The first Black woman mayor in North America, elected in Annapolis Royal, Nova Scotia in 1984, was .

The first Canadian sailor and first Black person to receive the Victoria Cross for bravery in 1859 was .

In 1784, , Nova Scotia was the largest town of free Black people outside of Africa.

In 1780, moved to the Niagara area and became one of the first Loyalist settlers. He suggested the creation of the , Canada's first all Black military unit.

The lawn sprinkler as well as 50 other things was invented by Ontario's .

An interpreter for Samuel de Champlain's 1608 expedition that led to the founding of New France and Quebec was , the first person of African descent to arrive on the land now known as Canada.

The first Black person to become world boxing champion in 1890 was .

Born in slavery in South Carolina, moved to Alberta in 1882. He was a well-known and well-liked cowboy who was smart, brave and an excellent horseman.

The first Black person elected to any office in British Columbia serving as city councillor in Victoria was .

The fisrt Black person to be a cabinet minister in the Canadian government was . He was also the first Black Canadian to be lieutenant-governor in Ontario in 1985.

In 1993, became the first Black Canadian female Member of Parliament. In 2002, she was the first Black woman to be appointed Cabinet minister.

Known as the Father of British Columbia, was Great Britain's governor to Canada's west coast.

Built in 1848 near Windsor Ontario, African Methodist Episcopal Church was one of the first stops for those who had escaped slavery and crossed the Detroit river to freedom in Canada.

Founder of the Dawn settlement for freedom seekers who came to southern Ontario, was believed to be the person that the author Hariet Beecher Stowe based her anti-slavery book Uncle Tom's Cabin on.

The first Black person to become Governor General of Canada was , who was born in Haïti.