The aim of this paper is to review and evaluate policies designed to create
gender equality in Canada over roughly the past 30 years with a view to de
termining what impact, if any, they have had on the status of women. After
considering 29 indicators, and noting some of their advantages and disadvan
tages, it is concluded that all things considered, there is more evidence o
f improvement than of deterioration in the status of women, including more
evidence of progress toward gender equality, since the 1970 Report of the R
oyal Commission on the Status of Women in Canada.