Gender in Canada

234 indicators covering gender for Canada.

IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank
Child population (UN estimates and projections) 5,985 2030 down 1.2% 63rd
Child population (UN estimates and projections) (0-14), annual growth -0.1285 % change on previous year 2030 down 136.5% 72nd
Population 35,670 2030 up 11.1% 34th
Working-age population (UN estimates and projections) 35,670 2030 up 11.1% 34th
Population (UN estimates and projections), annual growth rate 0.8111 % change on previous year 2030 down 30.0% 120th
Age population, age 00, female, interpolated 179,464 2025 down 4.3% 65th
Age population, age 00, male, interpolated 188,972 2025 down 4.0% 65th
Age population, age 01, female, interpolated 181,929 2025 down 3.5% 65th
Age population, age 01, male, interpolated 191,273 2025 down 3.3% 64th
Age population, age 02, female, interpolated 183,113 2025 down 3.5% 64th
Age population, age 02, male, interpolated 192,308 2025 down 3.4% 64th
Age population, age 03, female, interpolated 187,661 2025 down 1.8% 63rd
Age population, age 03, male, interpolated 196,972 2025 down 1.4% 63rd
Age population, age 04, female, interpolated 190,321 2025 down 1.1% 63rd
Age population, age 04, male, interpolated 199,843 2025 down 0.4% 63rd
Age population, age 05, female, interpolated 190,747 2025 down 2.2% 63rd
Age population, age 05, male, interpolated 200,063 2025 down 1.5% 63rd
Women's universal right to vote 1 2025 unchanged 1st
Universal suffrage women lexical, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year 2025 1st
Inactivity rate (ILO modelled estimates) 35.99 2027 up 5.2% 117th
Women's Political Empowerment Index 0.872 2025 down 3.3% 44th
Women's Civil Liberties Index 0.801 2025 down 12.2% 57th
Women's Civil Society Participation Index 0.839 2025 up 1.9% 40th
Women's Political Participation Index 0.994 2025 up 0.9% 32nd
Women's political empowerment index vs. electoral democracy index 0.872 2025 down 3.3% 44th
Key features of women's political empowerment 0.872 2025 down 3.3% 44th
Key features of womens political empowerment, annual growth rate 0.4608 % change on previous year 2025 down 17.3% 49th
Key features of womens political empowerment, gaps filled 0.872 2025 down 3.3% 44th
Gender of the head of government, gaps filled 0 2025 20th
Prevalence of obesity, female 24.4% 2024 up 2.1% 107th
Prevalence of obesity, male 27.5% 2024 up 5.8% 48th
Life expectancy at age 60, female 27.14 years 2024 up 3.2% 19th
Life expectancy at age 60, male 15.74 years 2024 down 32.0% 184th
Share of women who are obese 24.4% 2024 up 2.1% 110th
Share of women who are overweight or obese 53.1% 2024 up 1.4% 112th
Share of overweight men vs. women 63.7% 2024 down 1.8% 63rd
Share of women expected to survive to the age of 65 92.5% 2024 up 1.0% 39th
Share of women who are married or in a union 1.3% 2021 down 43.9% 190th
Population, per capita 1 units per person 2024 up 0.1% 14th
Population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP 2024 down 7.3% 170th
Population, annual growth rate 3.01 % change on previous year 2024 up 198.7% 15th
Key features of womens political empowerment, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP 2025 down 35.1% 160th
Women and men have the same rights to own property 1 (1=yes; 0=no) 2023 unchanged 1st
Married women are required by law to obey their husbands 1 (1=yes; 0=no) 2023 unchanged 1st
Total calories from animal protein vs. mean male height 282.84 kilocalories per day per capita 2023 up 13.2% 31st
Women, Business and the Law Index 100 index (0–100) 2023 up 2.6% 1st
Women can apply for a passport in the same way as men 1 (1=yes; 0=no) 2023 unchanged 1st
Women can register a business on the same terms as men 1 (1=yes; 0=no) 2023 unchanged 1st
Women can get a divorce on the same terms as men 1 (1=yes; 0=no) 2023 unchanged 1st
Women have the same rights to remarry as men 1 (1=yes; 0=no) 2023 unchanged 1st
Women can open a bank account in the same way as men 1 (1=yes; 0=no) 2023 unchanged 1st
Equal access to financial services for women and men 1 (1=yes; 0=no) 2023 unchanged 1st
Child population (UN estimates and projections) (0-14), per capita 0.0001 units per person 2025 down 11.7% 165th
Women can open bank account same as men, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year 2023 1st
Women can register a business in the same way as men, annual growth 0 % change on previous year 2023 1st
Population, per square kilometre 4.56 units per square kilometre 2023 up 16.6% 178th
Population (UN estimates and projections), per capita 0.0008 units per person 2025 down 2.9% 62nd
Labor force, female 10.79 million 2025 up 16.8% 29th
Labor force, female, per capita 0.2591 units per person 2025 up 0.1% 22nd
Primary school completion rates, adjusted gender parity index 1 index 2025 down 0.0% 97th