List of Black Canadians
This is a list of notable Black Canadians, inclusive of multiracial people who are of partially Black African descent. == A == Elamin Abdelmahmoud, CBC Radio host Wayne Adams, first Black MLA in Nova Scotia, Liberal Lovell Adams-Gray, actor Oluniké Adeliyi, actress Alfons Adetuyi, film director and producer Robert Adetuyi, film director and screenwriter Randell Adjei, poet Ohenewa Akuffo, wrestler AHI, singer-songwriter Zanana Akande, former Ontario Member of Provincial Parliament and cabinet minister Philip Akin, director Dana Alexander, stand-up comedian Lincoln Alexander, first Black Member of Parliament in Canada, former lieutenant governor of Ontario Toya Alexis, R&B/pop singer and Canadian Idol season 1 finalist Aisha Alfa, actress and comedian Ismaila Alfa, radio host Thom Allison, actor Jean Alfred, first Black Canadian member of the National Assembly of Quebec Lillian Allen, dub poet Archie Alleyne, jazz musician a l l i e, R&B singer David Amber, sportscaster Kanika Ambrose, playwright Kimora Amour, drag entertainer Ammoye, reggae singer Prince Amponsah, actor Aba Amuquandoh, comedian Anastarzia Anaquway, drag entertainer Ezzrett Anderson, CFL player Granville Anderson, politician "Hollywood Jade" Anderson, dancer and choreographer 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 Vincent Anioke, writer Joel Anthony, NBA basketball player with the Detroit Pistons Tafari Anthony, rhythm and blues singer Trey Anthony, playwright (Da Kink in My Hair) Aphrose, soul/R&B singer Océane Aqua-Black, drag entertainer Aqyila, rhythm and blues singer Ardn, rapper Faith Arkorful, poet Bromley Armstrong, community activist Christine Armstrong, film editor Tré Armstrong, actress and choreographer Uzoma Asagwara, politician Brandon Ash-Mohammed, stand-up comedian 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 Edem Awumey, writer Malcolm Azania, writer and activist == B == B-Kool, rapper Clark Backo, actress Njacko Backo, musician Backxwash, rapper Britta Badour, poet Valérie Bah, writer and filmmaker 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 100 m sprint (1996 Atlanta) Maxine Bailey, executive director of the Canadian Film Centre Andrea Bain, journalist and talk show host (The Goods, The Social) Malia Baker, Botswanan-born actress James Baley, musician and dancer Tynomi Banks, drag entertainer Barbada de Barbades, drag entertainer 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 Quinton Barnes, R&B/electronica singer Alexis Baro, jazz and rhythm and blues trumpeter RJ Barrett, NBA player with the Toronto Raptors Rowan Barrett, former professional basketball player Daniel Bartholomew-Poyser, conductor 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 Maya Annik Bedward, filmmaker 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 Zahra Bentham, actress Wanda Thomas Bernard, social worker, educator, senator Rima Berns-McGown, politician Lisa Berry, actress Ardon Bess, actor (Trailer Park Boys, King of Kensington) Carrie Best, activist and humanitarian, first black journalist 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 Bertrand Bickersteth, writer Charlie Biddle (Sr.), bassist 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 Boslen, rapper Cory Bowles, actor (Trailer Park Boys) Jeffrey Bowyer-Chapman, actor George Boyd, playwright D. M. Bradford, poet Lawrence Ytzhak Braithwaite, dub poet and novelist Dionne Brand, author Fred Brathwaite, NHL goalie Leonard Braithwaite, politician Rella Braithwaite, historian and journalist Wendy Motion Brathwaite, writer and musician Alma Faye Brooks, disco, soul and R&B singer 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 Khalilah Brooks, actress and children's educator Aisha Brown, actress and comedian 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, journalistic Matthew Bullock, fugitive from the US who became a cause celebre in the 1920s Millicent Burgess, educator Nate Burleson, NFL player Tajon Buchanan, soccer player Sharon Burey, senator == C == Dayana Cadeau, professional bodybuilder Cadence Weapon, rapper Madwa-Nika Cadet, politician Daniel Caesar, R&B and soul singer Celina Caesar-Chavannes, politician Shawna Cain, Christian R&B singer Morgan Campbell, sportswriter and memoirist Herb Carnegie, star of Quebec professional hockey league Anson Carter, NHL star Rubin Carter, former boxer and activist Jazz Cartier, rapper Demo Cates, musician 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 Karen Chapman, film and television director David Chariandy, writer Gregory Charles, pop and gospel singer Miryam Charles, filmmaker Nuela Charles, singer Tanika Charles, soul and rhythm and blues singer Ajahnis Charley, comedian and television writer Charmaine, rapper 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 Ify Chiwetelu, CBC Radio host Choclair, rapper Rae Dawn Chong, actress (The Color Purple) Jillian Christmas, poet 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 Eleanor Collins, Canadian Jazz Singer, Television Host and Civic Leader.