List of black Canadians

This is a list of notable Black Canadians, inclusive of multiracial people who are of partially Black African descent.

A

• Françoise Abanda, professional tennis player
• Anderson Ruffin Abbott, in 1861 became the first mixed race Canadian physician; was among a select few at the deathbed of Abraham Lincoln
• Wilson Ruffin Abbott, successful businessman and real estate owner based in Toronto
• Wayne Adams, Nova Scotia's first black MLA, Liberal
• Oluniké Adeliyi, actress
• Alfons Adetuyi, film director and producer
• Robert Adetuyi, film director and screenwriter
• Ohenewa Akuffo, wrestler
• AHI, singer-songwriter
• Zanana Akande, former Ontario Member of Provincial Parliament and cabinet minister
• Philip Akin, director
• Lincoln Alexander, first black Member of Parliament in Canada; former Lieutenant Governor
• Toya Alexis, R&B/pop singer and Canadian Idol season 1 finalist
• Ismaila Alfa, musician and radio broadcaster
• Thom Allison, actor
• Jean Alfred, first black Canadian member of the National Assembly of Quebec
• Lillian Allen, dub poet
• Archie Alleyne, jazz musician
• David Amber, sportscaster
• Ezzrett Anderson, CFL player
• Granville Anderson, politician
• Osborne Perry Anderson, resident of the Chatham-Kent area; involved in the raid at Harper's Ferry
• Ricky Anderson, athlete and writer
• Shamier Anderson, actor
• Virnetta Anderson, first Black Canadian city councillor in Calgary
• Jill Andrew, politician
• Marie-Joseph Angélique, executed for setting fire to Montreal
• Dominique Anglade, politician
• Georges Anglade, academic
• Joel Anthony, NBA basketball player with the Detroit Pistons
• Trey Anthony, playwright (Da Kink in My Hair)
• Gary Archibald, weathercaster for NBC Weather Plus and MSNBC
• Bromley Armstrong, community activist
• Tré Armstrong, actress and choreographer
• Uzoma Asagwara, politician
• Ryad Assani-Razaki, writer
• James Atebe, politician
• Yvonne Atwell, Nova Scotia's first black female MLA, NDP
• Jean Augustine, former Member of Parliament, black Canadian Cabinet Minister, former deputy Speaker of the House of Commons
• Ike Awgu, broadcaster
• Edem Awumey, writer
• Malcolm Azania, writer and activist

B

• B-Kool, rapper
• Backxwash, rapper
• Cameron Bailey, film critic and artistic director of the Toronto International Film Festival
• Donovan Bailey, first Canadian to win an Olympic gold medal in the 100m sprint (1996 Atlanta)
• Vivian Barbot, Bloc Québécois member of parliament for the riding of Papineau
• Emery Barnes, first black Speaker of the British Columbia Legislative Assembly and CFL defensive end
• RJ Barrett, NBA player with the New York Knicks
• Rowan Barrett, former professional basketball player
• Angèle Bassolé-Ouédraogo, poet
• Frank Baylis, politician
• Gary Beals, pop singer and Canadian Idol season 1 first runner-up
• Jacqueline Beaugé-Rosier, writer
• Kettly Beauregard, politician
• Shawn Belle, NHL prospect
• Frantz Benjamin, Montreal city councillor
• Anthony Bennett, NBA player (first overall pick in the 2013 NBA draft)
• Cle Bennett, actor
• Tyrone Benskin, actor and director; Member of Parliament; national vice president of ACTRA
• Wanda Thomas Bernard, social work, educator, senator
• Rima Berns-McGown, politician
• Ardon Bess, actor (Trailer Park Boys, King of Kensington)
• Carrie Best, activist and humanitarian
• James Calbert Best, diplomat and public servant
• Margarett Best, Ontario Member of Provincial Parliament and Cabinet Minister
• Salome Bey, jazz, blues and gospel singer (US citizen, Canadian permanent resident)
• Tim Biakabutuka, former NFL player
• Henry Bibb, author and abolitionist
• Charlie Biddle (Sr.), one of Canada's greatest bassists
• Sonya Biddle, actress and politician
• Jully Black, R&B/pop singer
• Lindsay Blackett, Member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta, the province's first black cabinet minister
• Shane Book, writer
• Walter Borden, actor and playwright
• Cory Bowles, actor (Trailer Park Boys)
• Jeffrey Bowyer-Chapman, actor
• George Boyd, playwright
• Lawrence Ytzhak Braithwaite, dub poet and novelist
• Dionne Brand, author
• Fred Brathwaite, NHL goalie
• Leonard Braithwaite, politician
• Rella Braithwaite, historian and journalist
• Garnet Brooks, opera singer
• Phyllis Simmons Brooks, educator
• Shelton Brooks, popular music and jazz singer, songwriter, and pianist and vaudeville and musical theatre performer who wrote some of the biggest hits of the first third of the 20th century
• Divine Brown, R&B/soul singer and musical theatre performer
• Denham Brown, professional basketball player in Europe
• Luther Brown, dancer and choreographer
• Rosemary Brown, British Columbia legislator; first black woman to run for the leadership of a political party in Canada (the federal New Democratic Party)
• Measha Brueggergosman, opera singer
• Kim Brunhuber, journalist and writer
• Matthew Bullock, fugitive from the US who became a cause celebre in the 1920s
• Millicent Burgess, educator
• Nate Burleson, NFL player

