Job quality of racialized Canadians with a bachelor’s degree

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Release date: February 27, 2023
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Among graduates who earned a bachelor’s degree from a Canadian educational institution between 2014 and 2017, 3 in 10 were from a racialized group.

Top 3 racialized groups among graduates

  • Chinese, 9%
  • South Asian, 8%
  • Black, 4%

Women’s representation as graduates ranged from 51% among South Asian graduates to 64% among Black graduates. Among non-racialized and non-Indigenous graduates,Note 1 the proportion of women was 61%.

Two years after graduation…

The average employment income of racialized graduates was generally lower than that of their non-racialized and non-Indigenous counterparts.


Table 1
Table summary
This table displays the results of Table 1 Women and Men (appearing as column headers).
Women Men
Non-racialized and non-Indigenous $47,800 $54,100
West Asian (e.g., Azerbaijani, Iranian, Afghan, Uzbek) $42,700 $54,200
Arab $41,100 $53,900
South Asian (e.g., East Indian, Pakistani, Sri Lankan) $45,400 $53,000
Chinese $47,700 $51,800
Latin American $43,600 $50,300
Black $44,400 $49,800
Korean $43,300 $49,400
Southeast Asian (e.g., Vietnamese, Cambodian, Malaysian, Laotian) $47,300 $49,200
Japanese $48,900 $48,900
Filipino $48,200 $47,800

Income gaps often persisted when differences in demographic, education and industry characteristics were taken into account.

The largest adjusted income gaps between racialized and non-racialized, non-Indigenous graduates

Women

  • West Asian, -16%
  • Arab, -15%
  • Black, -9%
  • Korean, -9%
  • South Asian, -8%
  • Latin American, -8%

Men

  • Black, -13%
  • Southeast Asian, -13%
  • Filipino, - 12%
  • Chinese, -11%
  • Korean, -11%
  • South Asian, -6%

Most racialized graduates had lower rates of unionization and employer pension coverage than their non-racialized, non-Indigenous counterparts. The gaps narrowed or disappeared when graduate characteristics were taken into account.

Source: D. Galarneau, L. Corak and S. Brunet. 2023, “Early career job quality of racialized Canadian graduates with a bachelor’s degree, 2014 to 2017 cohorts,” Insights on Canadian Society, Statistics Canada Catalogue no. 75-006-X.

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