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Notable figures

Name	Description	To do on English Wikipedia	To do on French Wikipedia	References
Vera Cudjoe	Trinidadian-Canadian actress, producer and educator, founder of the Black Theatre of Canada		Article to be created
Mary E. Bibb	First female black journalist in Canada, person of national historic significance		Article to be created
Kay Livingstone	Social activist, actor and broadcaster, feminist and activist for blacks rights, person of national historic significance		Article to be created
Chloe Cooley	Young black woman held as a slave in Upper Canada whose owner forced her into a board to sell her in 1793 in the United States, the incident is believed to have led to the passage of the Act Against Slavery in 1793 in Upper Canada, person of national historic significance		Article to be created
Lincoln Alexander	First Black Canadian elected as Member of Parliament		Stub to improve
Albert Jackson	First Black Canadian mail carrier in Toronto		Article to be created
Rose Fortune	Born from slave parents fleeing from the United States, first woman to be a police officer in North America, person of national historic significance		Article to be created
Mifflin Wistar Gibbs	First Black person elected to a public office in British Columbia		Article to be created
Abraham Beverley Walker	First Black person to be a lawyer in New Brunswick and the second Black person to be a lawyer in Canada, the first Canadian-born black person to be a lawyer in Canada		Article to be created
William Hall	First Black person, first Nova Scotian and third Canadian to receive the Victoria Cross		Stub to improve
Josiah Henson	Founded a colony and a school in Upper Canada for slaves fleeing from the United States, person of national historic significance		Stub to improve
William A. White	First Black person to be commissioned as an officer in the British Army, and the only black person to be a chaplain in the British Army during World War I		Article to be created
Richard Preston	Religious leader and abolitionist, escaped slavery from the United States to Nova Scotia, leader of the African Nova Scotian community, founder of a Bapstist Church and abolitionist organizations, person of national historic significance		Article to be created
Larry Gains	Boxer, champion in Canada in the British Empire, could not be world champion because Black people were banned from this title, person of national historic significance		Article to be created
Abraham D. Shadd	African-American abolitionist and civil rights activist who emigrated to Ontario, one of Canada's first Black elected officials		Article to be created
Abner Hunt Francis	African-American abolitionist and entrepreneur, the first Black lawmaker in British Columbia		Article to be created
Burr Plato	African-American born into slavery in the United States, escaped to Canada, elected city councillor of Niagara Falls, Ontario	Stub to improve	Article to be created
William Peyton Hubbard	Member of the city council of Toronto		Article to be created
Bill White	First Black person to run for federal office in Canada		Article to be created
James W. Douglas	First Black person elected to a provincial legislature in Canada	Stub to improve	Article to be created
Virnetta Anderson	First Black woman elected to a municipal council in Canada		Article to be created
Leonard Braithwaite	First Black person elected to the Legislative Assembly of Ontario		Article to be created
George Rogers	First Black person elected to the Legislative Assembly of Alberta	Add references	Article to be created
Kettly Beauregard	First Black person to be a city councillor in Montreal		Article to be created
Wayne Adams	First Black person elected to the Legislative Assembly of Nova Scotia		Article to be created
Yvonne Atwell	First Black woman elected to the Legislative Assembly of Nova Scotia	Add references	Article to be created
Emery Barnes	Professional football player and politician, speaker of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia from 1993 to 1996		Article to be created
Firmin Monestime	First Black mayor in Canada		Stub to improve
Daurene Lewis	First Black female mayor in Canada	Add references
Howard McCurdy	Civil rights activist, politician and university professor		Article to be created
Ovid Jackson	Politician	Stub to improve	Article to be created
Gordon Earle	Politician		Article to be created
Leslyn Lewis	Politician		Article to be created
Donald Oliver	Politician		Article to be created
Calvin Ruck	Anti-racism activist and senator	Add references	Article to be created
Lindsay Blackett	Politician from Alberta	Add references	Article to be created
Kaycee Madu	Politician from Alberta		Article to be created
Audrey Gordon	Politician from British Columbia		Article to be created
Jamie Moses	Politician from British Columbia		Article to be created
Percy Paris	Politician from Nova Scotia		Article to be created
