Will the gender pay gap ever close? Most Canadian women say yes, but 20% say no
Global News
Polling by job search engine Indeed released on International Women's Day showed that 65 per cent of Canadian women feel they are being underpaid in their current positions.
Most working women in Canada say they are not paid enough as gender wage gaps continue, and 20 per cent say they don’t believe those gaps will ever close, according to a new report.
Polling by job search engine Indeed released on International Women’s Day, Wednesday, showed that 65 per cent of Canadian women feel they are being underpaid in their current positions.
A total of 1,500 working women across Canada took part in the survey.
While the pay gap in Canada has been slowly narrowing over the years, male employees continue to earn more than their female counterparts, according to Statistics Canada.
On average, women workers earn 11 per cent less per hour than men, the most recent StatCan data from 2021 showed.
However, there is optimism among women, with under 40 per cent who were surveyed saying the pay gap will close in the next decade and 67 per cent saying this will happen in the next 50 years.
One in five or 20 per cent also said they don’t see the gender pay gap ever closing in Canada.
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