Canada’s ethnic and racial wage gap rivals it’s gender gap — but gets a fraction of the policy attention

By Reza Hasmath, Professor in Political Science, University of Alberta

Canada has spent decades confronting the gender pay gap, enacting legislation and building public awareness around the fact that women earn about 84 cents for every dollar men make. That gap persists because of systemic barriers, and is wider for women who face multiple forms of discrimination.

Yet an equally significant wage penalty for ethnic and racial minorities rarely commands the same attention, and has not prompted a comparable…

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