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Women and Cent Gap

cent: The latest census data show that Indigenous women in Ontario face a 43 per cent gender pay gap, according to Toronto Star. Racialized women face a 38 per cent gap. It reflects how far women on average need to work into the New Year to earn what men earned by Dec. 31 of the previous year. Immigrant women face a 34 per cent gap. The gap isn't new. On average Ontario women earn 29.3 per cent less than men. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.