- Women still earn on average 32% less than men.[1]
- Racialized women earn 40% less than Canadian-born white men.[2]
- For Aboriginal women, the gap is 45%.[3]
- For immigrant women, the difference is 55%.[4]
- For women with disabilities it is 56%.[5]
- Since 2020, ten times as many women as men in Canada have left the workforce.[6]
- For every dollar earned by men, women working full time earn on average only 76.8 cents.[7]
- Canada ranks 24th out of 156 countries in the 2021 Global Gender Gap Index.[8]
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