Race, gender remain workplace barriers in Ontario, Census data reveal

A report based on 2005 Census data shows that visible minorities in Ontario are more likely to live in poverty, have trouble finding a job and earn less in the workplace.

For visible minority women, sexism and racial discrimination impact them more.  These women earn 53.4 cents for every dollar a white man earns.

The findings in the report shows that Ontario needs to re-introduce employment equity legislation that was dropped in the mid 1990s.

The data also shows that immigrant men earn 63 cents for every dollar that is earned by Canadian-born men, while immigrant women earn only 54 cents.

When age, education, and immigration status was factored out, the following was revealed:

• Workers from visible minority groups faced unemployment rates of 8.7 per cent compared to 5.8 per cent for all Ontario workers.

• Visible minority workers were paid 77.5 cents for every dollar a white worker earned.

• Visible minority families were three times more likely to live in poverty, with poverty rates of 18.7 per cent, compared to 6 per cent for white families.

Posted by: suhujitha on 2010-06-08 13:02:30

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