Some Missing Pages: The Black Community in the History of Quebec and Canada
Unit 5: The Great War and the Black Soldier
 

DOMINION OF CANADA CENSUS 1871-1921 DISTRIBUTION OF BLACKS IN CANADA

PROVINCIAL DISTRIBUTION OF BLACKS IN CANADA
Province 1871 1881 1901 1911 1921
P.E.I. 155 141 81 43
Nova Scotia 6,212 7,162 5,984 6,541 6,175
New Brunswick 1,701 1,638 1,368 1,079 1,190
Quebec 148 141 280 401 1,046
Ontario 13,435 12,095 8,935 6,747 7,202
Manitoba ---- 25 61 209 491
Saskatchewan ---- ---- 1 336 396
Alberta ---- ---- 37 979 1,048
British Columbia ---- 274 532 473 676

 
THE BLACK PERCENTAGE OF CANADA'S TOTAL POPULATION
Year Total Percentage
1871 21,496 .62
1881 21,394 .50
1891 * *
1901 17,437 .32
1911 16,877 .23
1921 18,291 .21

SOURCE:- NATIONAL PROBLEMS OF CANADA - THE NEGRO IN CANADA
- ORIGINS OF THE CANADIAN PEOPLE - REPORT OF THE
DOMINION BUREAU OF STATISTICS, 1929


 

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