Access to resources

Examples of how access to resources limit or enable income and employment opportunities for people of different genders

• Indigenous median income is $3000 less than non-Indigenous annual income in Surrey
• Median income for Indigenous men is $4500 more than median income for Indigenous women
• 37.8% of Indigenous peoples in Surrey are low-income compared to 19.6% of non-Indigenous peoples   
• 30% of Surrey’s homeless population are women
• 42% of children and youth in the Guildford West neighbourhood of Surrey experience poverty
• Women in Surrey mention need for education for women and girls on navigating bureaucratic institutions and access to low-cost education
• 21.8% of Indigenous women, 14.7% of Indigenous men have attained university degree in Surrey compared to 45.8% and 45.3% of non Indigenous women and men
• Métis 6.2% more likely than First Nations, 18.4% more likely than Inuit to have university degree in Surrey
• 35% of single women-led households live in poverty in Surrey
• 54% of lone parent family renters are in desperate need of adequate, clean rental housing; most are women