{"id":57805,"date":"2024-02-26T16:11:21","date_gmt":"2024-02-26T21:11:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.supportedemployment.ca\/?p=57805"},"modified":"2024-02-28T14:38:48","modified_gmt":"2024-02-28T19:38:48","slug":"black-history-month-by-the-numbers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.supportedemployment.ca\/fr\/black-history-month-by-the-numbers\/","title":{"rendered":"Le Mois de l'histoire des Noirs en chiffres"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"57805\" class=\"elementor elementor-57805\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-2904863 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"2904863\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-b42385e\" data-id=\"b42385e\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-52151ef elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"52151ef\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/www.supportedemployment.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Black-History-Month-2024-2000x500-1-1024x256.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-57808\" alt=\"Image featuring a colourful background made up of vibrant blue, orange, and red colours with floral detailing and two prominent dark-skinned faces at the forefront.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.supportedemployment.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Black-History-Month-2024-2000x500-1-1024x256.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.supportedemployment.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Black-History-Month-2024-2000x500-1-300x75.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.supportedemployment.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Black-History-Month-2024-2000x500-1-768x192.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.supportedemployment.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Black-History-Month-2024-2000x500-1-1536x384.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.supportedemployment.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Black-History-Month-2024-2000x500-1-600x150.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.supportedemployment.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Black-History-Month-2024-2000x500-1.jpg 2000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-1ff8fba elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"1ff8fba\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-a97e982\" data-id=\"a97e982\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ff24efd elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"ff24efd\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Black History Month by the Numbers \u2013 Employment and Disability<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-39b3d43 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"39b3d43\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-1dea261\" data-id=\"1dea261\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1e1dc53 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"1e1dc53\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>In 2021, Canada&#8217;s Black population reached 1.5 million, accounting for 4.3% of the total population and 16.1% of the racialized population. The Black population in Canada continues to grow and is expected to reach more than 3 million by 2041.\u00a0<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-a0f0f15 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"a0f0f15\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-dd632cd\" data-id=\"dd632cd\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e1998ae elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"e1998ae\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Canada\u2019s Black Population is Diverse<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-77b4fd8 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"77b4fd8\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-025d3e4\" data-id=\"025d3e4\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c315621 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"c315621\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Almost 41% of the Black population in Canada is Canadian born. Of those born outside of Canada:<\/p><ul><li>55.3% were born in countries in Africa, and\u00a0<\/li><li>35.6% in the Caribbean and Bermuda.\u00a0<\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-b1ea398\" data-id=\"b1ea398\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5b83a0c elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"5b83a0c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The Black population in Canada identifies with more than 300 ethnic or cultural origins.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-d5c87c7 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"d5c87c7\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-6451f1d\" data-id=\"6451f1d\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-dca0bba elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"dca0bba\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>In 2017, about 136,600 Black persons experienced disability, accounting for 15.8% of the Black population over 15 years old.\u00a0<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-9721b86\" data-id=\"9721b86\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0da3dc5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"0da3dc5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>About one-third (32.4%) of the Black population aged 25 to 64 holds a bachelor&#8217;s degree or higher, which is comparable to the total Canadian working-age population (32.9%).<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-51cbdf6 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"51cbdf6\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-86a5c8f\" data-id=\"86a5c8f\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0124b8e elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"0124b8e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Employment and Earnings Inequality<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f8be73f elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"f8be73f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>From October to December 2023, the employment rate of the Black population in Canada aged 25 to 54 (core age) was 78.9%, a decrease from December 2022 (80.6%).<\/p>\n<p><b>Higher Unemployment Rate<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: var( --e-global-color-text ); font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Sans-serif; font-size: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-size ); font-weight: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-weight );\">Core-aged Black men had a higher unemployment rate (9.2%) than core-aged Black women 7.8%. These rates were significantly higher compared to the core-aged total Canadian population (men 4.8% and women 4.2%).<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: var( --e-global-color-text ); font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Sans-serif; font-size: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-size );\"><b>Lower Median Income<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: var( --e-global-color-text ); font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Sans-serif; font-size: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-size ); font-weight: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-weight );\">In 2020, the median income of Black individuals with a bachelor&#8217;s degree or higher was $50,000, compared to $70,000 for the non-racialized population.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-28f2bea\" data-id=\"28f2bea\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2060187 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"2060187\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Black Men (81.4%) and Black Women (76.4%)&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>had lower employment rates than the averages for all Canadian men (87.7%) and women (81.8%).