C

• Dayana Cadeau, professional bodybuilder
• Cadence Weapon, rapper
• Daniel Caesar, R&B and soul singer
• Celina Caesar-Chavannes, politician
• Herb Carnegie, star of Quebec professional hockey league
• Anson Carter, NHL star
• Rubin Carter, former boxer and activist
• Jazz Cartier, rapper
• Mary Anne Chambers, former Ontario Member of Provincial Parliament and cabinet minister
• Myriam J. A. Chancy, writer
• Keshia Chanté, R&B singer and co-host of BET's 106 & Park
• David Chariandy, writer
• Gregory Charles, pop and gospel singer
• Nuela Charles, singer
• Tanika Charles, soul and rhythm and blues singer
• Sean Cheesman, dancer and choreographer
• Ulrick Chérubin, mayor of Amos, Quebec, one of the first black mayors of any city in Quebec
• Jojo Chintoh, longtime Citytv reporter
• Choclair, rapper
• Rae Dawn Chong, actress (The Color Purple)
• Jarvis Church, singer (The Philosopher Kings and solo) and music producer (Nelly Furtado)
• Clairmont the Second, rapper
• Austin Clarke, novelist (The Polished Hoe, Growing Up Stupid Under the Union Jack)
• Cheril N. Clarke, writer
• George Elliott Clarke, poet and playwright (Whylah Falls, George and Rue)
• Kevin Clarke, activist and politician
• Michèle Pearson Clarke, writer
• Edith Clayton, basket maker
• Bernadette Clement, mayor of Cornwall, Ontario
• Sebastian Clovis, Canadian Football League player and HGTV host
• Tristan Clovis, Canadian Football League player
• Devon Clunis, chief of Winnipeg Police Service and Canada's first black Canadian chief of police
• Caroline Cole, vice-president, Business Development Bank of Canada
• Desmond Cole, journalist
• Lucretia Newman Coleman, writer
• Wayde Compton, poet
• Anne Cools, Canada's first black senator
• Afua Cooper, poet and historian
• Michael Coteau, Ontario Member of Provincial Parliament
• Arisa Cox, television personality
• Deborah Cox, R&B singer
• Archie Crail, writer
• Laura Creavalle, professional bodybuilder
• Roger Cross, actor (24)
• Alcenya Crowley, educator and activist
• Vera Cudjoe, actress, producer, and educator; founder of Black Theatre Canada
• Alvin Curling, Ontario Member of Provincial Parliament and Speaker of the Legislature of Ontario
• Ayesha Curry, celebrity chef and television personality

