Overview of the 2022 Employment Equity Act Report

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List of tables

Table 1: Representation, availability and attainment rate
Table 2: Highest and lowest sector representation rate
Table 3: Shares of hires, promotions and terminations
Table 4: Distribution of permanent full-time workers who earned a salary
Table 5: A figure of $1.00 reflects equal pay between the two groups

Overview

The 2022 Employment Equity Act Annual Report provides the latest information on the representation of designated groups in federally regulated private-sector workplaces. This overview features key highlights and initiatives related to employment equity.

Workforce

The federally regulated private-sector workforce includes 742,506 employees. Designated groups members are represented as follows:

Women: 290,316
Aboriginal peoples: 18,080
Persons with disabilities: 32,299
Members of visible minorities: 202,169

Table 1: Representation, availability and attainment rate

Representation rate	Overall Canadian labour market availability*	Attainment rate
Women	39.3%**	48.2%	81.5%**
Aboriginal peoples	2.4%**	4.0%	60.0%**
Persons with disabilities	4.4%**	9.1%	48.4%**
Members of visible minorities	27.4%**	21.3%	128.6%**

* Sources: Statistics Canada, 2016 Census and Canadian Survey on Disability, 2017.
**Increase compared to the Employment Equity Act: Annual Report 2021.

Table 2: Highest and lowest sector representation rate

Highest	Lowest
Women	54.8% in banking*	29.2% in transportation**
Aboriginal peoples	4.2% in 'others**	1.4% in banking***
Persons with disabilities	5.9% in banking**	3.0% in 'others**
Members of visible minorities	39.5% in banking**	17.4% in 'others**

*Decrease compared to the Employment Equity Act: Annual Report 2021.
**Increase compared to the Employment Equity Act: Annual Report 2021.
***Stable compared to the Employment Equity Act: Annual Report 2021.

Table 3: Shares of hires, promotions and termination

Hires	Promotions	Terminations
Women	37.1%**	49.4%**	35.1%**
Aboriginal peoples	2.5%**	2.0%*	2.5%***
Persons with disabilities	2.6%**	4.8%**	3.0%*
Members of visible minorities	28.4%**	36.0%**	24.0%**

*Decrease compared to the Employment Equity Act: Annual Report 2021.
**Increase compared to the Employment Equity Act: Annual Report 2021.
***Stable compared to the Employment Equity Act: Annual Report 2021.

Salaries

The permanent full-time workforce includes 243,676 women and 396,232 men.

Table 4: Distribution of permanent full-time workers who earned a salary

Under $50,000 Women	Under $50,000 Men	Between $50,000 and $99,999 Women	Between $50,000 and $99,999 Men	$100,000 and over Women	$100,000 and over Men
Women	27.7%	17.6%	57.1%	58.2%	15.2%	24.1%
Aboriginal peoples	32.7%	19.5%	56.7%	60.0%	10.6%	20.5%
Persons with disabilities	26.4%	17.7%	59.5%	60.8%	14.1%	21.6%
Members of visible minorities	29.4%	20.3%	55.9%	58.5%	14.7%	21.2%

Hourly wage gaps

The median hourly wage of designated group for every $1.00 paid to the comparison group.

Table 5: A figure of $1.00 reflects equal pay between the two groups

All sectors	Banking and financial services	Communications	Transportation	‘Other’
Women Compared to men	$0.89	$0.80	$0.90	$0.89	$0.91
Aboriginal peoples Compared to non-Aboriginal peoples	$0.98	$0.91	$0.95	$0.99	$0.96
Persons with disabilities compared to persons without disabilities	$0.99	$0.97	$0.93	$1.00*	$0.97
Members of visible minorities compared to non-members of visible minorities	$0.95	$0.94	$0.96	$0.96	$0.92

*A figure of $1.00 reflects equal pay between the two groups.