First published in:
Mosaic Spring 2016
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This article was from Walking Together in a Good Way. To read the whole publication Click Here.
CBM acknowledges that its head office is situated upon traditional territories of the Mississaugas of the New Credit First Nations (Mississauga Tract, Treaty 19).
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It’s time to face the harsh reality. Canada has a racism problem as great as our neighbour to the south.
Unemployment rate
14%
11%
Unemployment rate vs. The national rate
2.1 times
1.9 times
Median income
$22,344
$23,738
Median income vs. The national rate
60%
74%
Incarceration rate (per 100,000 population)
1,400
1,400
Incarceration rate vs. The national rate
10 times
3 times
Homicide rate (per 100,000 population)
8.8
17.3
Homicide rate vs. The national rate
6.1 times
3.7 times
Infant mortality rate (per 1,000 live births)
11.7
12.4
Infant mortality rate vs. The national rate
2.3 times
2 times
Life expectancy (in years)
72.8
74.9
Life expectancy vs. The national rate
91%
95%
Dropout rate*
23%
8%
Dropout rate vs. The national rate
2.7 times
1.1 times
*20- to 24-year-olds without a high school diploma, and not in school
Sources: Statistics Canada; Office of the Correctional Investigator; The Lancet; Health Canada; U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics; U.S. Census Bureau; U.S. Department of Justice; U.S. Department of Health; Centers of Disease Control; National Center of Education Statistics (Maclean’s Magazine. Jan 22, 2015)
READ MORE:
This article was from Walking Together in a Good Way. To read the whole publication Click Here.
CBM acknowledges that its head office is situated upon traditional territories of the Mississaugas of the New Credit First Nations (Mississauga Tract, Treaty 19).