Elijah McCoy was a pioneering Black Canadian‑American mechanical engineer and inventor whose automatic lubricator transformed steam power and...
Josiah Henson, was a spiritual leader, author and founder of the Black community settlement at Dawn in Ontario,...
In 1734, Marie-Joseph Angélique was accused of setting a fire that destroyed the city’s merchants’ quarter in Montreal. Authorities claimed that Angélique started the blaze in an attempt to escape captivity....
In 1628, the first Black person known to have lived in Canada was a native of Madagascar. He...
Jeremiah “Jerry” Alvin Jones (March 30, 1858 – November 23, 1950) was an African Canadian soldier who served...
Chloe Cooley was a young enslaved Black woman in Canada during the late 1700s. On March 14, 1793 she was sold against her will, back into the Maafa (Atlantic slavery) in...
Rose Fortune (March 13, 1774-February 20, 1864), a Black Loyalist originally from the US, is best-known for her...
Mary Ann Shadd, was the first Black woman in North America to publish a newspaper and the first...
John Armstrong Howard was the first Black Olympic athlete from Canada, competing in the 1912 Summer Olympics. The Winnipeg-raised First World War veteran dominated Canadian sprinting from 1912 to 1915. Howard...
Harry Jerome was one of the fastest men in the world for nearly a decade. He equaled and...
David Downey, born in Halifax, Nova Scotia is an all-around athlete in softball, basketball, volleyball, baseball, track, and...
John Ware lived in what we may consider the golden age of the ranching frontier and achieved heroic status for his impressive physical strength, remarkable horsemanship, good nature and courage. Ware...
Meserette Kentake, founder of Kentake Page, was born and raised in Kingston, Jamaica, and is of Yoruba descent (mtDNA). Now based in London, she holds a BSc in Counselling Psychology but is most passionate about…