D

• Samuel Dalembert, NBA player
• Trevor Daley, NHL player with the Dallas Stars
• Alphonso Davies, soccer player for FC Bayern Munich
• Delos Davis, third black lawyer in Canada and first black King's Counsel in the UK
• Hubert Davis, Academy Award-nominated documentary filmmaker
• Rob Davis, former York and Toronto city councillor
• Nigel Dawes, NHL player with the New York Rangers
• Desirée Dawson, musician
• Buddy Daye, former boxer and activist in Nova Scotia
• Jonathan De Guzman, soccer player
• Julian De Guzman, soccer player
• David Defiagbon, boxer
• Simone Denny, house music vocalist
• Viola Desmond, beautician and civil rights activist, first Canadian woman to be depicted on Canadian currency
• Robert Nathaniel Dett, composer
• Rita Deverell, broadcaster and journalist, founder of Vision TV
• Devon, hip-hop musician ("Mr. Metro")
• Alpha Yaya Diallo, musician
• Paul Dillett, retired IFBB bodybuilder and businessman
• George Dixon, first black world boxing champion in any weight class
• Fefe Dobson, pop punk singer
• James Douglas, early governor of Vancouver Island and British Columbia
• James W. Douglas, British Columbia MLA
• Orville Lloyd Douglas, poet, writer, and journalist
• Stan Douglas, installation artist
• Nathan Downer, television journalist
• Ray Downey, former boxer who medalled in the 1988 Olympics
• Riele Downs, actress
• Drake, rapper and actor (Degrassi: the Next Generation)
• Dream Warriors, hip hop duo
• Dwight Drummond, television journalist
• Christian Dubé, politician
• Kevin Duhaney, actor
• Emmanuel Dubourg, Quebec Liberal Party MNA for Viau
• Rob Ducey, former Major League Baseball player
• Arlene Duncan, actress, singer (Little Mosque on the Prairie)

E

• Chuck Ealey, Canadian Football League player
• Gordon Earle, former NDP Member of Parliament for Halifax West
• Amatoritsero Ede, writer
• Rosey Edeh, ET Canada reporter and former MSNBC meteorologist
• Aida Edemariam, writer
• Esi Edugyan, novelist
• Phil Edwards, track athlete
• Natasha Eloi, science reporter for Space channel
• Ray Emery, NHL goalie
• Jonathan Emile, poet, composer and entrepreneur
• Tyler Ennis, NBA player with the Phoenix Suns
• Robert Esmie, Olympic gold medalist 4x100 relay (Atlanta 1996)
• Gérard Étienne, writer
• Karena Evans, director
• Irdens Exantus, actor

F

• Famous, rapper
• Perdita Felicien, track athlete
• Greg Fergus, politician
• Dominique Fils-Aimé, blues, jazz and rhythm and blues singer
• Melanie Fiona, R&B singer
• Farley Flex, music promoter and Canadian Idol judge
• Cheryl Foggo, writer
• Melyssa Ford, professional model and actress
• Rose Fortune, first female police officer in Canada
• Cecil Foster, novelist and sociologist and biologist
• Rick Fox, NBA player
• Mayann Francis, former Lieutenant Governor of Nova Scotia and former director and CEO of the Nova Scotia Human Rights Commission
• Fil Fraser, writer
• Grant Fuhr, ex-NHL goalie elected to Hockey Hall of Fame

G

• Matt Galloway, CBC Radio host
• Harry Gairey, community activist
• Mifflin Wistar Gibbs, merchant and member of Victoria City Council in the 1860s
• Glenroy Gilbert, Olympic gold medalist 4x100 relay (Atlanta 1996)
• Malcolm Gladwell, journalist
• George Godfrey, former boxer originally from Prince Edward Island
• Gary Goodridge, former mixed martial artist and kickboxer
• Kamala-Jean Gopie, activist and political candidate
• Audrey Gordon, politician
• Stephen Gough, Nova Scotia MLA
• Dirk Graham, first NHL captain of African descent
• Jean-Luc Grand-Pierre, former NHL defenseman, currently playing in Europe
• Anais Granofsky, actor (Degrassi)
• Matthew Green, politician
• Robert Joseph Greene, writer
• Stanley G. Grizzle, judge, community activist

