English-Speaking Quebecers Face Higher Unemployment, Earn Less Than Francophones, Report Finds
According to the CBC, 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 was compiled by the Provincial Employment Roundtable (PERT), a new non-profit organization that aims to address employment challenges for Quebec's English-speaking community, with funding from the Quebec government's secretariat for relations with English-speaking Quebecers.
Using data from the 2016 federal census and the provincial statistics agency, the Institut de la Statistique du Québec , the analysis found that Quebec'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.
