The Best and Worst Places to be a Woman in Canada 2019

Martin from Women’s Shelters Canada, Suzanne The opinions and recommendations in this Doerge from Ottawa’s City for All Women’s report, and any errors, are those of the authors, Initiative, Jenny Wright and Mary Shortall from and do not necessarily reflect the views of the the St. [...] By and large, Quebec cities do well in the economic domain, a reflection The Best and Worst Places to be a Woman in Canada 2019 7 of women’s access to universal, low-fee child care in the province,2 and the presence of large public sectors in the cases of Gatineau and Quebec City. [...] Women’s community in action One of the goals of The Best and Worst Places to be a Woman in Canada is to provide a platform for groups and organizations in these cities to talk about the impact of gender disparities on everyone’s quality of life. [...] John’s economy has struggled in the aftermath of the collapse in oil prices in 2014, the unwinding of major investment projects, and fiscal austerity and tax hikes that have followed. [...] John’s sits in the middle of the cities measured in this study in the area of women’s leadership and political empowerment, an improvement over recent years.