Who is the Average Canadian Woman?
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SPEAKS ENGLISH but doesn’t speak french
English is the mother tongue of
News and events — visually
French
22% 20%
Other
CATHOLIC
40%
11% Other No religion
58%
of Canadian women
20%
Christian
24%
MARRIED
HAS 2 CHILDREN AT HOME
YEARS OLD
40-54
5% Muslim, Jewish, Buddhist, Hindu or Sikh
Average Canadian Woman?
According to figures released by Statstics Canada, the average Canadian woman is...
Who is the
EARNS
PER YEAR
$40,900
More employed women live in Alberta than any other province
IS EMPLOYED FULL TIME... AND HAS A UNIVERSITY DEGREE
8,104 8,076 7,977 7,757 6,910
CANADIAN BORN
69.2
Percentage of employed women 15+, by highest level of education, 2009
Employed women, by province
CANADA
6,099
59.1
Number of employeed women, aged 15+
5,790 5,138 4,556
74.7%
58.3%
Alb.
56.2
57.5%
B.C.
3, 618
35
64.1%
60.3%
Sask.
Man.
61.8%
58.2%
Ont.
56.7%
Que.
N.L. 47.8% P.E.I. 57.9% N.B. 56.1% N.S. 56.4%
13.7
1976 1981 1986 1991 1996 2001 2006 2007 2008 2009
University degree Post-secondary Some postdiploma/cert. secondary High school graduate Some high school 0 to 8 years of education
Sources: Stats Canada
In 2009,
58.3% OF WOMEN
representing 8.1 million women, were employed
SUSAN BATSFORD, GRAPHICS EDITOR, TWITTER @SBATS1; INFOGRAPHIC BY TARA MARTIN/QMI AGENCY
SPEAKS ENGLISH but doesn’t speak french
English is the mother tongue of
News and events — visually
French
22% 20%
Other
CATHOLIC
40%
11% Other No religion
58%
of Canadian women
20%
Christian
24%
MARRIED
HAS 2 CHILDREN AT HOME
YEARS OLD
40-54
5% Muslim, Jewish, Buddhist, Hindu or Sikh
Average Canadian Woman?
According to figures released by Statstics Canada, the average Canadian woman is...
Who is the
EARNS
PER YEAR
$40,900
More employed women live in Alberta than any other province
IS EMPLOYED FULL TIME... AND HAS A UNIVERSITY DEGREE
8,104 8,076 7,977 7,757 6,910
CANADIAN BORN
69.2
Percentage of employed women 15+, by highest level of education, 2009
Employed women, by province
CANADA
6,099
59.1
Number of employeed women, aged 15+
5,790 5,138 4,556
74.7%
58.3%
Alb.
56.2
57.5%
B.C.
3, 618
35
64.1%
60.3%
Sask.
Man.
61.8%
58.2%
Ont.
56.7%
Que.
N.L. 47.8% P.E.I. 57.9% N.B. 56.1% N.S. 56.4%
13.7
1976 1981 1986 1991 1996 2001 2006 2007 2008 2009
University degree Post-secondary Some postdiploma/cert. secondary High school graduate Some high school 0 to 8 years of education
Sources: Stats Canada
In 2009,
58.3% OF WOMEN
representing 8.1 million women, were employed
SUSAN BATSFORD, GRAPHICS EDITOR, TWITTER @SBATS1; INFOGRAPHIC BY TARA MARTIN/QMI AGENCY
