From The Canadian Encyclopedia. Some of the documents and fonds are listed below. Black history did not begin in recent times in Canada, but in ancient times in Africa. A biography of Canadian-born inventor Elijah McCoy from the website for the Ontario Black History Society. Government of Canada recognizes Black history in Canada with four new historic designations. Josiah Henson A profile of Josiah Henson, founder of the historic Dawn Township and British-American Institute in … Library and Archives Canada holds many fonds relating to Black people. Black History Month This site is devoted to the annual celebration of Canada’s Black History Month. These new designations illustrate some of the collective and personal experiences of Black Canadians who have fought for freedom, justice and equality.

The Society provides research materials for professional development, as well as exhibits and Black History Speaker presentations to schools, organizations and libraries to promote the understanding of Black heritage in Ontario. She resisted fiercely; Peter Martin, a free Black man, noticed her screams and struggles and brought a witness, William Grisley, to report the incident to Lieutenant-Governor John Graves Simcoe. Mary Ann Shadd and the Provincial Freeman Scroll down to page 61 to read about Mary Ann Shadd's tenacious struggle for African Canadian and African American civil rights. The African-Canadian population is made up of individuals from a range of places across the globe including the United States, South America, the Caribbean, Europe, Africa, and Canada. She joined efforts to gain women's suffrage (the vote) and was herself the first Black woman to vote in a national election. The Ontario Black History Society (OBHS) is a non-profit organization in Toronto, established in 1978 to preserve and promote the contributions of Black peoples in Ontario, and Canada at large. A profile of Dresden, Ontario, the location of the British American Institute, established in 1841 by Reverend Josiah Henson. On March 14, 1793 Chloe Cooley, an enslaved Black woman in Queenston, Upper Canada, was bound and thrown in a boat to be taken across the river and sold in the United States. People connected by their common African history and ancestry have created Black history here.