This column by Armine Yalnizyan was originally published by the Toronto Star on Wednesday March 8, 2023. Armine is a Contributing Columnist to Toronto Star Business featured bi-weekly.

It’s been 46 years since the UN declared March 8 International Women’s Day, and not since wartime’s Rosie the Riveter has the economy relied on women so much to get ’er done.

We know women’s work is never done. Here are 46 facts about how women’s work is — and isn’t — valued in 2023. (Unless noted, these are the most recent data available.)

1. Proportion of people in the top one per cent (total incomes over $253,900) who are women: 1 in 4

2. Proportion of cashiers (the worst-paid job in Canada at an average $16.50 an hour, according to Statistics Canada) who are women: 6 in 10

3. Number of Top 100 CEOs in Canada who are female: Three

4. Number of Top 100 CEOs in Canada named Mark: Four

5. Average annual total compensation of Top 100 CEOs named Mark: $15,907,593

6. Average annual total compensation of a Top 100 female CEO in Canada: $12,051,362

7. Average annual employment income of Canadian women: $39,900

8. Average annual employment income of Canadian men: $54,300

9. Percentage of employees who are women in Canada: 49

10. Average employment income for women two years after graduating with a bachelor’s degree, if white female: $47,800 ($54,100 if white male)

11. If non-white female: $45,700 ($51,600 if non-white male)

12. Total number of hours of unpaid household work per year in Canada: 31.6 billion

13. Percentage of unpaid household work completed by women: 60

14. Value of women’s unpaid work, expressed as a percentage of GDP: 14

15. Value of men’s unpaid work, expressed as a percentage of GDP: 10

16. Share of children younger than six in licensed child care in Canada today: 31%

17. Target for share of children in licensed child care in Canada by 2026: 42%

18. At this rate, year all parents of preschoolers will have the option of regulated care: 2075

19. Year women medical school graduates exceeded 50 per cent for the first time: 2004

20. Number of faculties of medicine led by women, of 17: Three

21. Proportion of law associates in Ontario who are women: Half

22. Percentage of Ontario law firm partners who are women: 26.7

23. Percentage of seats occupied by women on corporate boards in 2014: 20.8

24. Percentage of seats occupied by women on corporate boards in Canada in 2023: 24

25. At this rate, year gender parity on corporate boards will be achieved: 2043

26. Estimated size of market for self-flying cars by 2043: More than $1.5 trillion

27. Funding per player for women’s Canada Soccer national team in 2021: $130,679.97

28. Funding per player for men’s Canada Soccer national team in 2021: $262,613.31

29. Of 193 member states of the UN, number of women heads of government: 26

30. Percentage of girls who aspire to be prime minister of Canada: Nine

31. Number of women prime ministers in the history of Canada: One

32. Percentage of women in federal cabinet: 46

33. Current number of women premiers in Canada: Three

34. Percentage of Canadians represented by female premiers: 15

35. Percentage of women in the Ontario cabinet: 26

36. Number of women mayors of Toronto: Two (June Rowlands 1991-1994; Barbara Hall 1994-1997)

37. Percentage of Indigenous chiefs who are female: 19

38. Percentage of women in the House of Commons: 30

39. Percentage increase since last federal election: 1.7

40. At this rate, year gender parity will be achieved in the House of Commons: 2054

41. Year a million people will be living on Mars, according to Elon Musk: 2050

42. Number of economists Forbes magazine says are redefining everything: Five

43. Percentage of those economists who are women: 100

44. Year President Xi Jinping of China announced policies to increase women’s pace of baby-making: 2022

45. Year former president/U.S. presidential hopeful Donald Trump announced policies to increase women’s pace of baby-making: 2023

46. Year Margaret Atwood’s “The Handmaid’s Tale” was published: 1985