Ethnicity, Language and Immigration Thematic Serial
Canada's Black population: Teaching, labour and resilience

Release date: February 25, 2020

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Introduction

This booklet is part of a series of documents released in conjunction with the United nations' International Decade for People of African Descent (2015 to 2024) and Black History Month. It aims to provide insight into some of the key socioeconomic characteristics of Canada'southward Black communities.

The kickoff booklet in this series titled "Multifariousness of the Black population in Canada: An overview", was released in Feb 2019 and highlighted both the demographic characteristics and diverseness of this population. Among others, the booklet demonstrated that the Black population which represents shut to 1.2 million people in 2016, is not only diverse, but too young and growing in size.

To obtain a more than comprehensive portrait of this population, this second booklet presents indicators related to teaching, employment, income, family structures and perceptions using data from the census and the Full general Social Survey (GSS).

This booklet first looks at the education characteristics of the Blackness population, which are associated with several other aspects of their socioeconomic situation. An analysis of the highest level of educational attainment was disaggregated past sex and immigrant status, followed by data on the educational expectations and aspirations of young Black individuals.

The Blackness population'south labour market outcomes are the focus of the second function of this booklet. In addition to employment, unemployment and income indicators, there are also data presented on work experiences, including their perceived experience of bigotry and their level of satisfaction.

Information on coping with life'southward difficulties and perceptions of the future are presented in the 3rd part of this booklet.

Some socioeconomic indicators are and so presented for selected census metropolitan areas (CMA), which testify that, far from being homogeneous, the state of affairs of the Black population varies greatly from one part of the country to some other.

Population of interest

There are many unlike ways to define and measure the population of interest. It is a population that comprises a diverse community of people in terms of history, indigenous and cultural origins, identify of birth, religion, and languages.

For this portrait, the population of interest refers to people who self-identified as "Black" in the population group question in the Census of Population. Since the 1996 Census, "Black" is one of the population groups listed on the census questionnaire. Respondents can select i or more of the listed population groups, or specify another group. With the exception of respondents who identified as belonging to both "Black" and "White" population groups, multiple responses are excluded from this analysis.

In the Full general Social Survey, the population of interest besides refers to those who selected "Blackness" to a similar population group question.

Given the focus and scope of this booklet, the population who did not cocky-place as "Black" was regrouped into a single reference category labelled equally "the rest of the population". This arroyo, used to put in perspective the specificities of the Black population through comparisons, does not presume that the "remainder of the population" is a homogeneous entity.

Questionnaire

Source: Statistics Canada, 2016 Census of Population 2A-L questionnaire.

Description for questionnaire

The prototype shows question xix on population groups from the 2016 Census of Population 2A-Fifty questionnaire. Respondents were asked 'Is this person:' and were instructed to marking ane or more of the eleven mark-in categories, or to specify some other grouping in the write-in space, if applicable. The list of marker-in categories are the following:

  • White
  • South Asian (eastward.g., E Indian, Pakistani, Sri Lankan, etc.)
  • Chinese
  • Black
  • Filipino
  • Latin American
  • Arab
  • Southeast Asian (e.g., Vietnamese, Cambodian, Laotian, Thai, etc.)
  • Westward Asian (e.g., Iranian, Afghan, etc.)
  • Korean
  • Japanese
  • Other - specify

In 2016, close to 7 in 10 Black adults had a postsecondary diploma

The highest level of educational attainment among the Black population varied by sex and immigrant condition.



Table 1
Highest level of educational attainment among the Blackness population aged 25 to 59 years, Canada, 2016
Tabular array summary
This table displays the results of Highest level of educational attainment among the Black population aged 25 to 59 years Women and Men, calculated using per centum units of measure (appearing as column headers).
Women Men
percent
Total Black population
Total — Highest certificate, diploma or degree 100.0 100.0
No certificate, diploma or degree x.3 10.nine
Secondary (high) school diploma or equivalency document 19.0 26.5
Apprenticeship or trades certificate or diploma 9.viii 11.1
College, CEGEP or other non-university certificate or diploma 28.6 nineteen.7
University certificate or diploma below bachelor level 4.8 4.1
University certificate, diploma or degree at bachelor level or above 27.v 27.seven
Immigrants
Full — Highest document, diploma or degree 100.0 100.0
No certificate, diploma or degree 11.7 10.eight
Secondary (high) school diploma or equivalency document eighteen.4 24.seven
Apprenticeship or trades certificate or diploma 11.1 11.iv
College, CEGEP or other non-university certificate or diploma 28.v 18.six
Academy certificate or diploma below available level 5.0 four.6
University certificate, diploma or caste at bachelor level or to a higher place 25.4 29.viii
Non-immigrants
Total — Highest certificate, diploma or caste 100.0 100.0
No certificate, diploma or degree 6.one 11.1
Secondary (loftier) school diploma or equivalency certificate 21.0 32.9
Apprenticeship or trades certificate or diploma vi.4 10.7
College, CEGEP or other not-academy certificate or diploma 31.ane 24.1
University certificate or diploma below bachelor level iv.0 2.8
University certificate, diploma or degree at bachelor level or above 31.4 xviii.4

The differences are notable among those with a bachelor's degree or higher. Amidst the non-immigrant population, 18% of Black men had a bachelor's degree or higher in 2016, compared to 31% of Black women (a similar situation in the rest of the population).

The immigrant population is more often than not more than likely to have a bachelor's degree or higher than the non-immigrant population. It was the opposite for Black women. In 2016, 25% of Black immigrant women had a available's caste or higher, compared to 31% of Black not-immigrant women.

