Top five occupation groups for women in Canada 2015-2018, by sexual orientation

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In Canada, heterosexual women are more likely than others to work in business, finance and administration occupations. Over the 2015-2018 period, one-quarter of heterosexual Canadians aged 25 to 64 worked in this sector, compared to 22.5 percent of bisexual women, and 19.3 percent of gay women. In addition, the leading occupation group for non-heterosexual women was sales and services occupation: 26.9 percent of bisexual women, and 22.7 percent of lesbian women.

Leading five occupation groups for women aged 25 to 64 in Canada between 2015 and 2018, by sexual orientation

Characteristic	Heterosexual	Lesbian	Bisexual
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October 2022

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Region

Canada

Survey time period

2015 to 2018

Age group

25-64 years

Supplementary notes

The source adds the following information: "Data for lesbian or bisexual women related to management or health occupations should be used with caution (coefficient of variation 15.0% to 35.0%)"

"Occupation groups are defined according to the National Occupational Classification (NOC) 2016. Sample includes people who worked full-time or part-time in the week preceding the survey. This includes those who had a job, but were absent for any reason other than a temporary layoff because of business conditions, a seasonal layoff, or having a casual job with no work available."

"Sexual orientation in research has been assessed on the basis of sexual behaviour, sexual attraction, or self-identity—each of these three concepts yielding slightly different prevalence estimates. In this table, estimates of sexual orientation are based on the survey question which targeted the concept of identity and provided behaviour-based definitions." Adapted from Statistics Canada, statcan.gc.ca, 2015 to 2018. This does not constitute an endorsement by Statistics Canada of this product.

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