During his athletic career, he competed four times at the Olympic Games, where he won the gold medal in the 4x100m relay in 1996. Two-time world champion in the 4x100m relay and in the 60m indoor, he remains the 7th fastest sprinter of all time.

Canadian businesswoman and civil libertarian who built a career as a beautician and was a mentor to young Black women in Nova Scotia through her beauty culture school.

The first Black hockey player to play in a National Hockey League (NHL) game. He debuted with the Boston Bruins against the Montreal Canadiens at the Montreal Forum on January 18, 1958.

The matriarch of Saskatchewan’s first and only Black pioneer settlement. She was also a mid-wife who delivered help to numerous neighbours when there was no doctor available.

She was the first woman to become a publisher in Canada. She arrived in the country as American slaves were escaping to freedom via the Underground Railroad and devoted herself to teaching the children of former slaves arriving in Canada.

He is perhaps best known as the former lieutenant governor of Ontario. Alexander was the first person from a visible minority to take on the role, and the first black member of parliament in Canadian history.

Born to former slaves who escaped to Canada from the United States. He studied mechanical engineering in Scotland and became known for inventing a device that lubricated a train's moving parts while the train was in motion. He is also credited with inventing the portable ironing boards, and held more than 50 patents in total.

She was a Canadian politician who was born in Jamaica. She served as a member of British Columbia's legislative assembly for 14 years and was a candidate for the federal party's leadership in 1974.

Born enslaved, he became a successful rancher who settled near Calgary and Brooks. He was widely admired as one of the best cowboys in the West.

He was a navigator and interpreter whose presence in Canada dates back to the early 1600s.

What year did Canada officially recognize February as Black History Month?