This can be partly explained past immigrant access categories. It is most notable amongst Black immigrants from Africa where a higher proportion of men than women were chosen, in office for their skills and qualifications, such as educational attainment.



Tabular array 2
Per centum of individuals with a bachelor level or above among the population aged 25 to 59 years, Canada, 2016
Table summary
This table displays the results of Percentage of individuals with a available level or above among the population aged 25 to 59 years Black women, Women in the rest of the population, Blackness men and Men in the rest of the population, calculated using percent units of measure out (appearing as column headers).
Blackness women Women in the residual of the population Black men Men in the residual of the population
per centum
Total population 27.5 32.vii 27.7 26.7
Immigrants 25.four 42.8 29.eight 42.3
Not-immigrants 31.four 28.vi 18.4 21.one

The proportion of Black women with a postsecondary educational activity has increased over time

Chart 1 Percentage of individuals with a postsecondary education among the population aged 25 to 59 years, Canada, 2001 to 2016

Data table for Chart 1

Information table for Chart i
Table summary
This table displays the results of Data table for Chart 1 Black women, Black men, Women in the rest of the population and Men in the rest of the population, calculated using pct units of measure (appearing as column headers).
Black women Black men Women in the rest of the population Men in the rest of the population
percentage
2001 56.9 55.viii 54.3 55.1
2006 67.1 63.3 61.9 61.four
2011 68.8 64.5 66.4 63.9
2016 70.7 62.half-dozen 68.six 63.vi

In general, the proportion of Canadians with a postsecondary didactics has increased since 2001. This increase was more pronounced amidst women than amongst men, for both the Blackness population and the residual of the population.

Since 2011, however, there has been a decline in the proportion of Black men with a postsecondary didactics, while the proportion remained stable for men in the remainder of the population.

Near Black youth would similar to obtain a university degree, but proportionally, they are less likely to think that they will obtain one

In 2016, although 94% of Black youth anile 15 to 25 said that they would like to go a bachelor's degree or higher, lx% idea that they could.

Chart 2 Level of educational attainment expectations and aspirations among the population aged 15 to 25 years, Canada, 2016

Information tabular array for Nautical chart two

Data table for Nautical chart 2
Table summary
This table displays the results of Data table for Chart 2 Blackness population, Balance of the population, Percent and 95% conviction interval (appearing equally column headers).
Black population Rest of the population
Pct 95% confidence interval Per centum 95% conviction interval
lower upper lower upper
Would similar to obtain a university degree 93.9 Note* 85.6 102.3 82.4 79.ix 84.eight
Think they will obtain a university caste 59.9 43.5 76.2 78.8 76.ane 81.4

Some authors suggest that students' perceptions nigh their educational attainment potential may be influenced, among other things, by certain teachers and other professionals in the school system (James and Turner 2017; Fitzpatrick et al. 2015; Burgess and Greaves 2013; James 2000).

Black men saw both their employment rates fall and their unemployment rates ascension over fourth dimension

Chart 3 Employment rates among the population aged 25 to 59 years, Canada, 2001 to 2016

Information table for Chart three

Data tabular array for Nautical chart 3
Table summary
This table displays the results of Information table for Chart 3 Black women, Black men, Women in the rest of the population and Men in the rest of the population, calculated using per centum units of measure (appearing as column headers).
Black women Black men Women in the balance of the population Men in the remainder of the population
percentage
2001 71.3 lxxx.0 72.three 83.7
2006 72.0 81.1 74.ii 84.iv
2011 70.0 77.7 74.ix 83.1
2016 71.0 78.one 75.5 82.half dozen

The employment rate of Black people anile 25 to 59 is lower than in the rest of the population. In 2016, the employment rate was 78.i% for Blackness men and 71.0% for Black women, compared with 82.vi% and 75.5%, respectively, for their counterpart in the rest of the population.

Betwixt 2001 and 2011, the gap in the employment rate betwixt the Blackness population and the rest of population increased, for both women and men. However, this gap decreased slightly between 2011 and 2016.

Chart 4 Unemployment rates among population aged 25 to 59 years, Canada, 2001 to 2016

Data table for Chart 4

Information table for Chart iv
Table summary
This table displays the results of Information tabular array for Nautical chart 4 Black women, Black men, Women in the rest of the population and Men in the rest of the population, calculated using pct units of measure out (actualization every bit column headers).
Black women Black men Women in the rest of the population Men in the residuum of the population
percent
2001 10.2 9.1 6.0 six.iii
2006 9.5 8.0 5.4 five.2
2011 x.9 x.4 5.ix 6.2
2016 x.ii 10.2 5.8 6.7

During this catamenia, the unemployment rates among the Black population were consistently higher than in the rest of the population.

This was the case even at higher levels of pedagogy. For example, amongst those with a postsecondary education in 2016, the unemployment rate for the Blackness population was 9.2%, compared to 5.3% for those in the balance of the population.

These gaps betwixt the groups in employment and unemployment rates persist even after decision-making for the effects of various socioeconomic factors, suggesting that other factors, not measured in the demography, may be at work (Houle 2020).

Canadian studies (e.g., Oreopoulous 2011 and Eid 2012) used fictitious resumes and found that, among other things, "racialized" candidates were significantly less likely to be interviewed than other candidates with the same levels of qualification and equivalent experience.

