English-speaking Quebecers face higher unemployment, earn less than francophones, report finds

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/anglophone-unemployment-quebec-study-1.6355149

English-speaking Quebecers face higher unemployment, earn less than francophones, report finds | CBC News

 

8.9% of Anglo Quebecers unemployed, compared to overall jobless rate of 7.2%

 

Anglophone Quebecers in most regions of the province are more likely to be unemployed and to earn less than their francophone counterparts, according to a new report.

The report, compiled by the Provincial Employment Roundtable (PERT), a non-profit organization that aims to address employment challenges for Quebec's English-speaking community, is based on an analysis of data from the 2016 federal census and the provincial statistics agency, the Institut de la Statistique du Québec. 

Overall, the analysis found that Québec's English speakers have an unemployment rate of 8.9 per cent, compared to 6.9 per cent for French speakers and an overall provincial unemployment rate of 7.2 per cent.

In 15 of 17 administrative regions, the unemployment rate for English speakers outpaced both the rate for French speakers and the average rate for the region.

 

 

 

In Montreal, unemployment rates for anglophones (9.1 per cent) and francophones (8.8 per cent) were roughly on par with the average of 9 per cent.

Lower median income

The report also found that in 14 of 17 regions, including Montreal, English speakers have a lower median after-tax income than French speakers and the population on average. 

The gap was widest in the Eastern Townships, Abitibi-Témiscamingue, Nord-du-Québec and Centre-du-Québec, where English speakers earned on average at least $4,000 less annually than their French-speaking counterparts.

 

 

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