1. What is the percentage of business women and professionals in Canada?
a. 15%
b. 37%
c. 49%
2. What percentage of Canadian women work in service sector jobs?
a. 52%
b. 69%
c. 86%
3. 83% of lone parent families are headed by women. What percentage
of lone parents is in the labour force?
a. 4%
b. 12%
c. 32%
4. The percentage of families with a stay at home dad was 2% in 1976.
By 1997 that percentage had increased to:
a. 3%
b. 6%
c. 19%
5. What percentage of wives earns more than their husbands?
a. 8%
b. 17%
c. 23%
6. Ontario's Pay Equity Act became law in what year?
a. 1951
b. 1988
c. 1993
7. All Canadian provinces and territories have equal pay for equal work
laws. True or false?
a. true
b. false
8. In what year were married women no longer prohibited from working
in the federal public service?
a. 1938
b. 1955
c. 1967
9. Which Canadian government first adopted legislation requiring pay
equity?
a. Ontario
b. Alberta
c. Québec
10.In 1997, 33% of men filing taxes contributed to RRSPs. What
percentage of women did?
a. 10%
b. 17%
c. 26%
11. Today, men receive more in retirement income because of their longer
time in the labour force. When will women's retirement income equal that
of men's?
a. 2012
b. 2030
c. Possibly never.
12. What percentage of the labour force is "self-employed"?
a. 7%
b. 16%
c. 23%
13. In Canada, child care workers make on average:
a. $8.65 per hour
b. $11.62 per hour
c. $14.10 per hour.
14. Maclean's magazine calculated the hourly salary for the head of one of
Canada's major chartered banks at $491.00 per hour. What does your
average small town bank teller make per hour?
a. 16 - 20$ per hour
b. 10 - 15$ per hour
c. 8 - 12$ per hour
15. What year were women legally declared 'persons' in Canada?
a. 1929
b. 1934
c. 1956
16. Women's work is never done. Despite this, how many women find time
to volunteer their time through formal volunteer activities?
a. 12%
b. 18%
c. 33%
