Agenda 2030 Sustainable Development Goals Report, 2022
Goal 10, Reduced Inequalities

Release date: December 13, 2022
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Sustainable Development Goals: Goal 10, Reduced Inequalities
Description: Sustainable Development Goals: Goal 10, Reduced Inequalities

Reduced Inequality Within and Among Countries

Household Income Inequality

Household income inequality decreased by 11% from 2015 to 2020.

In 2020, the Gini coefficientNote 1 was 0.28, the lowest since 1989.

Median After-Tax Income

Median after-tax household income of Canadian families and unattached individuals rose 7% in 2020Note 2. The largest annual increase 1976.


Male employees continue to earn more per hour than female employeesNote 3 in 2021.
Table summary
This table displays the results of Male employees continue to earn more per hour than female employees in 2021. Median hourly wage for full- and part-time employees 15 years and older (appearing as column headers).
Median hourly wage for full- and part-time employees 15 years and older
Men $28.00
Women $24.40

From 2015 to 2021, the gender wage gap narrowed by almost 5%.

Police-Reported Hate Crimes in 2021

There were 3,360 incidents of police-reported hate crimes in 2021, up 27% from 2020.

More than 1 in 2 police-reported hate crimes in 2021 targeted race or ethnicity. Among all police-reported hate crimes incidents, 884 targeted religion while 423 incidents targeted sexual orientation.

Community Spotlight: Accelerate Her Future

AHF envisions a Canada in which Black, Indigenous and racialized women are fully participating and thriving at all levels of leadership in their careers of choice.

Impact

There are more than 650 participants across all programs and a total of 1,180 volunteer hours.

Participant fellowship circle in 2022:

Access to networking increased 69% to 100% while mentorship access increased 68% to 95%.

Sources: Statistics Canada, Canadian Income Survey, 2020. Statistics Canada, Uniform Crime Reporting Survey, 2021. Statistics Canada, Labour Force Survey, 2022. Accelerate Her Future, 2022.



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