This research reports a detailed account of the state and the impact of disinformation among the African Canadian community. Also, a comparative analysis was conducted on Asian Canadians as a minority group for comparison. The report uses empirical results from a survey sampling 1,381 respondents from both the African- and Asian-Canadian communities (African Canadian n=1131 while Asian Canadian n=250). Survey results establish that disinformation negatively impacts different socio-economic and socio-political contexts of the said sample groups.
Furthermore, the risk of disinformation becomes more troubling since most respondents lacked the knowledge and capacity to identify and counter disinformation. Notably, 83% and 95% of the sampled African Canadian and sampled Asian Canadian population, respectively, has no idea where to report disinformation. The report reaffirms the urgent need for the Canadian Government to formulate robust policies that will reduce the creation and spread of disinformation.
