Question Period Note: Anti-Black Racism

Anti-Black Racism

Anti-Black racism has a four-hundred-year history in Canada, and the Government recognizes and reaffirms that systemic anti-Black racism is an unacceptable reality in Canadian society.

Black Canadians remain one of the groups most affected by systemic racism and unconscious bias. Black Canadians are far more likely than non-racialized Canadians to be unemployed (12.5% compared to 7.3% in 2016); have a significantly lower median income than non-racialized Canadians across all generations ($35,580 compared to $48,966 in 2016); are more likely to be targeted by hate crimes than any other racial or ethnic group (38% of all hate crimes targeting race or ethnicity in 2019); and, despite being 3.5% of the Canadian population, represent 7% of federal offenders.

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