ALGONQUIN COLLEGE WORKFORCE DIVERSITY REPORT 2024

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2024 Workforce Diversity Data Infographic
All data as of April 3, 2024, as provided by employees in the ongoing equity census. 3,776 active employees were surveyed with a response rate of 78%. 2,957 employees responded to some or all of the questions. Categories with <5 responses were suppressed to ensure confidentiality.


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A Snapshot of Diversity in Our Workforce

Data presented: 56.4% women (n=1669), 7% 2SLGBTQ+ (n=200), 2.3% Indigenous People (n=67), 23.5% Racialized People (n=591), 11.1% People with Disabilities (n=327) 6.4% Francophones (n=180)

Gender Identities & Sexual Orientations in Our Workforce

Data presented: 26% Lesbian and Gay, 23% Bisexual, 16% Queer, 7% Gender non-conforming, 4% Transgender, 3% Asexual, 1% Two Spirit, 6% not listed herein, n=310

Indigenous Identities in Our Workforce

Data Presented: 47% Metis, 39% First Nation Status, 11% First Nation Non-Status, 2% Mixed (n=60)

Racial and Ethnic Composition of Employees

Data Presented: n=775 total - South Asian 20% (n=161), Black 16% (n=125), Arab 14.8% (n=115), Latin American 10.7% (n=83), Chinese 10% (n=75), Mixed Origin and/or Not Listed Herein 11.6% (n=90), West Asian 7% (n=55), Filipino 5% (n=36), Southeast Asian 3.2% (n=25),

Types of Disability in Our Workforce

Data Presented: n=453 total, Mental Health or emotional disability 30.2% (n=137), Intellectual or a learning impairment 20% (n=31), Pain-related disability, chronic or episodic 14.5% (n=66), Physical Disability 14.3% (n=65), Sensory disability 11.3% (n=51), Not Listed herein 7.2% (n=33) Note: Respondents were able to select more than one category of functional limitation.

Relevant Definitions

2SLGBTQ+: a person who does not identify as cisgender and/or heterosexual (these may include but are not limited to people who identify as gay, lesbian, bi-sexual, two-spirited, queer, trans-gender, gender fluid, nonbinary, etc.) The terminology used is not meant to label individuals but rather to be helpful functional descriptors. They are not standardized and may be used differently by different people and is deeply personal.

Disability: Persons with Disabilities are persons who have a long-term or recurring physical, mental, sensory, psychiatric or learning impairment who,
a) consider themselves to be disadvantaged in employment because of that impairment, or b) believe that an employer or potential employer is likely to consider them to be disadvantaged in employment by reason of that impairment, and includes persons whose functional limitations owing to their impairment have been accommodated in their current job or workplace.

Francophone: a person who belongs to a population using French as its first or sometimes second language. In the OPSEU Academic Collective Agreement, Francophones are identified as an equity deserving group. 

Indigenous Peoples: Indigenous (Aboriginal) people are persons who are First Nations, Inuit or Métis, Status or Non-Status.

Members of racialized minorities (visible minorities): means persons, other than Indigenous (Aboriginal) peoples, who are non-Caucasian in race or non-white in colour. A person may be a member of a racialized (visible minority) group regardless of their place of birth or citizenship.

Women: a designated group under the Employment Equity Act. The Act does not define the term ‘woman’ and neither do we.