Canada’s Black Justice Strategy

Black people in Canada continue to live with the effects of prejudice, discrimination, and hatred—from unconscious bias to anti-Black hate crimes and violence. Society far too often accepts and allows inequality and injustice against Black people. These systemic inequalities have contributed the overrepresentation of Black people in Canada’s criminal justice system.

Addressing these issues is critical to building a fairer, more effective justice system. To address them, the Government of Canada is working with Black communities to develop Canada’s Black Justice Strategy (the Strategy).