The perception of one's own body image is an important determinant of adolescent health. While positive body image is associated with health-promoting behaviours, negative body image may be related to engagement in health-compromising risk behaviours. Hypothetically, an adolescent's perceived body image may also be influenced by racial/cultural ideals and related gendered expectations, governed by social norms within distinct cultural groups. Variations in perceived body image by race/ethnicity remain largely unexplored in Canada, even descriptively. A descriptive, cross-sectional study was employed using data from the 2017-2018 cycle of the Canadian Health Behaviour in School-aged Children (HBSC) study (weighted