<page_title> Black Canadians </page_title> <section_title> Demographics and Census issues </section_title> <table> <cell> 2016 <col_header> Historical population </col_header> <col_header> Year </col_header> <col_header> 1871 </col_header> <col_header> 1881 </col_header> <col_header> 1901 </col_header> <col_header> 1911 </col_header> <col_header> 1921 </col_header> <col_header> 1931 </col_header> <col_header> 1941 </col_header> <col_header> 1951 </col_header> <col_header> 1961 </col_header> <col_header> 1971 </col_header> <col_header> 1981 </col_header> <col_header> 1991 </col_header> <col_header> 2001 </col_header> <col_header> 2011 </col_header> </cell> <cell> 1,198,540 <col_header> Historical population </col_header> <col_header> Pop. </col_header> <row_header> 2016 </row_header> </cell> </table>
In the 2016 Census, the black population totalled 1,198,540.