Haïtian Canadians
Encyclopedia
Citizens from the Francophone
Caribbean island nation of Haiti
began immigrating to Canada
in the 1960s, settling predominantly in Montreal
and other parts of Quebec
. Though their reasons for leaving Haiti were manifold, their choice to settle in Quebec is mainly due to their fluency in French. The Canada 2006 Census
showed a total population of 102,430 Haitian-Canadians residing in Canada. Of this total, 90,135 (88%) resided in Quebec.
Francophone
The adjective francophone means French-speaking, typically as primary language, whether referring to individuals, groups, or places. Often, the word is used as a noun to describe a natively French-speaking person....
Caribbean island nation of Haiti
Haiti
Haiti , officially the Republic of Haiti , is a Caribbean country. It occupies the western, smaller portion of the island of Hispaniola, in the Greater Antillean archipelago, which it shares with the Dominican Republic. Ayiti was the indigenous Taíno or Amerindian name for the island...
began immigrating to Canada
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
in the 1960s, settling predominantly in Montreal
Montreal
Montreal is a city in Canada. It is the largest city in the province of Quebec, the second-largest city in Canada and the seventh largest in North America...
and other parts of Quebec
Quebec
Quebec or is a province in east-central Canada. It is the only Canadian province with a predominantly French-speaking population and the only one whose sole official language is French at the provincial level....
. Though their reasons for leaving Haiti were manifold, their choice to settle in Quebec is mainly due to their fluency in French. The Canada 2006 Census
Canada 2006 Census
The Canada 2006 Census was a detailed enumeration of the Canadian population. Census day was May 16, 2006. The next census following will be the 2011 Census. Canada's total population enumerated by the 2006 census was 31,612,897...
showed a total population of 102,430 Haitian-Canadians residing in Canada. Of this total, 90,135 (88%) resided in Quebec.
Film and television
- Jephté BastienJephté BastienJephté Bastien is a Canadian film director. His debut film, Sortie 67, won the Claude Jutra Award for best feature film by a first-time film director at the 31st Genie Awards in 2011.Born in Haiti, Bastien is based in Montreal.-References:...
- film director - Anthony KavanaghAnthony KavanaghAnthony KAVANAGH is a Canadian stand up comedian, actor, singer, tv host. After a successful career on the francophone stand-up scene in Quebec, he became a major star in France, where he is now a popular television host.- Early life :Anthony Kavanagh was born to Haitian parents on September 26,...
- comedian - Jessica LucasJessica LucasJessica Lucas is a Canadian actress. She is perhaps best known for her roles in Melrose Place, She's the Man and Cloverfield.-Early life:...
- actress - PanouPanouPanou is a Canadian actor.His birth-name translates to 'God Among Us' in his native Creole. He is 5'11". His first feature film was Trial of a Serial Killer in 1997; he has since had roles in such film projects as Steal This Movie! , the independent feature Fizzy Bizness, and the feature film The...
- actor
Music
- Marc-AntoineMarc-Antoine (singer)Marc-Antoine Jr is a Canadian singer of Haitian origin.Marc-Antoine was a musical talent from young age impersonating Michael Jackson. His parents were fans of various types of music...
- singer - Régine ChassagneRégine ChassagneRégine Chassagne is a Canadian multi-instrumentalist musician and singer, and a founding member of the band Arcade Fire. She is married to co-founder Win Butler.-Life and career:...
- musician, (group Arcade Fire ) - Pierre GagePierre GagePierre Gage , known by his last name Gage, is a Francophone Canadian singer/songwriter of Jamaican and Haitian ancestry.- Biography :...
- singer-songwriter - Roi HeenokRoi HeenokHeenok Beauséjour , better known by his stage name Roi Heenok is a Canadian rapper of Haitian descent, from Montreal, Quebec....
- rapper - ImpossImpossS. Rimsky Salgado known by his stage name Imposs is a Canadian rapper of Haitian origin based in Quebec. Before becoming a solo artist, he was part of Muzion, one of the well-known hip hop bands of Quebec. He has collaborated on many occasions with Wyclef Jean during Muzion days and as a solo...
