A third of management positions is held by women in Canada and in New Brunswick. (Statistics Canada, 2021)
Males : 64.4 % Females : 35.6 % Proportion of men and women employed in management positions. (Statistics Canada, 2021)
A decrease of 0.4% compared to 2020 of women employed in management positions. (Statistics Canada, 2021)
Males: 64.8 % Females: 35.2 % Proportion of men and women employed in management positions in New Brunswick. (Statistics Canada, 2021)
Women are 60% less likely than men to move from middle management to executive positions. (Canadian Women’s Foundation, 2021)
Males: 81.7 % Females : 18.3 % Proportion of board members who are women, by board type, in 2018. (Statistics Canada, 2018)
In the manufacturing sector, the boardroom gender gap is even worse 86% men and 14% women. (Statistics Canada, 2019)
About 18% of women executives were immigrants according to a 2021 study on diversity in management and executive positions.
Organizations with larger budgets tend to have (proportionately) fewer female board members than do organizations with small budgets, according to a study of charitable organizations in New Brunswick. (Gill, McTiernan, Thériault, 2008)
Almost 1/3 (33.2%) of the board seats are held by women, among STP/TSX 60 companies. (MacDougall, Valley and Jeffrey, 2021)
Only 8 positions are held by Aboriginal peoples among the 2,200 board positions of the 316 CBCA companies that provide disclosure (7 in 2020). (MacDougall, Valley and Jeffrey, 2021)
Only 9 positions are held by people with disabilities among the 2,200 board positions of the 316 CBCA companies that provide disclosure (6 in 2020). (MacDougall, Valley and Jeffrey, 2021)
Seulement 6.8% of positions are held by visible minorities among the 2,200 board positions of the 316 CBCA companies that provide disclosure (5.5% in 2020). (MacDougall, Valley and Jeffrey, 2021)
Men: 66.% Women: 18.4% Proportion of businesses majority-owned by women, by enterprise size. (Statistics Canada, 2013)
The project has been funded through Women and Gender Equality Canada’s Women’s Program.