Data shows Canada’s commercial real estate (CRE) sector inching towards diversity. Insiders say the lived experience paints a different story.
Women represent 45.6 per cent of the workforce in Canadian CRE firms, the highest representation out of all countries surveyed, according to Feb. 2024 report by Ferguson Partners.
“I was surprised that this study showed women comprise 45 per cent of the workforce in CRE, it seems like less from where I’m standing. While this data is still very valuable, I think there are likely two main factors to explain this discrepancy between the data and my lived experience,” said Rosi Hunter, a Vancouver-based vice-president at mortgage brokerage Axestone
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