- rapper - DL IncognitoDL IncognitoOliver Nestor, better known as DL Incognito is an underground Canadian hip hop producer and rapper from Ottawa, Ontario who started his career in 1998. The name 'DL Incognito' means Deliverying Lyrics on the Low. His 2004 album, Life's a Collection of Experiences, received a 2005 Juno nomination...
- rapper - Olivier JardaOlivier JardaOlivier Jarda is a Canadian pop music singer-songwriter. Born in Ottawa, Ontario to Haitian immigrants, he grew up mainly in Moncton, New Brunswick...
- singer-songwriter - Mélissa LaveauxMélissa LaveauxMélissa Laveaux is an Ottawa musician of Haitian descent signed to No Format! records...
- musician - Luck MervilLuck MervilLuck Mervil is a Haitian-Canadian actor and singer-songwriter. He is known for his belief in Quebec independence, and was named Patriot of the Year by the Saint-Jean-Baptiste Society in 2005....
- Quebec-based rock singer - MuzionMuzionMuzion is a rap group based in Quebec, Canada made up of rap artists of Haitian origin. Members of the band came from Villeray–Saint-Michel–Parc-Extension in Montreal. The band is made up of Dramatik, Imposs and his sister J-Kyll...
- rap group
Politicians
- Jean AlfredJean AlfredJean Alfred, PH.D is a former politician in Quebec, Canada. He was a member of the National Assembly of Quebec as a member of the Parti Québécois from 1976 to 1981....
- former Quebec-based politician - Ulrick ChérubinUlrick ChérubinUlrick Chérubin is a Haitian-born politician, who has served as mayor of Amos, Quebec since 2002. He is one of the first Black Canadians to be elected a mayor in Quebec...
- mayor of AmosAmos, QuebecAmos is a ville in northwestern Quebec, Canada, on the Harricana River. It is the seat of Abitibi Regional County Municipality.Amos is the main city on the Harricana River, and the smallest of the three primary cities — after Rouyn-Noranda and Val-d'Or — in the Abitibi-Témiscamingue region of Quebec...
, QuebecQuebecQuebec or is a province in east-central Canada. It is the only Canadian province with a predominantly French-speaking population and the only one whose sole official language is French at the provincial level.... - Michaëlle JeanMichaëlle JeanMichaëlle Jean is a Canadian journalist and stateswoman who served as Governor General of Canada, the 27th since Canadian Confederation, from 2005 to 2010....
- journalist and Canada's first blackBlack Canadian'Black Canadians is a designation used for people of Black African descent, who are citizens or permanent residents of Canada. The term specifically refers to Canadians with Sub-Saharan African ancestry. The majority of Black Canadians are of Caribbean origin...
Governor GeneralGovernor General of CanadaThe Governor General of Canada is the federal viceregal representative of the Canadian monarch, Queen Elizabeth II... - Firmin MonestimeFirmin MonestimeDr. Saint-Firmin Monestime was a Haitian-Canadian politician and medical doctor, who was the first Black Canadian ever elected mayor of a Canadian municipality....
- mayor of MattawaMattawa, OntarioMattawa is a town in northeastern Ontario, Canada, at the confluence of the Mattawa and Ottawa Rivers in Nipissing District. Mattawa means "Meeting of the Waters" in Ojibwa...
, OntarioOntarioOntario is a province of Canada, located in east-central Canada. It is Canada's most populous province and second largest in total area. It is home to the nation's most populous city, Toronto, and the nation's capital, Ottawa....
and the first elected black mayor in Canada
Sports
- Joachim AlcineJoachim AlcineJoachim Alcine is a Haitian-Canadian professional boxer fighting out of Montreal, Quebec, where he now resides.-Pro career:...
- professional boxer - Wyn BelotteWyn BelotteWyn Belotte is a Canadian football player. He last played professionally for the Toronto Lynx in the USL First Division.-Career:...
- Canadian football player - Marc CalixteMarc CalixteMarc Calixte is a Canadian football linebacker for the Calgary Stampeders of the Canadian Football League. He was drafted with the seventh overall pick in the 2003 CFL Draft by the Calgary Stampeders. He played college football at Tennessee-Martin. Marc is of Haitian descent.-External links:*...
