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662,200 number of blacks in Canada
45 percentage of blacks born in Canada (second only to Japanese among visible minority groups)
10 percentage of blacks that are at least third-generation Canadian
48 percentage of recent black immigrants from Africa (primarily from Somalia, Ghana and Ethiopia)
47 percentage of recent black immigrants from the Caribbean, Central and South America
35 percentage of total black immigration that has come from Jamaica since the 60s
31 percentage increase in black population in Canada since 1991 (while the general population in Canada increased by 10 percent)
30 percentage of blacks in Canada under age 15
5 percentage of blacks in Canada over age 65
32 percentage of blacks under 15 who say they’ve experienced discrimination
46 percentage of blacks under 14 who live in single-parent homes
$29,300 average annual income of blacks in Canada
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