There is a truism, that the grass is always greener on the other side, to wit, Canada is held in very high respect by many Americans, as well as by Canadians, obviously. There are definite advantages to being Canadian from the fact that their per capita GDP is not that much lower than America's, as it definitely helps to be a contiguous neighbor to the most prosperous nation in the world, with Canada also having what is considered to be a more functional and cost effective healthcare system, less crime, more equality overall in income, and longer lives. Canada's racial makeup is about 80% white, with south Asians make up the highest percentage of minorities, followed by the Chinese, then about 1 million are identified as black, so that with a population of about 35 million peoples, blacks represent about 3% of that population. This Canadian black population in numbers as well as their percentage in respect to America is considerably lower as America's black population is about 13% and numbers around 37 million.
In America, the incarceration rate for blacks is staggering, especially unfortunate as this country loves to incarcerate people to begin with, so that in a country in which blacks represent 13% of the population their incarceration rate is estimated to be as reported by wikipedia.org just under 40% of the inmates. On the other hand, in Canada, a country that is perceived by many to be fairer and more just than America, with a black population percentage of 3%, the black incarceration rate in Canada as reported by the torontoist.com is about 10%, therefore, in actuality the percentage of incarceration for blacks in Canada and the United States are essentially the same. That said if you are a black in Canada you are still significantly less likely to be incarcerated, because the overall incarceration rate in Canada is about 16% of the rate of incarceration in America, which is a very considerable and meaningful difference. This then signifies that while blacks are incarcerated at the same percentage ratio in each country that blacks in Canada, are far less likely to be locked up, because the numbers of people being locked up in Canada are considerably lower.
So, a rather strong argument could be made, that being black in Canada, especially for those that unfortunately are of a lower socio-economic level, signifies that one's freedom will be far less subject to being interrupted in Canada, not really because blacks have better opportunities in Canada, but mainly because Canada doesn't incarcerate as many people, and it's as basic and simple as that. It would, also, be wrong to describe Canada as a haven for blacks, as their population percentage as well as numbers is considerably lower than America's, and no Prime Minister of Canada has ever been black, nor does the current Trudeau administration have a single black member within its 30-member cabinet. Overall, it really isn’t necessarily apropos to say that the grass is greener in Canada, rather for blacks that the glass appears half full in Canada, as opposed to half empty in America.