Despite hardships in the workforce, Black individuals were generally satisfied with their jobs

Chart 5 Experience of unfair treatment or discrimination at work among the working population aged 15 years and older, Canada, 2016

Data table for Nautical chart 5

Information tabular array for Nautical chart five
Table summary
This table displays the results of Information table for Nautical chart 5 Women, Men, Percent and 95% confidence interval (appearing as column headers).
Women Men
Percent 95% confidence interval Percent 95% confidence interval
lower upper lower upper
Black population 19.6 NoteE: Use with circumspection Note* 13.four 25.9 14.iv NoteE: Use with circumspection 8.ane 20.8
Residue of the population 10.9 ten.ane 11.7 7.3 6.half-dozen 8.0

According to information from the 2016 GSS, Black employees anile xv or over, were more likely than their counterparts in the rest of the population to written report having experienced unfair handling or discrimination at work in the 12 months prior to the survey.

Chart 6 Proportion of the working population aged 15 years and older reporting a high level of satisfaction at work, Canada, 2016

Data table for Chart 6

Data tabular array for Chart half-dozen
Table summary
This table displays the results of Data table for Chart 6 Women, Men, Percent and 95% confidence interval (actualization as column headers).
Women Men
Per centum 95% confidence interval Percent 95% conviction interval
lower upper lower upper
Black population 85.0 78.half dozen 91.3 89.5 82.seven 96.3
Rest of the population 86.iii 85.2 87.three 83.4 82.3 84.6

At the same fourth dimension, the majority of the Black population reported a high level of job satisfaction, with 85% of Blackness women and 90% of Black men.

Additionally, 79% of employed Black individuals felt a strong sense of belonging to the organization for which they worked, similar to results in the remainder of the population (82%).

Friends are oft a source of support in the workplace for the Black population. About iii in x Black employees reported having many skillful friends at work, and around ii in x reported having having ane ot two expert friends at work. These results were similar in the balance of the population.

Many inequalities that are observed in society may persist even when the structural conditions that created them have changed (United nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs 2016).

The gap in median almanac wages between Black men and their counterparts in the rest of the population has persisted over time

Chart 7 Median annual wages1 among workers aged 25 to 59 years, Canada, 2000 to 2015

Data table for Nautical chart seven

Information table for Chart 7
Median annual wages Data tabular array Note1 among workers anile 25 to 59 years, Canada, 2000 to 2015
Table summary
This table displays the results of Median annual wages among workers aged 25 to 59 years Blackness women, Black men, Women in the residual of the population and Men in the rest of the population, calculated using dollars units of measure (appearing as column headers).
Black women Blackness men Women in the rest of the population Men in the residue of the population
dollars
2000 32,552 40,214 33,854 52,083
2005 33,188 xl,116 35,094 52,557
2010 36,358 41,911 38,961 54,501
2015 35,663 41,146 39,654 55,801

While median almanac wages increased in the full general population from 2000 to 2015, it remained relatively stable for Black men, at approximately $twoscore,000.

In 2000 and 2005, Black women earned median annual wages similar to those of women in the rest of the population. Since so, however, the gap between the two groups of women has increased.

Amidst immigrant women, the wage gaps between Black women and women in the residue of the population was very low ($1,300 difference at well-nigh, favouring Black women). Conversely, among those born in Canada, the almanac wages of Black women were approximately $iii,500 to $seven,000 lower than that of women in the balance of the population.

About 1 in 5 Black adults alive in a low-income situation

Chart 8 Proportion of adults aged 25 to 59 years living in a low-income situation, based on market basket measure, Canada, 2015

Data table for Nautical chart viii

Data tabular array for Chart viii
Table summary
This table displays the results of Data table for Chart 8 Black population and Rest of the population, calculated using pct units of measure (appearing every bit column headers).
Black population Residuum of the population
percent
2015 twenty.7 12.0

In 2016, 21% of the Black population anile 25 to 59 lived in a depression-income situation, compared with 12% of their counterparts in the balance of the population.

In 2016, 27% of Black children were living in a low-income situation, compared to 14% of children in the residual of the population.

In 2016, one-3rd of Black adults lived with children at abode



Tabular array 3
Household living arrangements among the population aged 15 years and older, Canada, 2016
Table summary
This tabular array displays the results of Household living arrangements among the population anile fifteen years and older Black population and Residual of the population, calculated using percent units of measure out (appearing as column headers).
Black population Rest of the population
percent
Total 100.0 100.0
In a couple without children 8.seven 25.9
In a couple with children 33.9 36.0
In a lone-parent family 19.3 7.9
Persons in multigenerational households 8.v 5.7
Living with others (relatives or non-relatives) 17.3 10.7
Living alone 12.3 13.9

In Canada, close to ii in 10 Black individuals were in lone-parent families.

Regarding the household living arrangements of individuals, living in a couple with children (34%) was the well-nigh common state of affairs for the Blackness population, a event similar to what is observed in the rest of the population. However, the proportion of persons in a lone-parent family was at least two times higher in the Black population than in the residual of the population (nineteen% and viii%, respectively). Among the Black population, nearly 70% of these lonely-parents were women.

Black immigrant women take a higher rate of lone parenthood than other immigrant women. In 2016, most 30% of Black immigrant women anile 25 to 59 were lone-parents. This was 20 percentage points higher among women in the balance of the immigrant population.

In 2016, Black alone-parents were more likely to exist living in a depression-income state of affairs (34%) compared with lone-parents in the residual of the population (26%).

Many parental characteristics—such as immigrant status, single parenthood, unemployment, low education or low wages—may be associated with children and youth living in poverty (Lichter and Eggebeen 1994; Thomas 2011).

Black individuals demonstrated potent levels of resilience, even when faced with hard times

In 2016, 44% of Blackness individuals said they were "always" able to bounce dorsum rapidly later on hard times, compared to 33% amidst the rest of the population.

