Grenadians in the United Kingdom

Grenadians in the United Kingdom are citizens or residents of the United Kingdom whose ethnic origins lie fully or partially in Grenada. 9,783 Grenadian-born people were recorded by the 2001 UK Census.[1]

Grenadians in the United Kingdom
Total population
9,783 Grenadian-born (2001)[1] *
Over 0.01% of the UK's population
30,000 (Grenadian ancestry, 2010)[2]
Regions with significant populations
London, Birmingham, Leeds, Manchester, Leicester
Languages
English (British English, Grenadian Creole)
French Patois
Religion
Roman Catholicism
Protestantism
Related ethnic groups
Black Grenadian
Indo-Grenadians
British African-Caribbean community
Caribbean British · Black British · Black African
Mulatto · Indo-Caribbean
Amerindian
* Please note that in 2001 only 40.4% of Afro-Caribbeans in the UK were actually born in the Caribbean, 59.6% were born elsewhere (of which 57.9% of the total ethnic groups population was born in the UK)[3]
Grenadian Britons

Notable people

The following is an incomplete list of notable UK residents of Grenadian heritage:

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See also
  • Black British
  • British Mixed
  • British Indo-Caribbean community
  • British African-Caribbean community
  • Demographics of Grenada

References
  1. "Country-of-birth database". Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. Archived from the original on 2009-06-17. Retrieved 2008-09-21.
  2. "PM Thomas makes direct appeals to overseas nationals to invest at home". GIS. Retrieved 2010-08-05.
  3. National Statistics 2006 Archived 2010-07-03 at the Wayback Machine
  4. "London's 1000 most influential people 2010: Night Owls". London Evening Standard. November 15, 2010. Retrieved 2014-05-09.


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