ABSTRACT
Black communities comprise only 3.5 percent of the Canadian population, are largely the result of immigration, and remain younger than other racial groups in Canada. Black women living with HIV include migrant women and women born in Canada. Most Black migrant women living with HIV in Canada have come from eastern and southern Africa and the Caribbean in search of better opportunities for themselves and their families, including better access to health care, which may be required to manage HIV among other conditions. Canada has seen a steady rise in the number of migrants coming from HIV endemic countries, thought to be about 8 percent of all migrants. The stigmatization of Black women living with HIV often begins even before the diagnosis as it emerges during the contemplation to get tested.