Chart 9 Ability to bounce back quickly after hard times among the population aged 15 years and older, Canada, 2016

Data table for Nautical chart nine

Data tabular array for Chart 9
Table summary
This tabular array displays the results of Data table for Chart nine Black population , Rest of the population, Per centum and 95% confidence interval (appearing as column headers).
Black population Residual of the population
Percent 95% confidence interval Pct 95% conviction interval
lower upper lower upper
Always 44.ii Notation* 39.2 49.ii 33.3 32.half dozen 33.9
Often 33.i Note* 28.4 37.viii 44.2 43.5 44.9
Sometimes twenty.4 sixteen.3 24.4 20.ane xix.5 20.7
Rarely to never NotationF: too unreliable to be published NotationF: too unreliable to be published AnnotationF: too unreliable to exist published 2.five 2.three two.7

Resilience can be defined as the "power to course a successful adaptation in the face of obstacles and adversity" (Seiler, Shamonda and Thompson 2011).

A key to resilience is how individuals make sense of negative experiences (Seiler, Shamonda and Thompson 2011). After difficult experiences, 65% of the Black population felt that they "always" learned something from those experiences compared with 48% in the remainder of the population.

Chart 10 Ability to learn from difficult experiences among the population aged 15 years and older, Canada, 2016

Data table for Chart x

Data table for Chart 10
Table summary
This table displays the results of Data table for Chart 10 Blackness population , Rest of the population, Percent and 95% confidence interval (appearing as column headers).
Black population Residuum of the population
Percent 95% conviction interval Percent 95% confidence interval
lower upper lower upper
Ever 64.7 Note* 59.ix 69.five 48.4 47.6 49.ane
Often 26.5 Note* 22.1 thirty.ix 38.3 37.6 39.0
Sometimes 8.5 NoteE: Use with caution Notation* 5.vii 11.3 12.ii 11.vii 12.6
Rarely to never NotationF: likewise unreliable to be published AnnotationF: too unreliable to exist published NoteF: likewise unreliable to be published 1.2 1.1 1.4

Compared with the residual of the population, Black individuals were more than probable to written report that, after hard experiences, they were "always" able to continue going about their life every bit they normally would (41% vs 32%).

Chart 11 Ability to continue going about life the way they would normally do after difficult experiences among the population aged 15 years and older, Canada, 2016

Information table for Chart 11

Data tabular array for Nautical chart 11
Table summary
This table displays the results of Data tabular array for Chart eleven Blackness population , Rest of the population, Percent and 95% confidence interval (appearing equally column headers).
Black population Rest of the population
Percent 95% confidence interval Percent 95% confidence interval
lower upper lower upper
Ever xl.vii Annotation* 35.7 45.half-dozen 32.1 31.4 32.viii
Often 38.i Note* 33.2 42.9 45.5 44.viii 46.iii
Sometimes 18.6 14.7 22.5 xix.2 18.6 19.7
Rarely to never ii.7 AnnotationEastward: Use with caution ane.ane iv.3 three.two two.9 3.4

The perceived future looks bright for most of the Black population

Chart 12 Current situation believed to be better than that of parents among the population aged 15 years and older, Canada, 2016

Information tabular array for Chart 12

Data table for Nautical chart 12
Table summary
This table displays the results of Data table for Chart 12 Black population , Remainder of the population, Percent and 95% confidence interval (actualization as cavalcade headers).
Blackness population Rest of the population
Percentage 95% confidence interval Per centum 95% confidence interval
lower upper lower upper
Standard of living of household 63.1 Note* 58.0 68.i 55.eight 55.0 56.5
Educational opportunities 81.8 Notation* 77.nine 85.7 76.0 75.four 76.6
Employment opportunities 75.ane Notation* seventy.7 79.5 54.viii 54.1 55.5
Opportunities to acquire avails 58.5 Note* 53.five 63.5 44.5 43.8 45.3

In 2016, the bulk of the Blackness population ranked their standard of living, educational and employment opportunities, and opportunities to acquire assets as ameliorate than those of their parents.

Well-nigh notably, compared with the residue of the population (55%), more Black individuals (75%) felt that their employment opportunities were better than those of their parents.

Too, among the Black population, 76% of the immigrants and 85% of the non-immigrants felt that their life opportunities would improve in the adjacent five years. These proportions were significantly college than for the remainder of the population, where 57% of the immigrants and 46% of the non-immigrants felt that their life opportunities would improve.

Chart 13 Belief that life opportunities will improve in the next 5 years among the population aged 15 years and older, by immigrant status, Canada, 2016

Data table for Nautical chart xiii

Information tabular array for Chart thirteen
Table summary
This table displays the results of Information tabular array for Nautical chart 13 Black population , Rest of the population, Pct and 95% confidence interval (actualization every bit column headers).
Black population Residuum of the population
Percentage 95% confidence interval Pct 95% confidence interval
lower upper lower upper
Immigrants 76.four Notation* 70.nine 81.viii 56.5 54.7 58.3
Non-immigrants 85.0 Note* 79.1 xc.9 45.6 44.9 46.4

Geographical highlights

Below is a quick overview of some education, labour and income characteristics for the population aged 25 to 59, as well as the prevalence of depression-income for children under the age of 15, for eight selected demography metropolitan areas (CMAs) across Canada. In 2016, about eight in x Black people lived in these CMAs.

Halifax

Halifax

The unemployment rate for Black men was about two and a half times college than the rate for men in the remainder of the population of this region.

Montréal

Montréal

Merely under ane in 5 Black children lived in a low-income household, lowest proportion amongst these eight CMAs.

