New Report Finds Systemic Financial Barriers Facing ACB Canadians

  June 1, 2026, Waterloo, Canada –Caribbean-Canadian families are 18 times more likely than white families to spend half or more of their income on housing, according to a new report from the CanAfro Research Institute. The study also finds that university-educated African-Canadians face a 56% higher rate of underemployment than white peers with the same […]

CanAfro Team on a University of Toronto Project – October 2019

In October 2019, a CanAfro team was proud to be involved with the Rock-Hewn Churches Project of the University of Toronto. We contributed to the work of the university’s team, led by Professor Michael Gervers, which documented the ancient and modern tradition of carving churches out of the living rock. This research recorded the skills […]

CanAfro Institute Releases Canada’s First National Study on African, Caribbean, and Black (ACB) Community Associations

WATERLOO, ON – April 2026 – The CanAfro Research Institute has released a report showing that the African, Caribbean, and Black (ACB) associations they’ve built are doing far more than preserving culture. Every day, these organizations quietly provide housing support, mental health care, help for newcomers, legal guidance, and youth employment-services the government is supposed to deliver but too often provided by Black Canadian associations.