She's not African-American (unless you broadly mean within all the Americas). They're called black Canadian or African-Canadian (or just plain Canadian). While there are black communities who have been in Canada since slavery (descendants of escaped slaves), especially in Nova Scotia, Anne Cools is originally from Barbados.
I was mocking the media, who have slavishly adopted "African-American" for "black." And "anti-abortion" instead of "prolife." And did you hear the story of how the dyslexic editor at the LA Times changed the title of PROFILES IN COURAGE to ANTI-ABORTIONS IN COURAGE?