Prominent black Canadians

On my arrival at Annapolis Royal, Nova Scotia, I visited Garrison Cemetery, among the oldest cemeteries in Canada and home to the oldest surviving English gravestone. It’s also the resting place of Rose Fortune, a Black businesswoman and Canada’s first self-appointed port constable, who kept order on the Annapolis Royal wharf for over two decades. […]

On my walk on a damp afternoon at St. James-the-less Cemetery, Toronto, and with gavel in hand, I discovered the grave of lawyer, Charles Roach.