- Canadian footballCanadian footballCanadian football is a form of gridiron football played exclusively in Canada in which two teams of 12 players each compete for territorial control of a field of play long and wide attempting to advance a pointed prolate spheroid ball into the opposing team's scoring area...
player - Obed CétouteObed CétouteObed Cétoute is a Canadian football wide receiver for the Saskatchewan Roughriders of the Canadian Football League. He was drafted in the fourth round with the 31st pick in the 2006 CFL Draft by the Toronto Argonauts and signed with the team on May 27, 2007. He played college football at Central...
- Canadian football player - Antoine CraanAntoine CraanM. Antoine Craan was a Haitian-Canadian soccer player and one of the first black professional soccer players in Quebec province.-Life:Antoine Craan was born in Port-au-Prince and in 1955 moved to Montreal to play soccer for Le Tricolore de Montréal. Craan was one of the first two black players to...
- professional soccer player - Samuel DalembertSamuel DalembertSamuel Davis Dalembert is a Haitian Canadian professional basketball player who most recently played center for the NBA's Sacramento Kings. Dalembert began playing in Montreal, Quebec and played college basketball at Seton Hall University in New Jersey, United States...
- professional basketball player for the Sacramento KingsSacramento KingsThe Sacramento Kings are a professional basketball team based in Sacramento, California, United States. They are currently members of the Western Conference of the National Basketball Association... - Edrick FlorealEdrick FlorealEdrick Floreal is a retired long and triple jumper from Canada. He represented Canada at two consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 1988...
- Olympic long and triple jumper - Maxime FortunusMaxime FortunusMaxime Fortunus is a Canadian professional ice hockey defenceman for the Dallas Stars of the National Hockey League. Fortunus is one of the only professional hockey players in North America of Haitian descent...
- professional ice hockey player - Yves JabouinYves JabouinYves Jabouin is a Haitian-Canadian mixed martial artist who currently competes in the bantamweight division of the UFC.-Mixed martial arts career:...
- Mixed martial artsMixed martial artsMixed Martial Arts is a full contact combat sport that allows the use of both striking and grappling techniques, both standing and on the ground, including boxing, wrestling, Brazilian jiu-jitsu, muay Thai, kickboxing, karate, judo and other styles. The roots of modern mixed martial arts can be...
fighter - Georges LaraqueGeorges LaraqueGeorges Laraque is a retired Canadian professional ice hockey forward, who last played with the Montreal Canadiens before his contract was bought out in 2010. He is also a host for CFRN and deputy leader of the Green Party of Canada. During his NHL career he played for the Edmonton Oilers,...
- former professional hockey player - David LoiseauDavid LoiseauDavid Loiseau is a Canadian mixed martial artist from Montreal, Quebec. He has fought in the Ultimate Fighting Championship, EliteXC, and TKO Major League MMA and is the former TKO Middleweight Champion. He was the first French Canadian to fight in the Ultimate Fighting Championship...
- Mixed martial artsMixed martial artsMixed Martial Arts is a full contact combat sport that allows the use of both striking and grappling techniques, both standing and on the ground, including boxing, wrestling, Brazilian jiu-jitsu, muay Thai, kickboxing, karate, judo and other styles. The roots of modern mixed martial arts can be...
fighter - Jean PascalJean PascalJean-Thenistor Pascal is a Canadian professional boxer. He is the former WBC, IBO and Ring magazine light heavyweight champion of the world.-Early life:...
- professional boxer - Bruny SurinBruny SurinBruny Surin is a Canadian athlete, winner of a gold medal in the 4x100 m relay at the 1996 Summer Olympics. In 2008 he was inducted into Canada's Sports Hall of Fame as part of the 1996 Summer Olympics 4x100 relay team.-Career:...
- Olympic sprinter
See also
- Canadians
- Haitian immigration to the United States and CanadaHaitian immigration to the United States and CanadaMillions of Haitians live abroad, chiefly in North America: the Dominican Republic, United States, Cuba, Mexico , Canada and Bahamas...
- List of Haitians
- List of Haitian Americans