Equal Pay Day 2024

First recognized in Ontario in 2014, Equal Pay Day is dedicated to raising awareness of the gender pay gap by highlighting that women must work longer than men to earn the same amount.

Equal Pay Day shifts each year, marking the date that an average woman would have to work into the new year to earn what an average man earned in the previous year. In 2024, Equal Pay Day in Ontario is Tuesday, April 16.

It's important to remember that the pay gap is not just about gender and that the date chosen for Equal Pay Day is symbolic. The pay gap increases substantially when it intersects with other forms of discrimination, including those experienced by:

• racialized women
• Indigenous women
• immigrant and migrant women
• women with disabilities
• elderly women
• women who identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans, and queer (LGBTQ)

It's time to raise awareness and discuss solutions to narrow the gender wage gap in Ontario.

Tell your MPP that gender justice matters to you

On Equal Pay Day, women and allies across Ontario are taking action to rebuild public services and close the gender pay gap. Join the Equal Pay Coalition in building the province-wide movement!

Protecting public services and closing the gender pay gap is the government’s responsibility. That’s why we’re telling Ontario MPPs to fight privatization and support women’s economic equality.

Send your message and tell your MPP that gender justice matters to you at https://equalpaycoalition.org/mobilize-your-mpps/.

It's time to finally close the gender pay gap!

Learn More

• ONA has been at the forefront of the fight for equal pay for work of equal value for more than 30 years. Since the inception of Ontario’s Pay Equity Act in 1987, ONA has fought to achieve pay equity for its members. But what exactly is pay equity and why is it important? Learn all about pay equity here.
• Ontario Equal Pay Coalition
• Women and Gender Equality Canada
• Canadian Labour Congress - Gender Equality
• Ontario - Pay Equity Office