2016 census

Women with intersecting identities underrepresented in Canadian leadership

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Wednesday, February 16, 2022

The findings identify under-representation among women with intersecting identities.

Key Points: 
  • The findings identify under-representation among women with intersecting identities.
  • Women of colour hold only 6.2% of women-held Board, Executive, Senior Management and Pipeline positions collectively, with Black women, Indigenous women, women with disabilities and LGBTQ2S+ women each holding less than 1% of women-held senior leadership and pipeline positions, respectively.
  • While most organizations have women who identify as women of colour in senior management and the pipeline to senior management, most have zero Indigenous, Black and/or LGBTQ2S+ women at all four leadership levels.
  • There is no other study that gets to the heart of where womens leadership truly stands in this country today.