Jamaican Canadians

Jamaican Canadians
Jamaico-Canadians
Total population
309,485
0.9% of Canada's population (2016)
Regions with significant populations
Greater Toronto Area, Southern Ontario, Quebec, Alberta, Vancouver
Languages
Canadian English, Jamaican Patois, Jamaican English, Canadian French
Religion
Christianity · Rastafari
Related ethnic groups
Jamaican British, British Indo-Caribbean people, Indo-Caribbeans, Multi-Racial British Caribbean, Jamaican Americans, Afro-Jamaicans, Chinese Jamaicans, Indo-Jamaicans, Germans in Jamaica, Jamaican Australians, Indo-Canadians, Chinese Canadians

Jamaican-Canadians are Canadian citizens of Jamaican descent or Jamaican-born permanent residents of Canada. The population, according to Canada's 2021 Census, is 249,070. Jamaican Canadians comprise about 30% of the entire Black Canadian population.