1. Labour Force 15 Yrs+ by Sex & Major Occup. Group, 2001

2. Female/male earnings ratio Year and Status Female/Male Earnings Ratio, Canada, 1967-2002 Full-time ratio = 1 in 2079, when today’s 19-year-old is 96 years old.

3. Year Paid & Unpaid Work Hours/Week for All Persons 15+ by Gender, Canada, 1911-76 Hours per week 1 hr/day difference

4. Paid and Unpaid Work for all Persons 15+ by Gender, Canada, 1998 (male index=100) MaleFemaleMins/day difference Paid work, education, commuting 100 0 Unpaid work 100162+102 Free time10094-24

5. Selected Types of Unpaid Work for all Persons 15+ by Gender, Canada, 1998 (male index=100) MaleFemaleMins/day difference Cooking, washing up 100275+42 Housekeeping100333+42 Maintenance, repair 10050-6 Shopping100129+12 Childcare100200+36

6. Canada and Top Five and Bottom Five Countries Ranked by Gender Empowerment Measure, 2003 (n=70) Iceland 0.847Norway 0.837Sweden 0.831Denmark 0.825 Finland 0.801 Canada 0.771 Turkey 0.29Sri Lanka 0.272Egypt 0.253 Bangladesh 0.218 Yemen 0.127 Gender Empowerment Measure Note: The GEM takes into account women’s share of seats in parliament, women’s share of administrative, managerial, professional, and technical jobs, and women’s earning power. A score of 1.0 indicates equality with men on these three dimensions. Canada ranks 9th out of 70; Germany ranks 8th and the United States ranks 10th.

7. Women in National Parliaments, September 2004, in percent (n=123) Women as percent of total Canada 33rd @ 21.1% USA 61st @ 14.3%

8. Percent Function Women in Canadian Political Parties, 1992 (in percent)