| Total population | |
|---|---|
| 13.4% of recent immigrants [1] | |
| Regions with significant populations | |
| Ontario, Quebec, British Columbia, Alberta, Nova Scotia | |
| Religion | |
| Christianity, Islam, traditional, other | |
| Related ethnic groups | |
| African immigration to the United States |
African immigration to Canada comprises citizens of countries in Africa who emigrated to Canada, as well as their descendants.
According to Statistics Canada, African-born individuals comprised 13.4% of recent immigrants to Canada as of 2016. This was the second largest number of recent immigrants to the nation after Europe, and a four-fold increase from the number of African-born immigrants in 1971 (3.2%). As of 2016, the top five countries of birth of recent African-born immigrants to Canada were Nigeria, Algeria, Egypt, Morocco and Cameroon. [1]
Among the population in Canada with an immigrant background, persons with ancestry from Africa were the youngest residents as of 2016, with the largest proportion aged between 0 and 14 years old (~12%). [2]
Many immigrants from French-speaking African countries have settled in Quebec. Of these, most were from Côte d'Ivoire, Congo-Kinshasa and Senegal, as well as Algeria, Morocco and Tunisia. [3]
