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Connecting People, Inspiring Action

Jamaican Diaspora’s passion is to make a difference in the world starting with YOU. We are centered on INSPIRING ACTION. Jamaicans can be found on every continent and impacting their community. That’s the true Connection, which allows our people to stand apart. Pride will progress to power.

Our focus is Jamaicans on the island, in the Diaspora, and all progressive people. We seek to inspire our audience by featuring interesting people.  Send us your ideas regarding issues affecting our community that you would like us to feature. Friends, understand that knowledge shared is powerful in getting change in oneself and the WORLD. Enjoy the culture, flavor and feeling! 



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Jamaican Americans are Americans who have full or partial Jamaican ancestry. The largest proportion of Jamaicans live in New York City, which has various other Caribbean cultural elements such as food and music. There are also communities of Jamaican Americans residing in Philadelphia, Boston, South Florida, Tampa, Los Angeles, Orlando, Baltimore, Washington, D.C., Atlanta, Cleveland, Western New York, Connecticut, and New Jersey.
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Jamaican Canadians are Canadian citizens of Jamaican descent or Jamaican-born permanent residents of Canada. The population, according to Canada's 2011 Census, is 256,915.Jamaican Canadians comprise about 30% of the entire Black Canadian population.Most Jamaicans who arrive in Canada settle in the census metropolitan areas of Toronto, Montreal, Ottawa, and Hamilton. The total number of Jamaicans in Canada has increased dramatically since the 1960s, and the reasons for coming are also different. Currently, Jamaicans can be found in every major Canadian city and occupy a multitude of occupations. Before the 1960s there was a small amount of Jamaican immigrants in Canada.
British Jamaican (or Jamaican British) people are British people who were born in Jamaica or who are of Jamaican descent.The community is well into its sixth generation and consists of around 300,000 individuals, the second largest Jamaican population, behind the United States, living outside of Jamaica. The majority of British people of Jamaican origin were born in the United Kingdom as opposed to Jamaica itself.[citation needed] The Office for National Statistics estimates that in 2015, some 137,000 people born in Jamaica were resident in the UK. The number of Jamaican nationals is estimated to be significantly lower, at 49,000 in 2015.
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