Trinidadian and Tobagonian Canadians

Trinidadian and Tobagonian Canadians
Trinidadiano y Tobagoniano Canadienses Trinidadien et Tobagonien Canadiens
Total population
105,965 (by ancestry, 2021 Census)[1]
70,035 (by birth, 2021 Census)[2]
Regions with significant populations
 Ontario69,560
 Quebec8,585
 Alberta7,180
 British Columbia6,170
 Manitoba3,400

Trinidadian and Tobagonian Canadians are Canadian citizens who are fully or partially of Trinidadian and Tobagonian descent or people born in Trinidad and Tobago. There were 105,965 Trinidadian and Tobagonian Canadians in 2021, with the majority of them living in Toronto, Peel Region (Mississauga and Brampton), and Durham Region (Pickering, Ajax, Whitby and Oshawa).

History

Trinidadians and Tobagonians first to immigrate to the country in substantial numbers during the 1920s, when several hundred individuals arrived to work in the mines of Nova Scotia, the shipyards of Collingwood, Ontario, and Halifax, Nova Scotia, as well as serving as personal attendants in the East.[3]

Demographics

Population by ancestry by Canadian province or territory (2016)
Province Population Source
Ontario 59,560 [4]
Quebec 6,585 [5]
Alberta 5,180 [6]
British Columbia 4,170 [7]
Manitoba 2,400 [8]
Saskatchewan 415 [9]
Nova Scotia 325 [10]
New Brunswick 145 [11]
Newfoundland and Labrador 95 [12]
Northwest Territories 25 [13]
Prince Edward Island 25 [14]
Yukon 20 [15]
Nunavut 10 [16]
 Canada 78,965 [17]

Notable Trinidadian and Tobagonian Canadians

    Activists

    • Nicholas Marcus Thompson, activist
    • Charles Roach, lawyer and co-founder of the Black Action Defence Committee

    Athletes and sportspeople

    Media, film and television

    • Brandon Ash-Mohammed, comedian
    • Sean Cheesman, dancer, choreographer, and television personality
    • Lateesha Ector, beauty queen and model
    • Farley Flex, music promoter, motivational speaker, and television personality
    • LaToya Forever, YouTube personality
    • Richard Fung, video artist and filmmaker
    • Ian Harnarine, filmmaker
    • Ian Hanomansing, broadcast journalist
    • Nissae Isen, voice actress
    • Tajja Isen, voice actress
    • Selwyn Jacob, filmmaker and producer
    • Clark Johnson, actor and director
    • Taborah Johnson, actress and singer
    • Dean Marshall, actor
    • Brandon Jay McLaren, actor
    • Nathan Mitchell, actor
    • Omari Newton, actor
    • Shailyn Pierre-Dixon, actress
    • Claire Prieto, filmmaker and producer
    • RT!, music video director
    • Frances-Anne Solomon, filmmaker and producer
    • Director X, music video director

    Musicians

    Politicians

    Writers

    • Andre Alexis, novelist
    • Neil Bissoondath, novelist and television host
    • Shane Book, poet
    • David Chariandy, novelist
    • Ramabai Espinet, novelist and poet
    • Cecil Gray, poet
    • Rabindranath Maharaj, novelist
    • Shani Mootoo, writer and visual artist
    • Liselle Sambury, novelist
    • Tasha Spillett-Sumner, graphic novelist

    Other

    • Stephen Blizzard, veterinarian, flight surgeon, military official, and first surgical resident at the National Defence Medical Centre
    • Joe Fortes, first official lifeguard in the City of Vancouver
    • Ahmad Ghany, accused terrorism suspect
    • Tina Pereira, ballet dancer
    • Bruce Poon Tip, entrepreneur

    See also

    • Canada–Trinidad and Tobago relations
    • Caribbean Canadians

    References

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    2. ^ "Immigrant population by place of birth, period of immigration, 2021 counts, both sexes, age (total), Canada, 2021 Census – 25% Sample data". Canada 2021 Census. Statistics Canada. 2019-02-20. Retrieved 30 January 2020.
    3. ^ Encyclopedia of North American Immigration.
    4. ^ "Ethnic Origin, both sexes, age (total), Ontario, 2016 Census – 25% Sample data". Canada 2016 Census. Statistics Canada. 25 October 2017. Retrieved 30 January 2020.
    5. ^ "Ethnic Origin, both sexes, age (total), Quebec, 2016 Census – 25% Sample data". Canada 2016 Census. Statistics Canada. 25 October 2017. Retrieved 30 January 2020.
    6. ^ "Ethnic Origin, both sexes, age (total), Alberta, 2016 Census – 25% Sample data". Canada 2016 Census. Statistics Canada. 25 October 2017. Retrieved 30 January 2020.
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    8. ^ "Ethnic Origin, both sexes, age (total), Manitoba, 2016 Census – 25% Sample data". Canada 2016 Census. Statistics Canada. 25 October 2017. Retrieved 30 January 2020.
    9. ^ "Ethnic Origin, both sexes, age (total), Saskatchewan, 2016 Census – 25% Sample data". Canada 2016 Census. Statistics Canada. 25 October 2017. Retrieved 30 January 2020.
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    11. ^ "Ethnic Origin, both sexes, age (total), New Brunswick, 2016 Census – 25% Sample data". Canada 2016 Census. Statistics Canada. 25 October 2017. Retrieved 30 January 2020.
    12. ^ "Ethnic Origin, both sexes, age (total), Newfoundland and Labrador, 2016 Census – 25% Sample data". Canada 2016 Census. Statistics Canada. 25 October 2017. Retrieved 30 January 2020.
    13. ^ "Ethnic Origin, both sexes, age (total), Northwest Territories, 2016 Census – 25% Sample data". Canada 2016 Census. Statistics Canada. 25 October 2017. Retrieved 30 January 2020.
    14. ^ "Ethnic Origin, both sexes, age (total), Prince Edward Island, 2016 Census – 25% Sample data". Canada 2016 Census. Statistics Canada. 25 October 2017. Retrieved 30 January 2020.
    15. ^ "Ethnic Origin, both sexes, age (total), Yukon, 2016 Census – 25% Sample data". Canada 2016 Census. Statistics Canada. 25 October 2017. Retrieved 30 January 2020.
    16. ^ "Ethnic Origin, both sexes, age (total), Nunavut, 2016 Census – 25% Sample data". Canada 2016 Census. Statistics Canada. 25 October 2017. Retrieved 30 January 2020.
    17. ^ "2016 National Household Survey: Data tables". 8 May 2013. Retrieved 18 March 2015.
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