Study: Immigrant women closing the human capital gender gap

A recent analysis from Statistics Canada shows how women contributed to the nation’s overall level of human capital during a 50-year period, from 1970 to 2020.

Human capital is defined as an individual’s knowledge and abilities that come from education, training, and experience, quantified as the current worth of future wages, according to the research Accumulation of Human Capital in Canada, 1970 to 2020: An Analysis by Gender and the Role of Immigration. According to this, the most significant element of overall wealth is human capital.