Table 2:

Sociodemographic and professional characteristics of surveyed Black medical students in Canadian medical institutions

Characteristic	No. (%) of students n = 52
Demographics
Gender
Female	39 (75)
Male	13 (25)
Native language, n = 51^*
English	28 (55)
French	14 (28)
Other	9 (18)
Academic demographics
Geographic region of attended medical school^†
Ontario	28 (54)
Quebec	11 (21)
Western	9 (17)
Atlantic	4 (8)
Learner academic level
First-year medical student	12 (23)
Second-year medical student	12 (23)
Third-year medical student	13 (25)
Fourth-year medical student	7 (13)
First-year resident	7 (13)
MD/PhD student	1 (2)
Ethnocultural identity
Self-reported identity, n = 51^*
Black	49 (96)
Mixed Black	2 (4)
Ethnicity
Monoethnic Black African	15 (29)
Afro-Canadian	9 (17)
Afro-Caribbean	4 (8)
Black Nova Scotian	1 (2)
Multiethnic Black^‡	12 (23)
Multiethnic mixed Black^§	11 (21)

↵* There are discrepancies in sample size with certain questions when participants provided no response or declined to answer.
↵† We received responses from the following schools in each region: Ontario (University of Toronto, McMaster University, University of Ottawa, Queen’s University, Western University, Northern Ontario School of Medicine), Quebec (Université Laval, Université de Montréal, McGill University), Western (University of British Columbia, University of Alberta, University of Calgary) and Atlantic (Dalhousie University). There were no respondents from 4 faculties, including University of Manitoba (Western), University of Saskatchewan (Western), University of Newfoundland and Labrador (Atlantic) and Université de Sherbrooke (Quebec).
↵‡ As opposed to monoethnic Black, individuals who are multiethnic Black identify with multiple groups of African descent.
↵§ Multiethnic mixed Black refers to individuals who identify with at least 1 other non-Black ethnocultural group.