Ottawa-Gatineau

Ottawa-Gatineau

Four in 10 Blackness men held at to the lowest degree a available's degree, like to their male person counterparts in this region, notwithstanding in that location was a wide gap in terms of median almanac wages.

Toronto

Toronto

Ii in x Black men held a bachelor's caste or higher, compared to almost 4 in 10 of men in the rest of the population of this region.

Winnipeg

Winnipeg

Black men were more probable to take at least a available's degree than other men of this region.

Calgary

Calgary

A wide gap in terms of median annual wages between both Black men and women and their counterparts living in this region.

Edmonton

Edmonton

A wide gap in terms of median annual wages between Black men and other men living in this region.

Vancouver

Vancouver

In this region, Blackness women and other women had similar median annual wages.

Source: Statistics Canada, Demography of Population, 2016.

Halifax—6,385 Black individuals (aged 25 to 59)

Education
(Available level or above)

Table 1-1
Education - Halifax
Table summary
This table displays the results of Education - Halifax Blackness Population and Remainder of the Population, calculated using percent units of measure (appearing as column headers).
Blackness
Population
Balance of the
Population
pct
Women 26.9 40.8
Men 26.one 32.three

Both men and women in the Black population were less likely than their counterparts in the rest of the population to concur a bachelor'south caste or higher, only the gap was more pronounced for women (14 pct points).

Labour
(Unemployment rate)

Tabular array one-2
Labour - Halifax
Table summary
This table displays the results of Labour - Halifax Black Population and Remainder of the Population, calculated using percent units of mensurate (actualization equally cavalcade headers).
Black
Population
Rest of the
Population
percent
Women 11.2 4.9
Men 14.1 v.7

The unemployment rate for Black men was 2 and a half times higher than that for men in the rest of the population.

Income
(Median annual wages)

Table 1-iii
Income - Halifax
Table summary
This table displays the results of Income - Halifax Black Population and Residuum of the Population, calculated using dollars units of measure (appearing as column headers).
Black
Population
Rest of the
Population
dollars
Women 31,727 39,563
Men 35,747 55,340

In that location was a gap of $20,000 betwixt median annual wages of Black men and that for the other men of this region. For women, the gap was not equally large ($eight,000).

Family
(Children in depression-income)

Table 1-four
Family unit - Halifax
Table summary
This table displays the results of Family - Halifax Black Children and Children in the rest of the population, calculated using percent units of measure (actualization as cavalcade headers).
Black
Children
Children in the
rest of the population
percentage
Children 38.5 15.9

The percentage of Black children living in a low-income situation in Halifax was 38.five%—more than than double the per centum for the rest of the population.

Montréal—129,185 Black individuals (aged 25 to 59)

Education
(Bachelor level or above)

Tabular array 2-1
Instruction - Montréal
Tabular array summary
This table displays the results of Didactics - Montréal Blackness Population and Rest of the Population, calculated using percent units of measure (appearing as column headers).
Black
Population
Residuum of the
Population
percentage
Women 26.5 36.2
Men 29.6 30.7

While Black men were almost as likely as men in the rest of the population to agree at least a bachelor'southward caste, Black women were less likely to do and then than women in the rest of the population by 10 percentage points.

Labour
(Unemployment rate)

Tabular array ii-2
Labour - Montréal
Tabular array summary
This table displays the results of Labour - Montréal Blackness Population and Rest of the Population, calculated using percent units of measure (appearing as column headers).
Blackness
Population
Rest of the
Population
pct
Women 10.seven 5.6
Men eleven.4 half dozen.2

Unemployment rates for Black women and men were nearly double those of their counterparts in the rest of the population.

Income
(Median annual wages)

Tabular array two-3
Income - Montréal
Tabular array summary
This table displays the results of Income - Montréal Black Population and Residuum of the Population, calculated using dollars units of measure (appearing as cavalcade headers).
Black
Population
Rest of the
Population
dollars
Women 30,710 39,154
Men 34,243 50,276

While median annual wages among Black women and men were similar, large gaps existed between the Blackness population and the rest of the population, especially for men.

Family
(Children in depression-income)

Table 2-iv
Family - Montréal
Table summary
This table displays the results of Family - Montréal Blackness Children and Children in the rest of the population, calculated using percent units of measure (actualization as column headers).
Black
Children
Children in the
rest of the population
per centum
Children 18.2 11.1

A larger proportion (18.2%) of Black children in Montréal were living in a depression-income situation compared with children in the residue of the population (11.one%).

Ottawa–Gatineau—34,465 Black individuals (aged 25 to 59)

Education
(Available level or to a higher place)

Table 3-one
Didactics - Ottawa-Gatineau
Table summary
This table displays the results of Teaching - Ottawa-Gatineau Black Population and Rest of the Population, calculated using pct units of measure (appearing equally column headers).
Black
Population
Rest of the
Population
percent
Women 35.i 43.eight
Men 40.3 38.3

Black men were more probable than their counterparts in the residue of the population to have a bachelor's degree or higher, although it was the opposite for Blackness women.

Labour
(Unemployment rate)

Table 3-ii
Labour - Ottawa-Gatineau
Tabular array summary
This table displays the results of Labour - Ottawa-Gatineau Black Population and Rest of the Population, calculated using percent units of measure (actualization as column headers).
Blackness
Population
Balance of the
Population
percent
Women 9.7 iv.6
Men 11.1 5.0

Unemployment rates for Black women and men were more than 2 times higher than those for their counterparts in the rest of the population.

