[citation needed] White Trinidadians and Tobagonians account for less than 1 percent of the population of Trinidad and Tobago.
[citation needed] Most white Trinidadians and Tobagonians are of Portuguese stock, given that Trinidad and Tobago was once colonized by the Spanish, the French, and the British.
[3] European Trinidadians are often referred to as French Creoles, even if are they are of non-French ancestry such as Spanish, British, Portuguese, or German descent.
[4] Before the arrival of Europeans, Trinidad and Tobago was mainly inhabited by various indigenous tribes such as Arawaks, the Caribs, and the Warao people who came to the island via South America.
[9] Many white Trinidadians originate from the colonial era, in which English, Scottish, Welsh, Irish, French, Portuguese, Dutch, German, and Corsican people filled the gap required to work as overseers on estates, farming sugarcane and cocoa, and to fill the gap required for labour on agricultural estates at the time.