western
Canada

(BC, AB, SK, MB)

Historic Black Communities, Settlements and Neighborhoods

BRITISH COLUMBIA

Hogan's Alley (neighborhood in Vancouver), Salt Spring Island (Gulf Islands), Victoria, Nanaimo, and Saanich (Vancouver Island).

See BLK: An Origin Story (Episode 103)

ALBERTA

Amber Valley (originally Pine Creek), Wildwood (originally Junkins), Breton (originally Keystone), Campsie, The municipality of Brooks, Alberta

SASKATCHEWAN

Shiloh (Eldon District) near Maidstone

MANITOBA

North Point Douglas and the North End (Winnipeg neighbourhoods near the Canadian Pacific Railway Station and railyards)

  • Railway Porters Band Picnic Keenora Park, East St. Paul, Manitoba with Nellie Bell Johnson - 4th from the right in the front row) Image used with the permission of the Brown/Attwell/Williams Family of Winnipeg, Manitoba

  • The Ace Club Spring Fete, Union Hall, 795 Main Street, Winnipeg. April 28th 1932 (souvenir of Beatrice Brown in attendance)

    Image used with the permission of the Brown/Attwell/Williams Family of Winnipeg, Manitoba

Expanding Human Rights and Equality of Citizenship from western Canada

“To be Black and female in a society which is both racist and sexist is to be in the unique position of having nowhere to go but up!”

- Rosemary Brown

Elevating Canadian Sports and Culture from western Canada

Arts and Culture

Billy Beal, Wade Compton, Eleanor Collins, Alpha Yaya Diallo, Stan Douglas, Esi Edugyan, Cheryl Foggo, Leonard Gibson, Suzette Mayr, Bobby Taylor, R.T. Thorne.

sports

Grant Fuhr, Jarome Iginla, Harry Jerome, Indian Head Rockets (baseball team), Winnipeg Buffaloes (baseball team).

Note: BLK, Ep. 103 features Wade Compton and Esi Edugyan