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Chart Question: Why is business the most popular field of study among the visible minorities? The percentage of visible minority population along with Indigenous people and persons with disabilities in companies reported under the Canada Business Corporations Act has increased in the last year, crossing the 10 per cent threshold, according to the Osler diversity  report . Since the number of visible minorities holding board seats in these companies has gone up, it would explain why business, management and public administration is the most popular field of study for them at 15.7% compared to 11.3% for people not belonging to a visible minority.  In the Corporations Canada annual  report  from 2022, Corporations Canada also identified that 23 per cent of the corporations in Canada have at least one member of a visible minority as a board of director, 12 per cent hold senior management positions, and 6 pe...

               Lead People not belonging to a visible minority have a higher chance of having no post-secondary certificate, diploma or degree. Excel workbook Link and Explanation https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1wI7tInZhzkU4vOyRtGZkUmbjO25CViqycUNO25Nk9Ic/edit#gid=0 My data slices are a comparison between the visible and not a visible minority population in the six programs --- no postsecondary certificate, diploma or degree; business, management and public administration; Health professions and related programs; social and behavioural sciences and law; engineering; and mathematics, computer and information sciences. Original Dataset Link Highest level of education by major field of study, visible minority and immigrant status: Canada, provinces and territories, census metropolitan areas and census agglomerations with parts https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/t1/tbl1/en/cv!recreate.action?pid=9810043001&selectedNodeIds=2D1&checkedLe...