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20 jobs that have the biggest gender wage gaps in Canada

The occupation with the highest wage gap may surprise you

These are some of the professions in Canada that have the highest pay gap between men and women in terms of average weekly wages. Note that these only reflect the pay gap in full-time jobs where there are enough men and women working in them to meet the StatsCan’s privacy protection cut off. StatsCan tracks about 500 occupations in total, but these 20 jobs are drawn from the list of 270 jobs where public information is available.

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