When men are victims of violence the offender is usually an acquaintance or a stranger, but for violence against women, the offender is more likely to be a family member. Women and the Economy Women and men in Canada have similar total workloads but men spend most of their time, 4.5 hours a day, in paid work, and 2.7 hours in unpaid work. For women, the statistics are reversed, with 2.8 hours in paid work and 4.4 hours in unpaid work. The top three categories of people with the highest workloads, over ten hours each day, are married mothers, married fathers, and female lone-parents, all of whom have a paid job and a child under five years of age. In 1999, women accounted for 46 percent of the labour force, and most of them work full-time.
Women still tend to be concentrated in certain occupations, many of which are low-paying.
However, women now also make up almost half of our doctors, dentists, and financial and business professionals. Women make up about 70 percent of part-time workers. Women have made significant gains in education. They are the majority in most fields of study and their numbers are growing, even in male-dominated fields. Women's incomes are increasing along with their education and labour force participation.