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2.5
Canada
Andrea Doucet and Diane-Gabrielle Tremblay
Population (UNDP)
Total Fertility Rate (UNDP)
GDP per capita (UNDP)
Female economic activity
As per cent male rate (UNDP)
% of employed working part time(ECLC) 34
Men
Women
Employment gender gap (full-time equivalent)
(ECI)
Employment rate (parents with children under
12 years) (EWM)
Fathers
Mothers 35
Employment impact of parenthood (parents
with a child 0–6 years)(ECI)
Men
Women
Gender-related Development Index (UNDP)
Gender Empowerment Measure (UNDP)
Access to regulated ECEC services (OECD)
Children under 3 years
Children 3–5 years (inclusive)
2005
2005
2005
2005
2005
2005
2005
2005
2006
2006
2006
2006
2005
2005
2004
2004
32.3 million
1.5
US $33,375
60.5 per cent
84 per cent
No data
No data
No data
No data
No data
No data
No data
4th
10th
19 per cent
No data
NB Canada is a federal state, with ten provinces and three territories
(referred to below as ‘jurisdictions’)
34 The percentage of employed working part time in 2006 was 10.8 (men) and
26.1 (women). The employment gender gap in 2001 was 13.5 per cent (Source:
Statistics Canada).
35 The employment rate in 2006 for women with a child under three years was 64
per cent, 69 per cent for women whose youngest child was aged three to five and
73 per cent for women with a child under 16 years (Source: Statistics Canada).
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