Toronto earns top spot in Bloomberg rankings on quality of life for women pursuing their careers.
Toronto is the leading city in the world for career women, according to Bloomberg.
Five pillars were assessed: safety, mobility, maternity, equality, and wealth.
Cities were chosen based on their role in global business and attractiveness to global talent. Over 3,000 women between the ages of 18 to 60 were surveyed in the 15 cities and asked questions that corresponded to each of the five pillars.
Toronto came out on top, followed by Sydney, Singapore, Paris, and London. Toronto ranked highly for equality, maternity, and wealth. On the other hand, it ranked poorly for mobility due to the city’s aging transportation.
Canada’s federal and provincial governments are pursuing a variety of initiatives to support newcomer women integration into the job market. For example, since 2018, Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) has been providing financial support for a number of pilot programs aimed at supporting racialized newcomer women. IRCC notes one of the goals of the programs is to “help racialized newcomer women find good, well-paying jobs that set them up for success in this country, by addressing the barriers they may face–gender- and race-based discrimination, precarious or low-income employment, lack of affordable child care and weak social supports.”