H

• William Hall, first Nova Scotian, third Canadian and first black person to be awarded the Victoria Cross
• Sherman Hamilton, basketball player and sportscaster
• Kevin Hanchard, actor
• Adrian Harewood, CBC Radio journalist and host
• Faisal Hassan, politician
• Haviah Mighty, rapper
• Wilson A. Head, sociologist and human rights activist
• Violet King Henry, first black female lawyer in Canada
• Josiah Henson, former slave, believed to have been the inspiration for the novel Uncle Tom's Cabin
• Dan Hill, pop singer/songwriter
• Daniel G. Hill, sociologist and first head of the Ontario Human Rights Commission
• Lawrence Hill, novelist and memoirist
• Penny Hodge, activist
• Jennifer Holness, film and television writer and producer
• Nicole Holness, singer and broadcaster
• Charmaine Hooper, soccer player; retired as leader in appearances and goals for the women's national team
• Nalo Hopkinson, science fiction author
• Jennifer Hosten, Canadian High Commissioner to Grenada and diplomat
• Frederick Langdon Hubbard, chair of the Toronto Transit Commission
• William Peyton Hubbard, former Toronto alderman, controller and acting mayor
• Kimberly Huie, actress
• Mitzie Hunter, politician
• Atiba Hutchinson, football player

I

• Israel Idonije, defensive end for the NFL's Chicago Bears
• Marci Ien, Canada AM and CTV News Channel anchor
• Daniel Igali, Olympic gold medalist in wrestling (Sydney 2000)
• Jarome Iginla, NHL All-Star and Olympic gold medalist (Salt Lake 2002)
• Tony Ince, politician
• Orin Isaacs, bandleader (Open Mike with Mike Bullard, The Mike Bullard Show), musician and music producer
• Tajja Isen, actress/singer (Atomic Betty)
• Ayisha Issa, actress
• Richard Iton, academic and writer

J

• Ovid Jackson, former Member of Parliament and former mayor of Owen Sound
• Angela James, professional hockey player and Hockey Hall of Fame inductee
• Stephan James, actor
• Yolande James, Quebec Minister of Immigration and Cultural Communities
• Sterling Jarvis, actor and musician
• Yves Jarvis, musician
• Michaëlle Jean, former broadcaster and former Governor General of Canada, the first mixed race person in Canadian history appointed to that position
• Jelleestone, rapper
• Jemeni, singer and broadcaster
• Ferguson Jenkins, baseball star and first Canadian elected to the (US) Baseball Hall of Fame
• Marlene Jennings, politician
• Harry Jerome, sprinter and first Canadian to hold an official track and field world record
• Aisha Sasha John, writer
• Lyndon John X, reggae musician
• Ben Johnson, Olympic sprinter disqualified in 1988 drug scandal
• Chris Johnson, boxer
• Clark Johnson, actor (Homicide: Life on the Street)
• Kirk Johnson, boxer
• Louisa Ann Johnson, merchant and church supporter
• Molly Johnson, rock and jazz vocalist
• Rocky Johnson, professional wrestler
• Taborah Johnson, singer, actor and radio broadcaster
• Denham Jolly, broadcast executive
• El Jones, writer
• Mark Jones, sportscaster for ESPN and ABC
• Oliver Jones, jazz pianist
• Paul Jones, sportscaster and Toronto Raptors radio play-by-play voice
• Rocky Jones, politician and activist
• Spider Jones, journalist and former boxer
• Clifton Joseph, poet and broadcaster
• Cory Joseph, NBA player
• David Joseph, basketball coach and former college player
• Devoe Joseph, professional basketball player
• Junia-T, rapper
• Marie-Ève Juste, film director

K

• K'Naan, hip-hop musician and singer
• k-os, hip-hop musician
• Evander Kane, professional ice hockey player
• Tommy Kane, former NFL wide receiver
• Kardinal Offishall, rapper
• Kaytranada, musician
• Kaie Kellough, writer
• Janaya Khan, activist
• Rawlson King, municipal politician in Ottawa
• Nam Kiwanuka, television host and journalist
• Maka Kotto, author and actor from Quebec elected to Canadian Parliament in 2004 (Bloc Québécois)
• Pierre Kwenders, musician

