This work is required for households to function, and for children and elders to be cared for, but is not counted as economically valuable. 19 According to Statistics Canada, if Canadian womenís unpaid work were valued monetarily, it would be worth between $234 and $374 billion dollars per year. 20 The 2001 Canadian Census statistics on unpaid work of women and men ages 15 and over finds that 19% of women in Winnipeg do 30 hours or more of unpaid housework, compared to 7% of men; 17% do 30 hours or more unpaid childcare, compared to 8% of men;.
