African-Canadian

noun

1. a Canadian of African descent

adjective

1. of or relating to Canadians of African descent

Example Sentences

Lemay was born into hardship in Toronto, with roots in African-Canadian culture and among the Mi’kmaq peoples of Canada’s East Coast.

From New York Times

Russell Martin, one of the few black major league catchers in recent years, is an African-Canadian from Montreal.

From Los Angeles Times

Slavery’s importance in forging the fortunes of the Lee family has gained greater attention through the work of Elise Harding-Davis, 70, a prominent African-Canadian historian who says that she, too, is a relative of Lee’s.

From New York Times

Mr. Douglas was born in Vancouver — his father was a neurologist, and his mother an administrator — and as an African-Canadian in a city with a tiny black population, he came to an early awareness of the complex and sometimes insidious interplay of race, culture and power.

From New York Times

But I also want to see what it’s like to be a young Native person, African-American, African-Canadian.

From Time