Black Canadians
Demographics and Census issues
At times, it has been claimed that Black Canadians have been significantly undercounted in census data. Writer George Elliott Clarke has cited a McGill University study which found that fully 43 per cent of all Black Canadians were not counted as black in the 1991 Canadian census, because they had identified on census forms as British, French or other cultural identities which were not included in the census group of Black cultures.

Black Canadians

Section Title: Demographics and Census issues
Table Section Text: At times, it has been claimed that Black Canadians have been significantly undercounted in census data. Writer George Elliott Clarke has cited a McGill University study which found that fully 43 per cent of all Black Canadians were not counted as black in the 1991 Canadian census, because they had identified on census forms as British, French or other cultural identities which were not included in the census group of Black cultures.

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±%

1871	21,500	—

1881	21,400	−0.5%

1901	17,500	−18.2%

1911	16,900	−3.4%

1921	18,300	+8.3%

1931	19,500	+6.6%

1941	22,200	+13.8%

1951	18,000	−18.9%

1961	32,100	+78.3%

1971	34,400	+7.2%

1981	239,500	+596.2%

1991	504,300	+110.6%

2001	662,200	+31.3%

2011	945,665	+42.8%

2016	1,198,540	+26.7%

Census data

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In the 2016 Census, the black population totalled 1,198,540.

final_sentence: In the 2016 Census, the black population totalled 1,198,540.