How Did Women Fare In the Canadian Election?

We dove into the data for the 2021 Canadian election to see just how many women were elected to office.

Overall, there were 102 women that were elected after the 44th Canadian Election — the most amount of women ever elected in history.

The number of women members of parliament has steadily increased by an average of 8 women per election over the last decade after having plateaued in the mid-60s in the 2000s.

When looking at the overall picture, though, you can see that women have made some big gains.

The UN Economic and Social Council resolution 1990/15 calls on governments to adopt a 30 percent minimum proportion of women in leadership positions. Only 4/13 provinces and territories meet that threshold recommendation after #elxn44.

And last but not least, did you see some of the amazing women that we elected in the North?

We are up ONE women elected in Northern Ontario with the election of Viviane Lapointe in Sudbury. Carole Hughes (Algoma—Manitoulin—Kapuskasing) and Patty Hajdu (Thunder Bay—Superior North) were both reelected. That means that, as it stands, 30% of the elected members of parliament in Northern Ontario are women.

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