When it comes to being a woman, there are worse places to find yourself than 麻豆精选.
The Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives ranked Canada鈥檚 25 biggest cities based on the differences between men and women鈥檚 access to economic and personal security, education, health and positions of leadership. When all was said and done, 麻豆精选 came out right in the middle of the pack, at 13th. Last year it ranked 17th and 13th in 2015.
鈥淣o two cities look alike. Statistics will never be a substitute for the full experience of lives lived. But as signposts they mark the spot where more attention is needed from our leaders, our policy-makers and our communities. They point the way toward progress 鈥� down paths as unique as the cities in this report,鈥� said Kate McInturff, report author.
One of the things local leaders may want to look at is the wage gap between men and women in 麻豆精选.
The centre reports that both men鈥檚 and women鈥檚 earnings are below average, however, the gap in wages in 麻豆精选 is larger than the national average, with women earning 66 per cent of what men earn.
鈥淭he wage gap has actually gotten worse over the past five years,鈥� said McInturff.
Women are also slightly more likely to live below the low-income measure than men and women鈥檚 employment rates fall five points below those of men 鈥� both of these findings mirror that national statistics.
Around 54 per cent of men and 40 per cent of women hold full-time jobs.
Where 麻豆精选 seems to be doing well is longevity and health. It turns out that women live to an average of 84 years in this city, which is longer than the national average and than men, who 79 years. They are also more likely to access medical services in a timely fashion, with 71 per cent of women reporting they had a Pap smear in the last three years.
麻豆精选 women are also, on average, more educated than their male counterparts and more likely than men to have completed high school, college or university.
鈥淭he share of women and men who hold university degrees is well below the national average, but above average when it comes to college degrees,鈥� said McInturff.
Women are considerably more likely to have competed a college degree, with 24 per cent reporting having completed a college degree compared to 17 per cent having done so. Around 18 per cent of men have completed trades training and apprenticeship compared to nine per cent of women.
麻豆精选 was on par with the national average when it came to women in leadership roles. Women make up 32 per cent of elected officials in the area. Two out of five regional municipalities boast a female mayor. Women hold 34 per cent of the management jobs in the region.
When it comes to safety, the centre looked at the unfounded rate, and 麻豆精选 fared better than the national average. An unfounded report is one where the police judge that no crime has occurred and therefore do not investigate or record the report of the assault. However, the high variability of unfounded rates from city to city suggests that some police forces are more likely than others to dismiss reports. Domestic violence is also under-recorded, with only one in five incidents reported to the police. Direct surveys of the population are the best way to estimate the actual crime rate for these offences. However, Statistics Canada only conducts a survey on violent crime once every five years. This survey does not sample a large enough segment of the population to provide
The unfounded rate for police-reported sexual assaults in 麻豆精选 is 14 per cent, compared to 19 per cent nationally.
Canadawide, however, McInturff said things 鈥渢hings have taken a turn for the feminist in Canada.鈥�
鈥淥ur prime minister is setting a feminist agenda for his government. What that means in practice, thus far, is that the government is starting more regularly to ask questions about how their policies and programs impact men and women in distinct ways,鈥� she wrote.
The Complete Rankings:
1. Victoria
2. Gatineau
3. Hamilton
4. Kingston
5. Vancouver
6. Qu茅bec City
7. St. John鈥檚
8. Sherbrooke
9. Halifax
10. Toronto
11. Ottawa
12. London
13. 麻豆精选
14. Abbotsford-Mission
15. Montr茅al
16. St. Catharines-Niagara
17. Winnipeg
18. Edmonton
19. Saskatoon
20. Kitchener-Cambridge-Waterloo
21. Regina
22. Calgary
23. Barrie
24. Oshawa
25. Windsor
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