</ref><ref name="Encyclopedia of Canada's Peoples">{{cite book |last = Magocsi |first = Paul Robert |year =1999 |title =Encyclopedia of Canada's Peoples |url =https://books.google.com/books?id=dbUuX0mnvQMC&q=Encyclopedia%20of%20Canada%27s%20Peoples&pg=PA139 |publisher=University of Toronto Press, Scholarly Publishing Division |isbn=978-0-8020-2938-6}}</ref> The majority of Black Canadians are of Caribbean and African origin, though the Black Canadian population also consists of [[African Americans in Canada]] and their descendants (including [[Black Nova Scotians]]).<ref name="VMEthnicCultural">{{cite web |last1=Government of Canada |first1=Statistics Canada |title=Visible minority by ethnic or cultural origin: Canada, provinces and territories, census metropolitan areas and census agglomerations with parts |url=https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/t1/tbl1/en/tv.action?pid=9810033701&pickMembers%5B0%5D=1.1&pickMembers%5B1%5D=2.5&pickMembers%5B2%5D=3.1&pickMembers%5B3%5D=4.1&pickMembers%5B4%5D=5.1 |website=www150.statcan.gc.ca |access-date=26 February 2023 |date=26 October 2022}}</ref>

Black Canadians have contributed to many areas of [[Culture of Canada|Canadian culture]].<ref>{{cite web|author=Rosemary Sadlier |url=http://blackhistorycanada.ca/theme.php?id=7 |title=Black History Canada – Black Contributions |publisher=Blackhistorycanada.ca |access-date=26 July 2010}}</ref> Many of the first [[visible minority|visible minorities]] to hold high public offices have been Black, including [[Michaëlle Jean]], [[Donald Oliver]], [[Stanley G. Grizzle]], [[Rosemary Brown (Canadian politician)|Rosemary Brown]], and [[Lincoln Alexander]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://blackhistorycanada.ca/topic.php?id=158&themeid=7 |title=Black History Canada – Noteworthy Personalities |publisher=Blackhistorycanada.ca |access-date=26 July 2010}}</ref> Black Canadians form the third-largest visible minority group in Canada, after [[South Asian Canadians|South Asian]] and [[Chinese Canadians]].<ref name=statcan/>