Table 3
Level of agreement with whether there are significant obstacles that make it harder for women to get ahead than men, by gender and selected characteristics, Canada, 2025

Table 3 Level of agreement with whether there are significant obstacles that make it harder for women to get ahead than men, by gender and selected characteristics, Canada, 2025
Table summary
The information is grouped by Selected characteristic (appearing as row headers), There are significant obstacles that make it harder for women to get ahead than men, Women+ and Men+, calculated using percent who agree or strongly agree, 95% confidence interval, percent who agree or strongly agree, 95% confidence interval, from, to, from and to units of measure (appearing as column headers).
Selected characteristic There are significant obstacles that make it harder for women to get ahead than men
Women+ Men+
percent who agree or strongly agree 95% confidence interval percent who agree or strongly agree 95% confidence interval
from to from to
Note E

use with caution

Note F

too unreliable to be published

Note *

significantly different from reference category only (p < 0.05)

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Note **

significantly different from estimate for women+ only (p < 0.05)

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Note ***

significantly different from reference category (p < 0.05) and estimate for women+ (p < 0.05)

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Note †

reference category

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Note 1

Excludes First Nations people, Métis, and Inuit.

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Note 2

Respondents who were 15 years of age and who did not link to tax data were assumed to have an individual income of $0.

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Note: The category “Women+” includes women, as well as some non-binary respondents and some respondents who did not state their gender, while the category “Men+” includes men, as well as some non-binary persons and some respondents who did not state their gender. Percent calculations include missing responses.
Source: Statistics Canada, Survey of Safety in Public and Private Spaces, 2025.
Age group (years)  
15 to 24 Table 3 Note † 78 77 80 48 Table 3 Note ** 46 50
25 to 34 78 76 79 49 Table 3 Note ** 47 51
35 to 44 72 Table 3 Note * 71 74 48 Table 3 Note ** 46 50
45 to 54 73 Table 3 Note * 71 74 49 Table 3 Note ** 47 50
55 and older 74 Table 3 Note * 73 75 59 Table 3 Note *** 58 60
Indigenous identity  
Indigenous person 78 Table 3 Note * 76 80 52 Table 3 Note ** 49 55
First Nations 80 Table 3 Note * 76 83 52 Table 3 Note ** 47 57
Métis 78 75 81 52 Table 3 Note ** 47 56
Inuit 65 Table 3 Note * 58 71 48 Table 3 Note ** 41 55
Non-Indigenous person Table 3 Note † 75 74 75 52 Table 3 Note ** 52 53
Racialized population group Table 3 Note 1  
Yes 67 Table 3 Note * 65 68 46 Table 3 Note *** 44 47
South Asian 69 Table 3 Note * 66 72 45 Table 3 Note *** 42 49
Chinese 66 Table 3 Note * 63 68 43 Table 3 Note *** 39 46
Black 73 Table 3 Note * 69 77 52 Table 3 Note ** 48 57
Filipino 65 Table 3 Note * 61 69 48 Table 3 Note *** 43 53
Arab 56 Table 3 Note * 50 62 40 Table 3 Note *** 34 46
Latin American 67 Table 3 Note * 61 73 53 Table 3 Note ** 47 59
Southeast Asian 70 Table 3 Note * 63 76 51 Table 3 Note ** 43 59
West Asian 58 Table 3 Note * 50 66 43 Table 3 Note *** 35 52
Korean 53 Table 3 Note * 43 62 27 Table 3 Note *** 18 37
Japanese 72 E use with caution 56 83 F too unreliable to be published F too unreliable to be published F too unreliable to be published
Racialized population group not otherwise specified 64 Table 3 Note * 56 72 41 Table 3 Note *** 33 50
Multiple racialized population groups 75 67 82 56 Table 3 Note ** 47 65
No Table 3 Note † 77 77 78 55 Table 3 Note ** 54 56
Place of birth  
Born outside Canada Table 3 Note † 65 64 66 47 Table 3 Note ** 45 48
Born in Canada 79 Table 3 Note * 78 79 55 Table 3 Note *** 54 56
Sexual orientation  
Heterosexual Table 3 Note † 74 73 75 51 Table 3 Note ** 50 52
LGB+ 89 Table 3 Note * 88 91 76 Table 3 Note *** 73 79
Lesbian or gay 89 Table 3 Note * 85 92 73 Table 3 Note *** 69 77
Bisexual or pansexual 90 Table 3 Note * 88 91 78 Table 3 Note *** 73 82
Sexual orientation not elsewhere classified 89 Table 3 Note * 84 92 83 Table 3 Note * 74 89
Identifies as a person with disability  
Yes Table 3 Note † 81 79 82 58 Table 3 Note ** 56 60
No 74 Table 3 Note * 73 74 52 Table 3 Note *** 51 52
Employed in past 12 months  
Yes Table 3 Note † 76 75 77 50 Table 3 Note ** 49 51
No 73 Table 3 Note * 72 74 59 Table 3 Note *** 58 61
Highest level of education completed  
Less than high school 67 Table 3 Note * 65 69 51 Table 3 Note *** 49 53
High school 74 Table 3 Note * 72 75 51 Table 3 Note *** 49 52
College or trade school 73 Table 3 Note * 72 75 50 Table 3 Note *** 49 51
University certificate, diploma or degree Table 3 Note † 78 78 79 56 Table 3 Note ** 54 57
Marital status  
Married or common-law 72 Table 3 Note * 72 73 54 Table 3 Note *** 53 55
Separated, divorced, or widowed 75 Table 3 Note * 74 76 53 Table 3 Note *** 50 55
Single, never married Table 3 Note † 79 78 80 49 Table 3 Note ** 48 51
Area of residence  
Rural area of the provinces 73 Table 3 Note * 71 74 50 Table 3 Note *** 49 52
Territories 63 Table 3 Note * 60 67 54 Table 3 Note ** 49 58
Urban area of the provinces Table 3 Note † 75 75 76 53 Table 3 Note ** 52 54
Individual before-tax income  
Less than $20,000 Table 3 Note † Table 3 Note 2 74 72 75 51 Table 3 Note ** 49 53
$20,000 to $39,999 72 71 74 55 Table 3 Note *** 53 57
$40,000 to $59,999 74 73 76 53 Table 3 Note ** 51 55
$60,000 to $79,999 75 74 77 53 Table 3 Note ** 51 55
$80,000 to $99,999 78 Table 3 Note * 76 80 52 Table 3 Note ** 49 54
$100,000 to $119,999 80 Table 3 Note * 78 83 51 Table 3 Note ** 48 53
$120,000 or more 80 Table 3 Note * 79 82 53 Table 3 Note ** 51 55
Not stated 73 70 75 48 Table 3 Note ** 45 51
Total 75 74 75 52 Table 3 Note ** 52 53
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