OTTAWA — Women in corporate leadership still face barriers, with significant gaps in business ownership, representation and compensation, said the Canadian Chamber of Commerce.
In a new report Tuesday, the organization said Canada lags behind nearly half of its OECD peers in its share of female managers.
In 2023, the share of women in management — including middle management — was 35 per cent, the report said. And the higher up the ladder, the fewer women the report found, with women making up less than one quarter of boardroom seats in corporate Canada. The gaps are wider in certain industries, such as natural resources and construction, and narrower in others like health care and education.
Meanwhile, Atlantic Canada and Quebec have the smallest gaps when it comes to women's representation in management, while Central and Western Canada have the farthest to go.