Women and Canada’s Gross Domestic Product: A Growing Contribution
March 8, 2023
March 8, 2023
Advocacy
Women play a key role in the Canadian economy as workers, entrepreneurs and providers of unpaid household work.
On International Women’s Day, March 8, we recognize and celebrate the global social, economic, cultural and political achievements of women and girls.
From 2008 to 2018, the contribution of women to Canada’s gross domestic product (GDP) rose 2.8 percentage points to 28.5%, while the contribution of men edged up 0.5 percentage points to 49.2%. Just under one-quarter of Canada’s GDP (attributable to the operating surplus of entities, such as governments or large publicly traded corporations) cannot be allocated, as it is impossible to determine the gender of the contributor.
