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number: Canada ranked 35th on the World Economic Forum 2016 Global Gender Gap Report, dropping five positions from last year, largely due to lower scores on economic participation and opportunities, according to The Toronto Star. The annual survey of 144 countries measures such factors as salary, educational attainment and the number of women in senior workplace and political positions. By Sunny Freeman Business Reporter Wed., Oct. 26, 2016 Because it 2015 may have been reason enough for Canada Prime Minister to close the gender gap in cabinet last year, but that didn't stop the country from dropping in global rankings of gender parity this year. Globally, the survey found the widest gap between the sexes exists in political empowerment. But the forum acknowledged advances made at the Parliamentary level in Canada. Canada recorded a drop in female legislators, senior officials and managers, it said. (news.financializer.com). As reported in the news.