In 1972, she was invited to chair the Provincial Advisory Committee on the Status of Women in the Province of Prince Edward Island. The provincial committee was established in response to the federal Report of the Royal Commission on the Status of Women in Canada of 1970 . The committee advised the legislature on the implementation of federal recommendations in the province. A member of the Zonta Club and several other associations, Jean Canfield is now retired. Jane Arscott, Linda Trimble.
Island women promote better status of women .
Charlottetown Guardian . January 2, 1975. Prince Edward Island's first woman cabinet member . The Atlantic Advocate . Mrs. Jean Canfield hopes judged as member for First Queens .