Income
(Median almanac wages)

Table 3-3
Income - Ottawa-Gatineau
Tabular array summary
This table displays the results of Income - Ottawa-Gatineau Black Population and Rest of the Population, calculated using dollars units of mensurate (appearing as cavalcade headers).
Black
Population
Residuum of the
Population
dollars
Women 36,879 51,793
Men 40,762 63,384

Median annual wages were largely lower for Blackness women and men (by $23,000) than for their counterparts in the residual of the population, with gaps of $15,000 amongst women and $23,000 among men.

Family
(Children in low-income)

Table 3-4
Family unit - Ottawa-Gatineau
Table summary
This table displays the results of Family - Ottawa-Gatineau Blackness Children and Children in the residuum of the population, calculated using pct units of measure (appearing as cavalcade headers).
Black
Children
Children in the
residue of the population
pct
Children 29.2 eleven.7

Close to thirty% of Black children in this region were living in a depression-income situation — 17.v pct points college than for children in the rest of the population.

Toronto—207,480 Blackness individuals (anile 25 to 59)

Education
(Bachelor level or above)

Table 4-ane
Education - Toronto
Tabular array summary
This table displays the results of Didactics - Toronto Black Population and Residual of the Population, calculated using percent units of measure (actualization every bit column headers).
Black
Population
Rest of the
Population
percent
Women 25.iii 45.2
Men 21.9 41.7

Blackness men and women in this region were almost half as probable to hold a bachelor's degree or college compared to their counterparts in the residue of the population.

Labour
(Unemployment rate)

Table four-2
Labour - Toronto
Table summary
This tabular array displays the results of Labour - Toronto Black Population and Rest of the Population, calculated using pct units of mensurate (appearing as cavalcade headers).
Black
Population
Remainder of the
Population
percent
Women 9.9 6.iv
Men 8.9 five.iii

The unemployment rate for Black women and men was about ane and a half times higher than the rate for women and men in the rest of the population.

Income
(Median annual wages)

Tabular array 4-three
Income - Toronto
Table summary
This table displays the results of Income - Toronto Black Population and Rest of the Population, calculated using dollars units of measure (appearing as column headers).
Blackness
Population
Residue of the
Population
dollars
Women 39,301 42,734
Men 43,695 56,648

The median annual wages of Black men and women were lower than those of their counterparts in the rest of the population, by close to $13,000 among men and by $three,400 among women.

Family
(Children in low-income)

Tabular array four-iv
Family - Toronto
Table summary
This table displays the results of Family unit - Toronto Blackness Children and Children in the residuum of the population, calculated using percentage units of measure (appearing as column headers).
Blackness
Children
Children in the
rest of the population
percent
Children 34.ane 18.4

Near 35% of Black children in Toronto were living in a low-income state of affairs, compared with close to xx% of children in the rest of the population.

Winnipeg—12,690 Black individuals (aged 25 to 59)

Education
(Bachelor level or above)

Table 5-one
Education - Winnipeg
Table summary
This table displays the results of Education - Winnipeg Blackness Population and Rest of the Population, calculated using per centum units of measure (actualization equally cavalcade headers).
Black
Population
Remainder of the
Population
percent
Women 33.4 36.2
Men 35.7 28.vii

Black men were more than likely than men in the rest of the population to agree a bachelor'south caste or college, and Blackness women were but slightly less probable than other women to exercise so.

Labour
(Unemployment rate)

Table 5-2
Labour - Winnipeg
Tabular array summary
This table displays the results of Labour - Winnipeg Black Population and Remainder of the Population, calculated using percent units of measure (appearing as cavalcade headers).
Blackness
Population
Balance of the
Population
per centum
Women 7.7 4.half dozen
Men 8.2 5.two

Unemployment rates for Blackness women and men were more one and a half times higher than those for women and men in the rest of the population.

Income
(Median almanac wages)

Table 5-3
Income - Winnipeg
Table summary
This table displays the results of Income - Winnipeg Black Population and Residuum of the Population, calculated using dollars units of measure out (actualization every bit column headers).
Black
Population
Residue of the
Population
dollars
Women 33,707 39,786
Men 39,581 52,336

Gaps existed in median annual wages between the Blackness population and the rest of the population, merely the gap betwixt Black men and men in the rest of the population was greater than the gap between Black women and women in the remainder of the population.

Family
(Children in low-income)

Tabular array 5-4
Family - Winnipeg
Table summary
This table displays the results of Family unit - Winnipeg Black Children and Children in the rest of the population, calculated using pct units of measure (appearing as column headers).
Black
Children
Children in the
rest of the population
percent
Children 26.i 16.i

Compared with children in the balance of the population (16.i%), there were more than Blackness children living in a low-income situation (26.one%).

Calgary—27,195 Blackness individuals (aged 25 to 59)

Instruction
(Bachelor level or above)

Tabular array 6-1
Education - Calgary
Table summary
This tabular array displays the results of Education - Calgary Black Population and Rest of the Population, calculated using percent units of measure (appearing every bit cavalcade headers).
Black
Population
Rest of the
Population
percentage
Women 33.3 41.5
Men 37.0 37.2

Black men were just as likely every bit men in the rest of the population to hold at to the lowest degree a available's degree, only Black women were less likely than women in the remainder of the population to practise then.

Labour
(Unemployment charge per unit)

Table 6-2
Labour - Calgary
Tabular array summary
This table displays the results of Labour - Calgary Black Population and Rest of the Population, calculated using pct units of measure out (appearing as column headers).
Black
Population
Rest of the
Population
percent
Women 13.5 7.7
Men 13.i viii.three

Unemployment rates for Black women and men were more than one and a half times higher than those for women and men in the rest of the population.

