According to the 2016 Census 37,780 Canadians claimed full or partial Barbadian ancestry.
[2] Barbadians first start migrating to Nova Scotia in the early 1900s settling largely in the neighbourhood of Whitney Pier in Sydney.
[3] In Cape Breton, they established chapters of the United Negro Improvement Association and the African Orthodox Church.
However, in 1955, a special initiative was implemented to promote the immigration of Barbadian and Jamaican domestic workers who were deemed to possess exceptional merit.
Unmarried women without any dependents, in good health, and with at least an eighth-grade education were eligible for landed immigrant status upon committing to one year of domestic service.