Annual Report Card on Gender Diversity and Leadership
Women continue to be under-represented in leadership and decision-making roles in Canada. As of January 1, 2020, federally-regulated companies are required to disclose the gender and non-gender diversity of boards and executive teams. The Prosperity Project™ Annual Gender-Diversity Data Tracking Initiative will build on this important first step.
The 2021 Annual Report Card was our country’s starting point, ground zero. It reflects our vision of zero barriers to inclusion. It is a nod to what is known as a result of disclosure by TSX-listed companies and CBCA-governed corporations subject to disclosure requirements. Garnering 68.7 million media impressions, it shone an important light on organizations that are at the forefront of tackling gender, racial and Indigenous diversity in leadership roles through collecting intersectional data. It set a new standard for the collecting and reporting on gender diversity and leadership in Canada: the first to present intersectional data (women who also identify as women of colour, Indigenous, black, and/or living with disabilities) on women in board, executive officer and in the pipeline to executive officer roles in some of Canada’s largest organizations.
By establishing a research base, we will track the progress of women over time and shine a light on the progress individual organizations are making towards achieving gender parity at the top. We will identify and applaud those organizations that are leading the way. There is ample evidence that employers that have created inclusive workplaces with diversity at all levels of their organizations are employers of choice, attracting the best talent and better serving the needs of their increasingly diverse customer bases.
2022 Annual Report Card on Gender Diversity and Leadership: The Zero Report
The 2022 Annual Report Card presents the largest-ever look at women's representation – over 21,000 women – at the leadership level of Corporate Canada. It shines a light on a group of 82 of Canada’s largest organizations that are at the forefront of tackling gender diversity through collecting race-based and other personal data.
This groundbreaking research sets a new standard for collecting and publishing data on women leaders in Canada for a second year in a row. It:
Presents intersectional data (women who also identify as women of colour, Indigenous, Black, and/or living with disabilities and new: LGBTQ2S+) on women in leadership roles that has been collected and submitted to TPP by participating organizations;
Provides a (new) September 30, 2021 snapshot of women’s representation at the leadership level in Canada’s largest organizations; and,
Analyses the representation of women in board, executive officer, senior management and new: pipeline to senior management roles.
The Prosperity Project is grateful to the 2022 Annual Report Card on Gender Diversity and Leadership Partners & Sponsors: Presenting Sponsor KPMG in Canada, Collaboration Partner WCM (Women in Capital Markets), Co-Presenting Partner BMO Financial Group, AGF Investments Inc., CPP Investments, Franco-Nevada, NEO, RBC and TELUS.