L

• Sonnet L'Abbé, poet and critic
• Dany Laferrière, novelist, elected to the Académie française
• Artis Lane, sculptor and artist
• Sam Langford, former boxer
• Georges Laraque, NHL player
• Tobi Lark, jazz, blues and gospel singer
• Mélissa Laveaux, musician
• Olivier Le Jeune, believed to have been the first slave purchased in what later became Quebec
• Karen LeBlanc, actress
• Didier Leclair, writer
• Ranee Lee, jazz singer
• Michael Lee-Chin, business leader
• Marie-Évelyne Lessard, actress
• Sandra Levy, Olympic field hockey player
• Andrea Lewis, actress (Degrassi: The Next Generation)
• Daurene Lewis, first black woman mayor in North America
• Glenn Lewis, R&B singer
• Lennox Lewis, professional boxer (Olympic gold medallist and three-time heavyweight champion)
• Ray Lewis, first Canadian-born black person to win a medal in the Olympics
• Sharon Lewis, journalist
• Murray Lightburn, rock singer/songwriter (The Dears)
• Laura Mae Lindo, politician
• Little X, director
• Rich London, rapper
• Gilson Lubin, comedian
• Canisia Lubrin, writer
• Nicole Lyn, actress

M

• Kaycee Madu, Alberta MLA
• Maestro, hip-hop musician, first Canadian rapper to have a Top 40 hit
• Jamaal Magloire, NBA player
• Atlee Mahorn, sprinter
• Ahdri Zhina Mandiela, director
• Egerton Marcus, boxer
• Amanda Marshall, pop singer/songwriter
• Mike Marson, second black player in NHL history
• Lesra Martin, crown attorney and speaker, involved in his youth in freeing Rubin Carter
• Russell Martin, MLB player
• Beverly Mascoll, entrepreneur and community leader
• Marie-Sœurette Mathieu, writer
• Denise Matthews, former model, actress and lead singer of Vanity 6 turned evangelist
• Rueben Mayes, former NFL player
• Suzette Mayr, writer
• Alexis Mazurin, CBC Radio host
• Tawiah M'carthy, writer
• Trent McClellan, comedian
• Kandyse McClure, actress (Battlestar Galactica)
• Elijah McCoy, origin of "the real McCoy", inventor
• Howard McCurdy, Member of Parliament, first black male to run for the leadership of a political party (the federal New Democratic Party)
• Yanna McIntosh, actress
• Tony McKegney, NHL player
• Berend McKenzie, writer
• Katherine McKittrick, writer
• Mark McKoy, Olympic gold medalist 110 m hurdles (Barcelona 1992)
• Brandon Jay McLaren, actor (Power Rangers S.P.D.)
• Andy McQueen, actor
• Tessa McWatt, novelist
• Stella Meghie, film director and screenwriter
• Marie-Françoise Mégie, politician
• Traci Melchor, television personality
• Don Meredith, politician
• Nega Mezlekia, writer
• Kim Katrin Milan, writer
• Rollie Miles, CFL player
• Shadrach Minkins, American-born fugitive slave rescued from federal custody in Boston in 1851 who settled in Montreal
• Moka Only, rapper of the Swollen Members
• Firmin Monestime, mayor of Mattawa, Ontario; first black mayor in Canada
• Roger Mooking, chef
• Tracy Moore, journalist
• Annmarie Morais, writer
• Carlos Morgan, R&B/soul singer
• Dwayne Morgan, spoken word artist
• Vanessa Morgan, actress and singer (from Ottawa)
• MorMor, musician
• Paul S. Morton, pastor of St. Stephen Baptist Church in New Orleans, a church with over 20,000 members
• Jamie Moses, politician
• Aaron Albert Mossell, first black person to graduate from the University of Pennsylvania Law School
• Nathan Francis Mossell, first black person to graduate from the University of Pennsylvania Medical School
• Joseph Motiki, television host
• Téa Mutonji, writer

N

• Blaise Ndala, writer
• Haydain Neale, R&B/soul singer (Jacksoul)
• Ray Neufeld, former NHL player
• Carlos Newton, former mixed martial artist (UFC Welterweight Champion)
• Andrew Nicholson, NBA player
• Cecily Nicholson, poet
• Darnell Nurse, NHL player
• Kia Nurse, professional basketball player
• Richard Nurse, former CFL player