Suzy Hansen	Politician from Nova Scotia	Stub to improve	Stub to improve
Angela Simmonds	Politician from Nova Scotia		Stub to improve
Mary Anne Chambers	Politician from Ontario		Article to be created
Margarett Best	Politician from Ontario	Needs improvement
Michael Coteau	Politician from Ontario		Article to be created
Granville Anderson	Politician from Ontario		Article to be created
Jill Andrew	Politician from Ontario		Article to be created
Faisal Hassan	Politician from Ontario		Article to be created
Belinda Karahalios	Politician from Ontario		Article to be created
Laura Mae Lindo	Politician from Ontario		Article to be created
Kevin Yarde	Politician from Ontario		Article to be created
Patrice Barnes	Politician from Ontario	Stub to improve	Article to be created
David Smith	Politician from Ontario	Stub to improve	Article to be created
Charmaine Williams	Politician from Ontario	Stub to improve	Article to be created
Gord McNeilly	Politician from Prince Edward Island	Stub to improve	Article to be created
Lionel Carmant	Politician from Quebec	Stub to improve
Nadine Girault	Politician from Quebec	Stub to improve	Stub to improve
Samuel Poulin	Politician from Quebec	Stub to improve	Add references
Melyssa Ford	Actress		Stub to improve
Dorothy A. Atabong	Actress	Needs improvement	Article to be created
Clark Backo	Actress	Stub to improve	Article to be created
Jully Black	Singer and actress	Add references	Article to be created
Divine Brown	Singer and theatre performer	Add references	Article to be created
Fabienne Colas	Singer and theatre performer	Add references
Aaryn Doyle	Actress		Stub to improve
Laurieann Gibson	Choregrapher, actress, singer and dancer	Add references
Gabrielle Graham	Actress	Stub to improve	Article to be created
Tattiawna Jones	Actress	Stub to improve, and add references	Article to be created
Hayley Law	Actress and singer	Stub to improve, and add references	Stub to improve, and add references
Sharon Lewis	Television personality and film director		Article to be created
Rachel Luttrell	Actress	Add references
Barbara Mamabolo	Actress and singer	Add references	Article to be created
Oyin Oladejo	Actress		Article to be created
Ngozi Paul	Actress	Add references	Article to be created
Shailyn Pierre-Dixon	Actress		Article to be created
Shakura S'Aida	Singer and actress	Add references	Article to be created
Tonya Williams	Actress		Stub to improve
d'bi Young	Jamaican-Canadian actress	Add references	Article to be created
Amina Gerba	Businesswoman and senator		Add references
Jennifer Holness	Television and film director, producer and screenwriter		Add references
LaToya Forever	YouTube personality and author		Article to be created
Stella Meghie	Film director, producer and screenwriter		Add references
Traci Melchor	Television personality		Article to be created
Amanda Parris	Broadcaster and writer		Article to be created
Juliette Powell	Model, television host, producer and author, Miss Canada 1989, the first Black Canadian to win this title		Article to be created
Zalika Reid-Benta	Writer		Article to be created
Marie Marguerite Rose	Canadian entrepreneur and key figure in the initial phase of Black slavery in Canada		Article to be created
Tanisha Scott	Choreographer		Article to be created
Dainty Smith	Actor, playwright and burlesque performer		Article to be created
Emma Stark	First Black Canadian teacher in Vancouver Island		Article to be created
Stephanie Biddle	Jazz singer and actress		Article to be created
Liberty Silver	Singer		Article to be created
Measha Brueggergosman	Singer	Add references	Stub to improve
Tanika Charles	Singer		Article to be created
Melanie Fiona	Singer		Stub to improve
Ketsia	Singer		Article to be created
Allison Russell	Singer, musician and activist		Article to be created
Dione Taylor	Singer	Add references	Article to be created
Malika Tirolien	Singer		Article to be created
Kreesha Turner	Singer		Article to be created
Natassha McDonald	Sprinter	Stub to improve	Stub to improve
Kerri-Ann Mitchell	Sprinter	Stub to improve	Article to be created
Marita Payne	Athlete		Stub to improve
Kalyna Roberge	Speed skater	Stub to improve	Stub to improve
Cynthia Appiah	Bobsledder		Article to be created
Marjorie Bailey	Sprinter		Article to be created
Tabia Charles	Athlete	Stub to improve	Stub to improve
Chanice Chase-Taylor	Athlete	Stub to improve	Article to be created
Nikkita Holder	Athlete		Stub to improve
Kimberly Hyacinthe	Athlete	Stub to improve	Stub to improve
Mishael Morgan	Actress	Add references	Article to be created
Yolette Lévy	Politician and activist	Article to be created
Sophia Walker	Actress	Article to be created	Stub to improve
Onye Nnorom	Physician		Article to be created	The Canadian Encyclopedia
George Godfrey	Boxer		Article to be created	Dictionary of Canadian Biography

Wikipedia articles to create or improve

Notable figures

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