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Notable figures

Picture	Name	Description	To do on English Wikipedia	To do on French Wikipedia	References	Remarks
	Vera Cudjoe	Trinidadian-Canadian actress, producer and educator, founder of the Black Theatre of Canada		Article to be created
	Mary E. Bibb	First female black journalist in Canada, person of national historic significance		Article to be created
	Kay Livingstone	Social activist, actor and broadcaster, feminist and activist for blacks rights, person of national historic significance		Article to be created
	Chloe Cooley	Young black woman held as a slave in Upper Canada whose owner forced her into a board to sell her in 1793 in the United States, the incident is believed to have led to the passage of the Act Against Slavery in 1793 in Upper Canada, person of national historic significance		Article to be created
	Lincoln Alexander	First Black Canadian elected as Member of Parliament		Stub to improve
	Albert Jackson	First Black Canadian mail carrier in Toronto		Article to be created
	Rose Fortune	Born from slave parents fleeing from the United States, first woman to be a police officer in North America, person of national historic significance		Article to be created
	Mifflin Wistar Gibbs	First Black person elected to a public office in British Columbia		Article to be created
	Abraham Beverley Walker	First Black person to be a lawyer in New Brunswick and the second Black person to be a lawyer in Canada, the first Canadian-born black person to be a lawyer in Canada		Article to be created
	William Hall	First Black person, first Nova Scotian and third Canadian to receive the Victoria Cross		Stub to improve
	Josiah Henson	Founded a colony and a school in Upper Canada for slaves fleeing from the United States, person of national historic significance		Stub to improve
	William A. White	First Black person to be commissioned as an officer in the British Army, and the only black person to be a chaplain in the British Army during World War I		Article to be created
	Richard Preston	Religious leader and abolitionist, escaped slavery from the United States to Nova Scotia, leader of the African Nova Scotian community, founder of a Bapstist Church and abolitionist organizations, person of national historic significance		Article to be created
	Larry Gains	Boxer, champion in Canada in the British Empire, could not be world champion because Black people were banned from this title, person of national historic significance		Article to be created
	Abraham D. Shadd	African-American abolitionist and civil rights activist who emigrated to Ontario, one of Canada's first Black elected officials		Article to be created
	Abner Hunt Francis	African-American abolitionist and entrepreneur, the first Black lawmaker in British Columbia		Article to be created
	Burr Plato	African-American born into slavery in the United States, escaped to Canada, elected city councillor of Niagara Falls, Ontario	Stub to improve	Article to be created
	William Peyton Hubbard	Member of the city council of Toronto		Article to be created
	Bill White	First Black person to run for federal office in Canada		Article to be created
	James W. Douglas	First Black person elected to a provincial legislature in Canada	Stub to improve	Article to be created
	Virnetta Anderson	First Black woman elected to a municipal council in Canada		Article to be created
	Leonard Braithwaite	First Black person elected to the Legislative Assembly of Ontario		Article to be created
	George Rogers	First Black person elected to the Legislative Assembly of Alberta	Add references	Article to be created
	Kettly Beauregard	First Black person to be a city councillor in Montreal		Article to be created
	Wayne Adams	First Black person elected to the Legislative Assembly of Nova Scotia		Article to be created
	Yvonne Atwell	First Black woman elected to the Legislative Assembly of Nova Scotia	Add references	Article to be created
	Emery Barnes	Professional football player and politician, speaker of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia from 1993 to 1996		Article to be created
	Firmin Monestime	First Black mayor in Canada		Stub to improve
	Daurene Lewis	First Black female mayor in Canada	Add references
	Howard McCurdy	Civil rights activist, politician and university professor		Article to be created
	Ovid Jackson	Politician	Stub to improve	Article to be created
	Gordon Earle	Politician		Article to be created
	Leslyn Lewis	Politician		Article to be created
	Donald Oliver	Politician		Article to be created
	Calvin Ruck	Anti-racism activist and senator	Add references	Article to be created
	Lindsay Blackett	Politician from Alberta	Add references	Article to be created
	Kaycee Madu	Politician from Alberta		Article to be created
	Audrey Gordon	Politician from British Columbia		Article to be created
	Jamie Moses	Politician from British Columbia		Article to be created
	Percy Paris	Politician from Nova Scotia		Article to be created
	Suzy Hansen	Politician from Nova Scotia	Stub to improve	Stub to improve
	Angela Simmonds	Politician from Nova Scotia		Stub to improve
	Mary Anne Chambers	Politician from Ontario		Article to be created