Income
(Median annual wages)

Table 6-iii
Income - Calgary
Table summary
This table displays the results of Income - Calgary Black Population and Residue of the Population, calculated using dollars units of measure (appearing as column headers).
Black
Population
Balance of the
Population
dollars
Women 35,131 48,044
Men 48,553 69,882

The gap in median annual wages betwixt Black men and men in the rest of the population was over $20,000, and the gap betwixt Black women and women in the residue of the population was close to $13,000.

Family
(Children in low-income)

Table vi-4
Family - Calgary
Tabular array summary
This table displays the results of Family - Calgary Blackness Children and Children in the residue of the population, calculated using percentage units of mensurate (appearing equally column headers).
Black
Children
Children in the
rest of the population
percent
Children 27.4 11.7

About 3 in ten Black children in Calgary were living in a depression-income situation, compared with 1 in 10 children in the rest of the population.

Edmonton—28,240 Black individuals (aged 25 to 59)

Instruction
(Bachelor level or higher up)

Tabular array 7-1
Pedagogy - Edmonton
Table summary
This tabular array displays the results of Educational activity - Edmonton Black Population and Rest of the Population, calculated using per centum units of measure (appearing as cavalcade headers).
Blackness
Population
Rest of the
Population
percent
Women 26.iv 33.3
Men 27.four 26.1

While Black men and men in the rest of the population were every bit likely to hold a bachelor'due south degree or higher, Black women were less likely than their counterparts in the residual of the population to accept like educational attainment.

Labour
(Unemployment charge per unit)

Table 7-2
Labour - Edmonton
Table summary
This tabular array displays the results of Labour - Edmonton Blackness Population and Rest of the Population, calculated using pct units of measure (actualization as cavalcade headers).
Black
Population
Rest of the
Population
percent
Women 12.1 six.3
Men xiii.5 seven.9

Unemployment rates for Blackness women and men were almost two times higher than the rates for their counterparts in the residue of the population.

Income
(Median annual wages)

Table 7-three
Income - Edmonton
Table summary
This table displays the results of Income - Edmonton Black Population and Rest of the Population, calculated using dollars units of measure (appearing as cavalcade headers).
Black
Population
Rest of the
Population
dollars
Women 36,310 46,198
Men 49,514 72,130

The gap in median almanac wages between Blackness women and women in the rest of the population was under $10,000, whereas the gap between Black men and men in the rest of the population was over $22,000.

Family
(Children in low-income)

Table 7-iv
Family - Edmonton
Tabular array summary
This table displays the results of Family - Edmonton Black Children and Children in the rest of the population, calculated using percent units of measure (appearing every bit column headers).
Black
Children
Children in the balance
of the Population
percent
Children 28.2 11.3

Three in ten Black children were living in a low-income situation, a rate three times college than that for children in the residual of the population.

Vancouver—14,360 Black individuals (aged 25 to 59)

Didactics
(Bachelor level or above)

Table 8-i
Education - Vancouver
Table summary
This table displays the results of Pedagogy - Vancouver Black Population and Rest of the Population, calculated using percent units of measure (appearing every bit column headers).
Black
Population
Rest of the
Population
pct
Women 29.6 41.0
Men 26.3 36.vii

Both Black women and Black men were less likely to hold a available'southward degree or college compared to women and men in the residual of the population — a departure of about x per centum points.

Labour
(Unemployment charge per unit)

Table 8-2
Labour - Vancouver
Table summary
This table displays the results of Labour - Vancouver Blackness Population and Rest of the Population, calculated using percent units of mensurate (appearing as column headers).
Black
Population
Rest of the
Population
percent
Women eight.1 5.two
Men vi.7 4.five

The unemployment rate for the Blackness population (for both women and men) was approximately 1 and a half times higher than that for balance of the population.

Income
(Median annual wages)

Table eight-3
Income - Vancouver
Table summary
This table displays the results of Income - Vancouver Black Population and Rest of the Population, calculated using dollars units of mensurate (appearing equally column headers).
Black
Population
Residual of the
Population
dollars
Women 38,228 39,466
Men 42,961 55,188

Simply a modest gap existed between the median annual wages of Blackness women and women in the residuum of the population, just the gap between Black men and men in the rest of the population was over $12,000.

Family
(Children in low-income)

Tabular array 8-iv
Family - Vancouver
Tabular array summary
This table displays the results of Family unit - Vancouver Black Children and Children in the rest of the population, calculated using percentage units of measure (appearing as column headers).
Black
Children
Children in the
rest of the population
per centum
Children 31.9 18.0

There were close to two times more Black children living in a low-income situation (31.9%), compared with children in the residual of the population.

Source: Statistics Canada, Demography of Population, 2016.

Conclusion

This booklet presents some of the socioeconomic characteristics of the Blackness population in Canada, bringing to lite some of the challenges that this population faces, particularly in terms of employment and income.

Compared to the balance of the population, employment rates remain low and the prevalence of depression-income is more common amid the Blackness population. Despite these challenges, Black individuals accept high rates of chore satisfaction and loftier rates of resilience.

The analysis has demonstrated that the challenges facing the Black population may present themselves differently within specific groups, such as among immigrants or women and men.

At that place are notable differences between immigrants and non-immigrants in terms of postsecondary instruction. Immigrants are more likely to take a bachelor's degree or higher compared to non-immigrants. Withal, this human relationship was the reverse for Black women, with not-immigrants beingness more than likely to have a available's degree or higher than immigrants.

The Black population is not a homogenous ane. On the contrary, it is very diverse, whether in terms of ethnic or cultural origins, places of birth, languages and religions. Information technology is equally diverse in terms of experiences and socioeconomic characteristics, which are the subject of this booklet.