<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-bf5fec9 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"bf5fec9\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-793c460\" data-id=\"793c460\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c0ef7da elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"c0ef7da\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The Canadian-born Black population work in lower-level occupations relative to their education and are less likely to have full time, full year work, compared to the non-racialized third-generation or more population.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-6b2ec63 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"6b2ec63\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-b05f0bf\" data-id=\"b05f0bf\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d8b9e3f elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"d8b9e3f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"579\" src=\"https:\/\/www.supportedemployment.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/DisabilityIN-JORD5029-smaller-1024x741.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-57806\" alt=\"A medium-skinned young woman holding a fidget toy sits in an office during a meeting with her mentor who is medium-skinned and who is typing on a laptop.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.supportedemployment.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/DisabilityIN-JORD5029-smaller-1024x741.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.supportedemployment.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/DisabilityIN-JORD5029-smaller-300x217.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.supportedemployment.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/DisabilityIN-JORD5029-smaller-768x556.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.supportedemployment.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/DisabilityIN-JORD5029-smaller-600x434.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.supportedemployment.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/DisabilityIN-JORD5029-smaller.jpg 1100w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-58c89ed elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"58c89ed\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Photo Credit:\u00a0Disability:IN<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-a5b3716\" data-id=\"a5b3716\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-58244d3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"58244d3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>\u201cI think being around people who are Black, specifically as a Black woman, is huge. And I don\u2019t see that, much. I\u2019m mainly with white people all the time. And so, it made a difference culturally.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"background-color: var( --e-global-color-e3e8097 ); color: var( --e-global-color-primary );\">\u201c<\/span>I didn\u2019t have to explain my Blackness to her [her manager who was also a Black woman]. She understood, so now I could just be myself\u2026 But with her, she actually would say to me, if you\u2019re not doing okay, it\u2019s okay. If you miss a class reschedule, it\u2019s okay. She\u2019s asking me, how do I help you succeed?&nbsp;<\/p><p><span style=\"background-color: var( --e-global-color-e3e8097 ); color: var( --e-global-color-primary );\">\u201c<\/span>No one\u2019s ever asked me that in other workplaces,&nbsp;<span style=\"font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; background-color: var( --e-global-color-e3e8097 ); color: var( --e-global-color-primary );\">\u2018<\/span><span style=\"background-color: var( --e-global-color-e3e8097 ); color: var( --e-global-color-primary );\">How do I help you succeed?<\/span><span style=\"font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:11.0pt;\nfont-family:&quot;Aptos&quot;,sans-serif;mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-fareast-font-family:\nAptos;mso-fareast-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;\nmso-bidi-font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;;mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-bidi;\nmso-ansi-language:EN-CA;mso-fareast-language:EN-US;mso-bidi-language:AR-SA\">\u2019&nbsp;<\/span><span style=\"background-color: var( --e-global-color-e3e8097 ); color: var( --e-global-color-primary );\">It\u2019s always me like, \u2018How can I help?\u2019 So you can see me.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p>BIPOC-D Job Seeker who participated in CASE\u2019s Diversity Works research project<br><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-4982f1c elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"4982f1c\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-0dc5e39\" data-id=\"0dc5e39\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-261466b elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"261466b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Business Ownership<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-37c7b8e elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"37c7b8e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The share of Black business owners increased since 2005 for both women and men, signalling a growing trend in Black business ownership in Canada.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-176fe85\" data-id=\"176fe85\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0dd4205 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"0dd4205\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>2018<\/p><p>About 66,880 Black Canadian business owners\u00a0<\/p><p>(2.1% of all business owners)<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-0fd869a elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"0fd869a\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-23044f1\" data-id=\"23044f1\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d694c5c elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"d694c5c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><b>References<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: var( --e-global-color-text ); font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Sans-serif; font-size: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-size ); font-weight: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-weight );\">StatCan. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.statcan.gc.ca\/en\/dai\/smr08\/2024\/smr08_278\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Black History Month 2024&#8230; by the numbers.<\/a> Accessed February 16, 2024.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Black History Month by the Numbers \u2013 Employment and Disability In 2021, Canada&#8217;s Black population reached 1.5 million, accounting for 4.3% of the total population and 16.1% of the racialized [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":269,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[43,344],"tags":[375,374,53,50,54,338],"class_list":["post-57805","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","category-research-statistics","tag-bhm2024","tag-black-history-month","tag-canada","tag-disability","tag-diversity","tag-employment"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.supportedemployment.ca\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57805","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.supportedemployment.ca\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.supportedemployment.ca\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.supportedemployment.ca\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/269"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.supportedemployment.ca\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=57805"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.supportedemployment.ca\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57805\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.supportedemployment.ca\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=57805"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.supportedemployment.ca\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=57805"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.supportedemployment.ca\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=57805"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}