Haitian Canadians

Haitian Canadians

Ethnic group
group=flagicon|Haiti Haitian Canadians flagicon|Canada
population=102,430 0.3% of Canada's population [http://www12.statcan.ca/english/census06/data/highlights/ethnic/pages/Page.cfm?Lang=E&Geo=PR&Code=01&Table=2&Data=Count&StartRec=1&Sort=3&Display=All Ethnic origins, 2006 counts, for Canada, provinces and territories - 20% sample data] , Statistics Canada (2006). Retrieved on August 11, 2008.]


caption=Notable Haitian Canadians: Michaëlle Jean Regine Chassagne Luck Mervil David Loiseau
regions=Montreal, Quebec
langs=Haitian Creole, Canadian French
rels=Christianity
related-c=Haitians, Haitian AmericansA Haitian Canadian is a Canadian-born person of Haitian descent, or a Haitian-born person with Canadian citizenship. People from Haiti began immigrating to Canada in the 1960s, settling predominantly in Montreal and other parts of Quebec.

List of Haitian Canadians

* Joachim Alcine, Boxer
* Barbara Alexandre, actress
* Régine Chassagne, musician, Arcade Fire
* Ulrick Chérubin, mayor of Amos, Quebec
* Samuel Dalembert, professional basketball player, NBA
* DL Incognito, rapper
* Muzion, rap group
* Christopher "Freedom" LaRoche, rapper/singer/producer
* Michaëlle Jean, journalist, Canada's first black Governor General
* Dany Laferrière, novelist
* Mélissa Laveaux, musician
* David Loiseau, Mixed martial arts fighter
* Sarah Louis-Jean, dancer
* Luck Mervil, Quebec rock singer
* Firmin Monestime, mayor of Mattawa, Ontario and the first black mayor in Canada
* Bruny Surin, Olympic sprinter

References

External links

* [http://collections.ic.gc.ca/heirloom_series/volume7/countries/haiti.html History of Haïtian Canadians]


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