Editing Black people (section)

===Canada===
{{Main|Black Canadians}}
"Black Canadians" is a designation used for people of black African ancestry who are citizens or permanent residents of [[Canada]].<ref>{{cite book |last = Harrison |first = Faye Venetia|author-link1=Faye Harrison |year =2005 |title =Resisting racism and xenophobia : global perspectives on race, gender, and human rights |url =https://books.google.com/books?id=-mHGl5HnEBIC&q=Resisting%20racism%20and%20xenophobia%3A%20global%20perspectives%20on%20race&pg=PA180 |publisher=AltaMira Press |isbn=978-0-7591-0482-2|page=180 }}</ref><ref name="Encyclopedia of Canada's Peoples">{{cite book |last = Magocsi |first = Paul Robert |year =1999 |title =Encyclopedia of Canada's Peoples  |url =https://books.google.com/books?id=dbUuX0mnvQMC&q=Encyclopedia%20of%20Canada%27s%20Peoples&pg=PA139 |publisher=University of Toronto Press, Scholarly Publishing Division |isbn=978-0-8020-2938-6}}</ref> The majority of black Canadians are of [[Caribbean]] origin, though the population also consists of [[African American]] immigrants and their descendants (including [[black Nova Scotians]]), as well as many [[Africa]]n immigrants.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2006/dp-pd/tbt/Rp-eng.cfm?A=R&APATH=3&D1=0&D2=0&D3=0&D4=0&D5=0&D6=0&DETAIL=0&DIM=0&FL=A&FREE=0&GC=01&GID=837928&GK=1&GRP=1&LANG=E&O=D&PID=92333&PRID=0&PTYPE=88971%2C97154&S=0&SHOWALL=0&SUB=0&TABID=1&THEME=80&Temporal=2006&VID=0&VNAMEE=&VNAMEF=|title=2006 Census of Canada – Ethnic Origin}}</ref><ref name=canada>{{cite web|url=http://www.statcan.gc.ca/studies-etudes/11-008/feature-caracteristique/5018918-eng.pdf |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20221009/http://www.statcan.gc.ca/studies-etudes/11-008/feature-caracteristique/5018918-eng.pdf |archive-date=2022-10-09 |url-status=live |title=Blacks in Canada: A long history |access-date=2014-05-11}}</ref>

Black Canadians often draw a distinction between those of [[Afro-Caribbean]] ancestry and those of other African roots. The term ''African Canadian'' is occasionally used by some black Canadians who trace their heritage to the first slaves brought by British and French colonists to the North American mainland.<ref name="Encyclopedia of Canada's Peoples"/> Promised freedom by the British during the [[American Revolutionary War]], thousands of [[Black Loyalists]] were resettled by the Crown in Canada afterward, such as [[Thomas Peters (revolutionary)|Thomas Peters]]. In addition, an estimated ten to thirty thousand [[Fugitive slaves in the United States|fugitive slaves]] reached freedom in Canada from the [[Southern United States]] during the Antebellum years, aided by people along the Underground Railroad.

Many black people of Caribbean origin in Canada reject the term "African Canadian" as an elision of the uniquely Caribbean aspects of their heritage,<ref name=walcott>[[Rinaldo Walcott]], ''Black Like Who?: Writing Black Canada''. 2003, [[Insomniac Press]]. {{ISBN|1-894663-40-3}}.</ref> and instead identify as ''Caribbean Canadian''.<ref name=walcott/> Unlike in the United States, where "African American" has become a widely used term, in Canada controversies associated with distinguishing African or Caribbean heritage have resulted in the term "black Canadian" being widely accepted there.<ref name=pruegger>"As for terminology, in Canada, it is still appropriate to say Black Canadians." Valerie Pruegger, "Black History Month". ''Culture and Community Spirit'', Government of Alberta.</ref>