Gender Board Analysis
Gender analysis of boards of Canadian Muslim charitable institutions
Methodology
Using the Canada Revenue Agency’s database of registered Canadian charitable institutions, we used the following search terms to access the tax filings of Muslim organizations: mosque, masjid, muslim, musulman and Islam. These public records include a required list of an organization’s board of directors. The gender of each director was determined based on the name provided by the CRA database and other public information.
Let us emphasize that this report does not examine all Muslim organizations in Canada — only those that are registered charities.
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Summary of national results
Over 500 Muslim organizations filed a CRA tax return in 2022. Within these organizations, there were a total of 3,145 board positions. In 2022:
- women held roughly 13.6% of board positions across the country – a level slightly higher over the past two years
Percentage of board positions nationally, men and women
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Summary of provincial results
Percentage of women on boards
Manitoba had the highest percentage of women in board positions with 41%, followed by Ontario and Alberta tied at 14%. Newfoundland had 33% of their board positions filled in by women, however, this is based only on one organization.
Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island had the lowest percentage of women on boards with 0 women in board positions, followed by New Brunswick at 5% and BC tied with Quebec at 9%.
Percentage of organizations with no women on their boards
Not a single organization of the five in Nova Scotia had a woman on its board. In New Brunswick, 80% of organizations had no women on their boards, followed by Quebec (68%) and BC (73%).
Percentage of women on boards, by province
Note: Prince Edward Island (PE) and Newfoundland (NL) each had only one active organization in 2022.
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Percentage of organizations with no women on their boards, by province
Note: Prince Edward Island (PE) and Newfoundland (NL) each had only one active organization in 2022.
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Summary of municipal results
We analyzed the inclusion of women on boards, based on cities having 3 or more organizations. These were divided into Tier 1 cities (7 or more organizations) and Tier 2 cities (3-6 organizations)
Mississauga has the most organizations (39), followed by Toronto (33), Edmonton (26), Scarborough (25) and Montreal (23).
Percentage of women on boards
Among Tier 1 cities, Winnipeg has the highest percentage of women on boards (42 %), followed by Kitchener (31%), London (30%), and North York (23%).
Among Tier 2 cities, Cornwall has the highest percentage of women on boards (31%), followed by Burlington (29%), and Maple (22%).
Among Tier 1 cities, Regina has the lowest percentage of women on boards (5%), followed by Surrey (9%) and Scarborough (9%).
Among Tier 2 cities, Longueil, Chatham, Halifax and Ajax have the lowest percentage of women on boards (0%), followed by Markham (2%) and Oakville (3%).
Percentage of organizations with no women on their boards
Among Tier 1 cities, Surrey has the highest percentage of organizations with no women on boards (78%), followed by Regina (75%) and Hamilton (71%).
Among Tier 2 cities, Longueil, Chatham, Halifax and Ajax have the highest percentage of organizations with no women on boards (100%).
Among Tier 1 cities, Winnipeg has the lowest percentage of organizations with no women on boards (21%), followed by London (22%) and North York (25%).
Among Tier 2 cities, Burlington and Thornhill have the lowest percentage of organizations with no women on boards (25%), followed by Quebec and Saskatoon (33%).
Number of organizations per city
Percentage of women on boards, Tier 1
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Percentage of women on boards, Tier 2
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Percentage of organizations with no women on their boards, Tier 1
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Percentage of organizations with no women on their boards, Tier 2
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