While this booklet aims to provide a brief overview of some of these experiences and characteristics, it cannot fully illustrate the diversity within, nor all the issues affecting the Blackness population in Canada. Studies such equally "Teaching and labour market integration of Black youth in Canada" (released February 25, 2020) and "Changes in the socioeconomic situation of Canada's Black population, 2001 to 2016" (to be released in spring 2020) provide a complement to, and a more in-depth analysis of the results seen in this booklet. The reader is invited to consult them, every bit each provides different perspectives on Black communities in Canada.

Recent Statistics Canada studies

"Changes in the socioeconomic state of affairs of Canada's Black population, 2001 to 2016," by René Houle

To be released in 2020 // Catalogue no. 89-657-X

"Education and labour market place integration of Black youth in Canada," by Martin Turcotte

Release date: February 25, 2020 // Catalogue no.75-006-X

  • Black youth aged 9 to 13 in 2006 were as probable as other Canadian youth to accept graduated from high schoolhouse in 2016.
  • Young Black men and women aged 13 to 17 in 2006 were less likely to have completed a postsecondary education in 2016 than their counterparts in the residuum of the population.
  • Young Blackness men were most twice as likely than other immature men to be neither in employment, instruction, nor training in 2016.

"Intergenerational education mobility and labour market outcomes: Variation among the second generation of immigrants in Canada," past Wen-Hao Chen and Feng Hou

Release date: February 18, 2019 // Catalogue no. 11F0019M, no. 418

  • Education progress across generations was moderate among Blackness men.
  • Second-generation Black individuals showed moderate educational mobility and low educational attainment amidst men, and low earnings for both men and women.

"Law-reported hate crime in Canada, 2017," by Amelia Armstrong

Release appointment: April xx, 2019 // Catalogue no. 85-002-X

* An updated report from Juristat will exist available soon.

  • Hate crimes targeting the Blackness population remained one of the most common types of detest crimes.
  • Hate crimes against the Blackness population were more likely to be non-violent violations.

"Trigger-happy victimization and discrimination amid visible minority populations, Canada," by Laura Simpson

Release engagement: April 12, 2018 // Catalogue no. 85-002-10

  • Those who identified as Black were amidst the most likely to report experiencing discrimination.
  • Many perceived their race or peel colour every bit a footing of their bigotry.
  • Black individuals were amidst the least probable to report feeling that their local constabulary were doing a good job of treating people fairly.

"Visible minority women," by Tamara Hudon

Release appointment: March 3, 2016 // Catalogue no. 89-503-X

  • Living solitary was about common for Black seniors and for skip-generation households.
  • Health and health-related fields were the peak areas of study for Black women.
  • Black women were near likely to be employed in sales and service.

References

Burgess, Simon and Ellen Greaves. 2013. "Test scores, subjective assessment, and stereotyping of ethnic minorities," Periodical of Labor Economics, vol. 31, no. 3, p. 535–576.

Eid, Paul. 2012. "Les inégalités 'ethnoraciales' dans fifty'accès à l'emploi à Montréal : le poids de la discrimination," Recherches sociographiques, vol. 53, no. 2, p. 415–450.

Fitzpatrick, Caroline, Carolyn Côté-Lussier, Linda S. Pagani and Clancy Blair. 2015. "I don't call back y'all like me very much: Child minority status and disadvantage predict relationship quality with teachers," Youth & Society, vol. 47, no. 5, p. 727–743.

James, Carl E. and Tana Turner. 2017. Towards Race Equity in Didactics: The Schooling of Black Students in the Greater Toronto Area. Toronto: The Jean Augustine Chair in Education, Customs and Diaspora, York University.

James, Carl E. 2000. "Students 'at risk': Stereotypes and the schooling of Black boys," Urban Education, vol. 47, no. 2, p. 464–494.

Lichter, Daniel T., and David J. Eggebeen. 1994. "The Effect of Parental Employment on Child Poverty", Journal of Spousal relationship and the Family, vol. 56, no. three, p. 633–645.

Oreopoulos, Philip. 2011. "Why practice skilled immigrants struggle in the labor market? A field experiment with thirteen g resumes." American Economic Journal: Economic Policy, vol. three, no. 4, p. 148–171.

Seiler, Gale, Faith Shamonda and Kelly Thompson. 2011.Race, Risk, and Resilience: Implications for Community Based Practices in the Black Community of Montreal. DESTA Research Study.

Thomas, Kevin J. 2011. "Familial Influences on Poverty Among Young Children in Blackness Immigrant, U.Due south.-Born Black, and Nonblack Immigrant Families", Census, vol. 48, no. 2, p. 437–460.

Un Department of Economic and Social Affairs. 2016.Leaving No 1 Behind: The Imperative of Inclusive Development. Written report on the World Social Situation 2016. Bachelor online at: https://www.united nations.org/esa/socdev/rwss/2016/full-report.pdf.

Acknowledgements

This booklet was written by Deniz Do, in collaboration with René Houle and Martin Turcotte. The author would like to give thanks Jean-Pierre Corbeil, Éric Caron Malenfant, Hélène Maheux and Mireille Vézina from the Centre for Ethnocultural, Language and Clearing Statistics at Statistics Canada for their participation and their valuable input throughout the process. Many thanks to Jennifer Arkell for creating the cover folio for this booklet.

The author also wishes to limited gratitude to Carl East. James (professor, York Academy), Anne-Marie Livingstone (post-doctoral boyfriend, Harvard Academy), Malinda South. Smith (professor, Academy of Alberta), as well every bit the other members of the Working Group on Blackness Communities for their expert advice and guidance for this project.


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