Canada’s gender pay gap narrows over past two decades

Canadian jobs and the workers who undertake those jobs have a wide range of differences, new Statistics Canada data shows. Statistics Canada has released updated data on measures of work — from maternity leave trends to night hours worked — to provide a glimpse into the Canadian workforce and the disparities within it. More women working Decades-long trends show more women working, taking up maternity leave and closing the gender pay gap. The rate of working mothers aged 20 to 49, with at least one child under age three, grew from 33.5 per cent in 1976 to 77.1 per cent…