O

• Samuel Oghale Oboh, the first person of African descent to be President of the 110-year old Royal Architectural Institute of Canada
• OBUXUM, musician and record producer
• David Nandi Odhiambo, writer
• Charles Officer, film director
• Lana Ogilvie, fashion model/TV hostess
• Donald Oliver, first black senator from Nova Scotia
• Willie O'Ree, first black hockey player in the National Hockey League
• Milton Ottey, world champion high jumper

P

• Brenda Paris, activist and politician
• John Paris Jr., hockey coach
• Percy Paris, politician
• Stuart Parker, leader of the Green Party of British Columbia 1993 to 2000, the first black leader of a political party in Canada
• Amanda Parris, broadcaster and writer
• PartyNextDoor, R&B singer
• Michaela Pereira, journalist
• Kayla Perrin, writer
• Oscar Peterson, jazz pianist
• M. NourbeSe Philip, poet, novelist and essayist
• Abu Ameenah Bilal Philips, Islamic Scholar and founder of the Islamic Online University
• Joseph Jomo Pierre, actor and playwright
• Shailyn Pierre-Dixon, actress
• Burr Plato, town councillor for Niagara Falls (1886-1901)
• Juliette Powell, television host, first black Miss Canada (1989)
• Rev. Richard Preston, anti-slavery activist and founder of African Baptist Association of Nova Scotia
• Prevail, rapper of the Swollen Members
• Althea Prince, writer
• Dwayne Provo, Canadian Football League player

Q

• Quanteisha, R&B singer
• Quddus, MTV VJ

R

• Rob Rainford, chef
• Micheline Rawlins, first black woman appointed to the Ontario Court of Justice
• Pokey Reddick, Stanley Cup Champion, Edmonton Oilers goalie
• Zalika Reid-Benta, writer
• Gloria Reuben, actress (ER)
• Cabbie Richards, radio personality
• Jackie Richardson, jazz, blues and gospel singer
• Jael Richardson, writer
• Kim Richardson, pop, jazz, blues and gospel singer
• Bill Riley, third black player in NHL history
• Charles Roach, Canadian civil rights lawyer; activist in the black community in Toronto; had many contributions to the wider community in Toronto, including being one of the founders of what was known as Caribana in 1967
• Karen Robinson, actress
• Kenny Robinson, stand-up comedian, TV host
• Percy Rodriguez, actor
• George Rogers, former mayor of Leduc, Alberta, current MLA for the riding of Leduc-Beaumont-Devon
• RT!, director
• Calvin Ruck, senator
• Donovan "Razor" Ruddock, professional boxer

S

• Shakura S'Aida, jazz and blues singer
• Donna-Michelle St. Bernard, theatre director and playwright
• Rodney Saint-Éloi, poet
• Beverley Salmon, politician
• Samito, musician
• Robert Edison Sandiford, writer
• Sarahmée, rapper
• Mairuth Sarsfield, novelist (No Crystal Stair)
• Charles R. Saunders, writer
• John Saunders, sports journalist for ESPN and ABC
• Mark Saunders, chief of the Toronto Police Service
• Alison Sealy-Smith, actress (This is Wonderland)
• Djanet Sears, playwright (Adventures of a Black Girl in Search of God)
• Olive Senior, poet and short story writer
• Shad, hip hop musician
• Mary Ann Shadd, first female newspaper publisher
• Jackie Shane, R&B singer
• Tony Sharpe, sprinter
• Lisa Shaw, house and R&B/soul singer
• David Shepherd, politician
• Anthony Sherwood, actor
• Liberty Silver, R&B and jazz singer
• Makeda Silvera, novelist
• Wayne Simmonds, NHL player
• Denis Simpson, actor and children's television host (Polka Dot Door)
• Eon Sinclair, bassist (Bedouin Soundclash)
• Shawn Singleton, actor/musician
• Slakah the Beatchild, soul/R&B singer and record producer
• Makyla Smith, actress (Queer as Folk)
• Frances-Anne Solomon, film producer, director, distributor
• Spek Won, rapper
• Chris Spence, director of education of the Hamilton-Wentworth District School Board and then the Toronto District School Board, previously a CFL running back
• Tony "Wild T" Springer, blues rock guitarist
• Erroll Starr, musician
• Ordena Stephens-Thompson, actress (Da Kink in My Hair)
• Anthony Stewart, NHL player with the Florida Panthers
• Jordan Subban, professional ice hockey defenceman
• Malcolm Subban, professional ice hockey goaltender
• P. K. Subban, NHL ice hockey defenceman
• Cree Summer, actress, singer, and comedian
• Bruny Surin, Olympic gold medalist 4x100 relay (1996 Atlanta)
• David (Sudz) Sutherland, director (Love, Sex and Eating the Bones)
• Robert Sutherland, first black lawyer in Canada
• Sylvia Sweeney, television broadcaster (W-FIVE) and former basketball player

