Ryerson University’s Myer Siemiatycki presents the DiverseCity Counts 4 report, which finds that while they comprise 40% of the GTA population, only 11% of those elected to office are visible minorities.
The most recent report, The Diversity Gap: The Electoral Under-Representation of Visible Minorities was conducted by Ryerson University’s Myer Siemiatycki.
This research finds that while they comprise 40% of the GTA population, only 11% of those elected to office are visible minorities. This means that we would need to elect almost four times as many visible minorities, across all levels of government, for visible minorities to hold elected office in proportion to their share of the population in the GTA.
The report goes deeper than previous studies on diversity in elected office and finds: