In 2021, women earned an average of 0.73 Canadian dollars for every dollar earned by men in Canada, just under three quarters of the average annual employment income for men. This figure has been on the rise since 2012, when women earned on average two-thirds of what their male counterparts earned, but the increase remains slow. In fact, this ratio stagnated at 0.7 between 2016 and 2018.
Average female to male pay ratio for annual employment income in Canada from 2012 to 2021, by gender
The source adds the following information: "The average gender pay ratio in employment income is the average annual employment income for females divided by the average annual employment income for males. The gender pay ratio can be interpreted as the proportion of a dollar that women earn for every dollar earned by men. Alternatively, the gender pay ratio can be subtracted from one and then multiplied by 100, such that it represents how much less women earn than men in percentage terms."
Adapted from Statistics Canada, statcan.gc.ca, 2012 to 2021. This does not constitute an endorsement by Statistics Canada of this product.
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