	Margarett Best	Politician from Ontario	Needs improvement
	Michael Coteau	Politician from Ontario		Article to be created
	Granville Anderson	Politician from Ontario		Article to be created
	Jill Andrew	Politician from Ontario		Article to be created
	Faisal Hassan	Politician from Ontario		Article to be created
	Belinda Karahalios	Politician from Ontario		Article to be created
	Laura Mae Lindo	Politician from Ontario		Article to be created
	Kevin Yarde	Politician from Ontario		Article to be created
	Patrice Barnes	Politician from Ontario	Stub to improve	Article to be created
	David Smith	Politician from Ontario	Stub to improve	Article to be created
	Charmaine Williams	Politician from Ontario	Stub to improve	Article to be created
	Gord McNeilly	Politician from Prince Edward Island	Stub to improve	Article to be created
	Lionel Carmant	Politician from Quebec	Stub to improve
	Nadine Girault	Politician from Quebec	Stub to improve	Stub to improve
	Samuel Poulin	Politician from Quebec	Stub to improve	Add references
	Melyssa Ford	Actress		Stub to improve
	Dorothy A. Atabong	Actress	Needs improvement	Article to be created
	Clark Backo	Actress	Stub to improve	Article to be created
	Jully Black	Singer and actress	Add references	Article to be created
	Divine Brown	Singer and theatre performer	Add references	Article to be created
	Fabienne Colas	Singer and theatre performer	Add references
	Aaryn Doyle	Actress		Stub to improve
	Laurieann Gibson	Choregrapher, actress, singer and dancer	Add references
	Gabrielle Graham	Actress	Stub to improve	Article to be created
	Tattiawna Jones	Actress	Stub to improve, and add references	Article to be created
	Hayley Law	Actress and singer	Stub to improve, and add references	Stub to improve, and add references
	Sharon Lewis	Television personality and film director		Article to be created
	Rachel Luttrell	Actress	Add references
	Barbara Mamabolo	Actress and singer	Add references	Article to be created
	Oyin Oladejo	Actress		Article to be created
	Ngozi Paul	Actress	Add references	Article to be created
	Shailyn Pierre-Dixon	Actress		Article to be created
	Shakura S'Aida	Singer and actress	Add references	Article to be created
	Tonya Williams	Actress		Stub to improve
	d'bi Young	Jamaican-Canadian actress	Add references	Article to be created
	Amina Gerba	Businesswoman and senator		Add references
	Jennifer Holness	Television and film director, producer and screenwriter		Add references
	LaToya Forever	YouTube personality and author		Article to be created
	Stella Meghie	Film director, producer and screenwriter		Add references
	Traci Melchor	Television personality		Article to be created
	Amanda Parris	Broadcaster and writer		Article to be created
	Juliette Powell	Model, television host, producer and author, Miss Canada 1989, the first Black Canadian to win this title		Article to be created
	Zalika Reid-Benta	Writer		Article to be created
	Marie Marguerite Rose	Canadian entrepreneur and key figure in the initial phase of Black slavery in Canada		Article to be created
	Tanisha Scott	Choreographer		Article to be created
	Dainty Smith	Actor, playwright and burlesque performer		Article to be created
	Emma Stark	First Black Canadian teacher in Vancouver Island		Article to be created
	Stephanie Biddle	Jazz singer and actress		Article to be created
	Liberty Silver	Singer		Article to be created
	Measha Brueggergosman	Singer	Add references	Stub to improve
	Tanika Charles	Singer		Article to be created
	Melanie Fiona	Singer		Stub to improve
	Ketsia	Singer		Article to be created
	Allison Russell	Singer, musician and activist		Article to be created
	Dione Taylor	Singer	Add references	Article to be created
	Malika Tirolien	Singer		Article to be created
	Kreesha Turner	Singer		Article to be created
	Natassha McDonald	Sprinter	Stub to improve	Stub to improve
	Kerri-Ann Mitchell	Sprinter	Stub to improve	Article to be created
	Marita Payne	Athlete		Stub to improve
	Kalyna Roberge	Speed skater	Stub to improve	Stub to improve
	Cynthia Appiah	Bobsledder		Article to be created
	Marjorie Bailey	Sprinter		Article to be created
	Tabia Charles	Athlete	Stub to improve	Stub to improve
	Chanice Chase-Taylor	Athlete	Stub to improve	Article to be created
	Nikkita Holder	Athlete		Stub to improve
	Kimberly Hyacinthe	Athlete	Stub to improve	Stub to improve
	Mishael Morgan	Actress	Add references	Article to be created
	Yolette Lévy	Politician and activist	Article to be created
	Sophia Walker	Actress	Article to be created	Stub to improve
	Onye Nnorom	Physician		Article to be created	The Canadian Encyclopedia
	George Godfrey	Boxer		Article to be created	Dictionary of Canadian Biography

Other topics related to Black communities in Canada

Picture	Name	Description	To do on English Wikipedia	To do on French Wikipedia	References	Remarks
	The Bog, Charlottetown	Former neighbourhood in Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island settled in the early 19th century by Black slaves	Stub to improve	Article to be created	The Canadian Encyclopedia
	Congress of Black Women of Canada	Non-profit organization		Article to be created
	Wilberforce Colony	Colonly established in 1929 by African American citizens, near present-day London, Ontario		Article to be created