Women have lower incomes than men. In 2003, the average annual pre-tax income of women aged 15 and over from all sources was 24,400, just 62% the figure for men.

Women are much more likely than men to work part-time. In 2004, 27% (over two million) of the total female workforce were part-time employees, compared with just 11% of employed men. Women currently account for about seven in 10 of all part-time employees.

Women’s median income in 2001 census reports $17,122 compared to $29,276 for men.

Women continue to be among the poorest of the poor in Canada. They make up a disproportionate share of the population with low incomes, 2.4 million in 2001 compared to 1.9 million men.

Women represent 51% of all victims of violent crime reported to a sample of police forces. In 2004, women were charged with committing 17% of all crime in Canada.

In 2003, 38% of all families headed by lone-parent mothers had income which fell below after-tax-low-income-cut-off’s, compared to just 13% of male lone parent families.