A woman uses her smartphone as apps are shown on an iPad in Mississauga, Ont., Monday, Nov. 13, 2017. A new report shows women, people of colour and immigrants in Canada's tech sector saw employment and pay inequities persist -- and in some cases, worsen -- between 2001 and 2016. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Nathan Denette
TORONTO – A new report shows women, people of colour and immigrants in Canada’s tech sector saw employment and pay inequities persist – and in some cases, worsen – between 2001 and 2016.
The research from the Brookfield Institute for Innovation + Entrepreneurship at Toronto Metropolitan University shows women were increasingly excluded from tech work throughout that period.
A woman had a 6.29 per cent chance of being a tech worker in 2001, but by 2016, that had fallen to 4.91 per cent.
Meanwhile, men had a 20 per cent chance of being a tech worker, which remained unchanged between 2001 and 2016.
Over the same time span, researchers found men made an average of $3.49 more per hour than women and that identifying as a visible minority lowered one’s pay by an average $3.89 per hour.
Researchers also observed no pay gap between immigrant and non-immigrant tech workers in 2001, but by 2016, a gap of roughly $5.70 per hour emerged.
This report by The Canadian Press was first published Dec. 1, 2022.
