A recent KPMG poll found that despite challenges, Black Canadians are reporting progress in workplace equity and remain hopeful for the future. Key findings from KPMG’s fourth annual poll of Black Canadians in the workplace:
- 86% of 1,000 Black Canadians surveyed say their employer has fulfilled its promises to create a more equitable and inclusive workplace for Black employees in the past five years
- 83% think Canadian companies will carve out their own path from the U.S. and continue to support efforts to eliminate systemic racism/biases in the way they recruit, hire and promote people
- 77% say they experienced microaggressions, discrimination, or acts of racism at work over the past year
- 23% experienced more
- 32% experienced fewer
- 21% experienced the same amount
- 79% also experienced microaggressions, discrimination, or acts of racism outside the workplace, in society
- 75% witnessed microaggressions at work over the past year and 81% in society
- 75% feel they are valued and respected in the same way as their non-Black colleagues
- 78% are confident in their company’s ability to reduce systemic barriers for Black Canadians in the workplace in the next five years
- 88% think it’s important for business leaders to be vocal on anti-racism
- 78% say online hate from social media platforms is spilling over into the workforce, creating tension, division, discomfort, and racism
For further information about KPMG’s Black Canadians in the workplace poll, click here.