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Appendix D: Gender Equity Considerations Related to Distribution of the Labour Force

 

Figure D.1 – Distribution of the labour force and unemployment by gender, Canada, 1976-1977 to 2019-2020

The figure is a line graph that presents the distribution of the labour force and of the unemployed population by gender. Its shows that the shares of men in the labour force and the unemployed population were constantly higher than that of women over the period examined. However, starting in the 1990s, women began to account for a smaller portion of the unemployed population than their weight in the labour force, while the situation reversed for men.

Source:  Employment and Social Development Canada, Employment Insurance Monitoring and Assessment Report for the fiscal year beginning April 1, 2019 and ending March 31, 2020, Chapter 1: Labour market context, 2021, Chart 7.

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