This date represents how far into the new year the average woman must work to earn what the average man earned in the previous year. On average, women must work 15.5 months to earn what men earn in 12 months. Equal Pay Day reflects the persistent structural inequality in wages across sectors, including those that are essential to our economy.

Join the Toronto Rally Supporting Child Care Workers and the Care Economy

This year, the Ontario Equal Pay Coalition is mobilizing in solidarity with child care workers and other workers in the care economy.

Without the care economy, there is no economy. Without care work, workers can’t work. But women’s underpaid care work continues to support and act as the shock absorber for the rest of the economy. Enough is enough. Care counts! Wages count! Show us the money!

Date: April 14, 2026
Time: 12:15 PM
Location: Pillars of Justice statue (361 University Ave, Toronto)

• Hear from parents struggling to find spaces and who know that we’re far from reaching the $10-a-day childcare promise

• Hear from leaders from the Ontario Coalition for Better Child Care and the Association for Early Childhood Educators Ontario

• Hear from labour leaders and leaders of community service organizations who know their members rely on childcare in order to do their work