One of the most characteristic features of the Canadian society
is that women constitute the majority population but they are a
minority in the workforce. Another feature is that just around 50
percent of the total population is in the work force and less
than 50 percent actually have jobs. This proves that Canadian
society, which has capitalism as its foundation, remains most
destructive in terms of the social productive forces and the
scourge of unemployment, job insecurity, poverty, cultural and
spiritual devastation and violence.
The total population in Canada in 1995 was 29,252 (all
figures multiply by 1,000). There were 14,942 females and 14,664
males. The total population 15 years old and over in 1995 was
23,027 of which 11,724 were women and 11,303 were men. The number
of Canadians 65 years old and over on 1995 was 3,558.5 of whom
2,055.2 were females and 1,503.3 were males. The Canadian
population between 15 and 65 years old totals 19,468.5.
The 1995 work force (15 years old and over) was reported by
Statistics Canada as 14,928 workers of which 6,730 were women and
8,198 men. This means that 8,100 Canadians 15 years and older did
not participate in the work force. This makes a participation
rate of adults in the work force of 64.8 percent. Of this total
not in the work force 4,994 were women and 3,106 were men. The
participation rate in the work force by gender is women at 57.4
percent and men at 72.5 percent.
Out of the total declared workforce, the average number
working during the year 1995 totalled 13,506; 7,397 men and 6,109
women. There were 1,422 unemployed out of this declared
workforce. This, as a percentage of the workforce, equals 9.5
percent. The number of unemployed men was 801 (9.8 percent) and
unemployed women was 621 (9.2 percent).
The percentage of Canadians 15 years old and over actually
working is 58.6 percent; for women the percentage is 52.1 percent
and for men it is 65.4 percent. 13,506 Canadians working out of a
total population of 29,252 is a percentage of 46.2 percent. The
number working in relation to the population aged 15 to 65 is
69.4 percent, females at 63.2 percent and males at 75.5 percent.
In 1995 Statistics Canada reports 7,879 families in Canada.
Of these 6,837 were partnerships of a man and a woman. The number
of single parent families totalled 1,042. The total number of
people reporting to be living with a partner was 14,129 of which
7,069 were female and 7,060 were male. Adults not in a marriage
totalled 12,718 of which 5,937 were single women and 6,782 were
single men. The number of Canadians widowed was 1,467 of which
the vast majority were female at 1,205 and 260 men. The number of
people listed as divorced was 1,292. (All figures given in
thousands.)
Shawgi Tell
University at Buffalo
Graduate School of Education
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