A third of management positions
is held by women in Canada and in New Brunswick.
(Statistics Canada, 2021)
Males : 64.4 %
Females : 35.6 %
Proportion of men and women employed in management positions.
(Statistics Canada, 2021)
A decrease of 0.4% compared to 2020
of women employed in management positions.
(Statistics Canada, 2021)
Males: 64.8 %
Females: 35.2 %
Proportion of men and women employed in management positions in New Brunswick.
(Statistics Canada, 2021)
Women are 60% less likely than men
to move from middle management to executive positions.
(Canadian Women’s Foundation, 2021)
Males: 81.7 %
Females : 18.3 %
Proportion of board members who are women, by board type, in 2018.
(Statistics Canada, 2018)
In the manufacturing sector, the boardroom gender gap is even worse
86% men and 14% women.
(Statistics Canada, 2019)

About 18% of women executives were immigrants
according to a 2021 study on diversity in management and executive positions.
Organizations with larger budgets tend to have (proportionately) fewer female board members
than do organizations with small budgets, according to a study of charitable organizations in New Brunswick.
(Gill, McTiernan, Thériault, 2008)
Almost 1/3 (33.2%) of the board seats
are held by women, among STP/TSX 60 companies.
(MacDougall, Valley and Jeffrey, 2021)
Only 8 positions are held by Aboriginal peoples
among the 2,200 board positions of the 316 CBCA companies that provide disclosure (7 in 2020).
(MacDougall, Valley and Jeffrey, 2021)

Only 9 positions are held by people with disabilities 
among the 2,200 board positions of the 316 CBCA companies that provide disclosure (6 in 2020).
(MacDougall, Valley and Jeffrey, 2021)
Seulement 6.8% of positions are held by visible minorities
among the 2,200 board positions of the 316 CBCA companies that provide disclosure (5.5% in 2020).
(MacDougall, Valley and Jeffrey, 2021)

Men: 66.%
Women: 18.4%

Proportion of businesses majority-owned by women, by enterprise size.
(Statistics Canada, 2013)
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The project has been funded through Women and Gender Equality Canada’s Women’s Program.
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