Representation of women on boards of directors and in officer positions: Visualization tool
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Data
The data used to create this interactive web application is from the following data table:
Additional information
This interactive dashboard provides access to data that highlight women in leadership and strategic decision-making roles and women that lead the day-to-day operations within corporations conducting business in Canada. It allows the user to compare and analyze data based on industry, size (assets), province, country of control and type of corporation.
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Additional information and other statistics and studies related to gender and business are available in the Gender, Diversity and Inclusion Statistics Hub and the Business Performance and Ownership Statistics Portal.
Definitions
Directors: Generally, directors are responsible for supervising the activities of corporations and making decisions on those activities. They are also elected by shareholders.
Executive: An executive is a person who occupies a leadership and decision-making role within an enterprise, and who contributes either as a board director or as an officer.
All officers: Officers lead the day-to-day operations of a corporation and are appointed by board directors.
Top officers: The top officer category consists of individuals who occupy one of the following positions: chairperson, president, vice president and executive vice president.
Other officers: The other officer category consists of individuals who occupy one of the following positions: secretary, assistant secretary, treasurer, assistant treasurer, secretary treasurer, controller, auditor, and others.
Size (assets): Company size was determined by assets, then classified by quartiles. More specifically, smaller firms were classified in the first quartile, small-to-medium companies were classified in the second quartile, medium-to-large firms were classified in the third quartile and larger firms were classified in the fourth quartile.
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How to use this interactive visual
Use this tool to see data on the representation of women directors and officers by province and territory. All values on the map and graphs will automatically update based on the user’s selection. The dashboard is divided into six pages, each providing more insight on the representation of women directors and officers with added selections. Users can navigate between each page by selecting the buttons at the top right of the page.
The provincial and territorial data page allows users to view data based on selections made for the industry, province, quartile and year.
The all firms’ attributes page allows users to view data based on selections made for the industry, province, quartile, country of control, type of corporation and year.
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