Canadian Black Athletes

This athlete was from Nova Scotia and in 1890 he won the Bantamweight boxing championship and became the first Black Canadian world boxing champion. It is also believed that he invented "shadow boxing," an exercise where you spar with an imaginary opponent.

• George Dixon

• Ray Lewis

• Willie O-Ree

• P.K. Subban

In 1990 she leads the Canadian women's hockey team to a gold medal at the Women's World Hockey Championships. She would lead them to three more in 1992, 1994 and 1997, and was the first Black woman inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame.

• Angela James

• Blake Bolden

• Sarah Nurse

• Kia Nurse

This athlete is the grandson of John Armstrong Howard. In 1960 he competed for Canada in his first of three straight summer Olympic Games. During his career as a sprinter, he set seven world records!

• Donovan Bailey

• Harry Jerome

• Anthony Bennett

• Andrew Wiggins

She was just 17 when she qualified for the 1938 British Empire Games after running the 100 yards in 11.2 seconds, a tenth of a second better than the British Empire Games record. Believed to be the first Black woman to represent Canada in international sports competition

• Charmaine Crooks

• Angella Issajenko

• Barbara Howard

• Bianca Farella

In 2013 he became the first Black NHL player to win the Norris Trophy (Top Defense Player) in 2013.

• Willie O-Ree

• Ray Lewis

• George Dixon

• P.K. Subban

After qualifying for back-to-back 100m hurdles finals at London 2012 and Rio 2016, slid in to the history books at PyeongChang 2018. She became the first Black woman from Canada to have competed at the summer and winter Olympic Games. But she did more than just compete in Korea; she won a bronze medal with pilot Kaillie Humphries.

• Jennifer Abel

• Phylicia George

• Alicia Brown

• Nicole Haynes

1932 he is part of Canada's Olympic bronze medal-winning 4x400-metre relay team. He was the first Black Canadian athlete to win an Olympic medal.

• Ray Lewis

• Anthony Bennett

• Donovan Bailey

• Herb Carnegie

Five-time Olympian, she has impacted Canadian sport like few others. At Los Angeles 1984, she was a member of the 4x400m relay team that won silver. At Atlanta 1996, she was given the honour of being of Team Canada’s Opening Ceremony flag bearer. In between, she won multiple medals at the Pan American and Commonwealth Games.

• Charmaine Crooks

• Phylicia George

• Bianca Farella

• Angela Whyte

He became the first Canadian to be selected first overall by the Cleveland Cavaliers in the 2013 NBA draft.

• Anthony Bennett

• Andrew Wiggins

• Fred VanVleet

• P.K. Subban

She is a Canadian basketball player for the Phoenix Mercury of the Women's National Basketball Association. In 2016, she made her Olympic debut for Team Canada.

• Kia Nurse

• Ohenewa Akuffo

• Sylvia Sweeney

• Angela James