T

• Tamia, R&B singer and actress
• Tasha the Amazon, rapper
• Bobby Taylor and his band, The Vancouvers, a popular Motown act who were instrumental in getting The Jackson 5 signed to the label and produced the earliest Jackson 5 records
• Dione Taylor, jazz singer
• Julian Taylor, rock musician (Staggered Crossing)
• Tamara Taylor, actress (Bones)
• Angella Taylor-Issajenko, sprinter
• Tebey, country and pop songwriter and singer
• Angeline Tetteh-Wayoe, radio personality
• Michael Thompson, current Toronto city councillor
• Tristan Thompson, NBA player
• Thrust, rapper
• Tizzo, rapper
• Tory Lanez, hip hop musician
• Yanic Truesdale, actor (Gilmore Girls)
• Kreesha Turner, R&B singer

U

• Louise Uwacu, writer

V

• Vanity, performer
• Christian Vincent, actor (Noah's Arc)
• Nerene Virgin, CBC anchor of Network Saturday Report, Newsworld, Newsworld International, co-star of Today's Special
• Clement Virgo, director
• Viola Desmond, beautician

W

• Rinaldo Walcott, professor and Canada Research Chair at OISE/University of Toronto
• Abraham Beverley Walker, first Canadian-born black lawyer
• Carol Wall, social activist and labour leader
• Dwight Walton, former Team Canada Basketball player
• Joel Ward, NHL player
• John Ware, former slave, Alberta cowboy
• Syrus Marcus Ware, artist, activist and professor
• Mark Warner, lawyer and politician
• Jackie Washington, blues musician
• Dawn Tyler Watson, blues singer
• The Weeknd, R&B singer and songwriter
• Kevin Weekes, NHL goalie
• Wesli, musician
• Juanita Westmoreland-Traoré, first appointed black judge in the history of Quebec
• Bill White, musician and political candidate
• Jack White, union activist
• Portia White, gospel singer
• William A. White, only black officer of the No. 2 Construction Battalion
• Dwight Whylie, journalist
• Andrew Wiggins, NBA player with the Minnesota Timberwolves
• Aileen Williams, activist and founding member of the Canadian Women's Negro Association (CANEWA)
• Desai Williams, sprinter
• Ian Williams, poet and novelist
• Michael Williams, MuchMusic VJ
• Nigel Shawn Williams, actor
• Odario Williams, broadcaster and musician
• Stephen Williams, director
• Tonya Lee Williams, longtime actress on The Young and the Restless
• Trevor C. Williams, former Team Canada Basketball player
• Tyrone Williams, former CFL and NFL wide receiver
• Nigel Wilson, baseball player (first draft pick by the Florida Marlins, 2nd overall, in the 1992 Expansion Draft)
• Paul Winn, human rights activist, director of Canadian Race Relations Foundation, former television personality
• Mary Matilda Winslow, first black female graduate of the University of New Brunswick
• Maurice Dean Wint, actor
• Ken Wiwa, journalist and author, and son of executed Nigerian political prisoner Ken Saro-Wiwa
• Peter Worrell, NHL player

Y

• Kevin Yarde, television meteorologist and politician
• Wayne Yearwood, former Team Canada Basketball player
• D'bi Young, dub poet
• Marcia Young, CBC Radio broadcaster and host of The World This Hour
• Tony "Master T" Young, MuchMusic VJ
• Yazmeen Jamieson, Jamaican women Soccer player

See also

• List of Canadians
• Black Nova Scotians
• Who's Who in Black Canada

Further reading

• Williams, Dawn P (2006), Who's who in Black Canada two, Volume 2, D.P. Williams, ISBN 0-9731384-2-4