Every year, The Local conducts a diversity survey among our staff and contributors as part of our ongoing commitment to tackle issues of race, representation, and diversity. In 2024 we sent our survey to 39 contributors and received 30 responses, a 77 percent response rate.

In 2024, 53.3 percent of our respondents identified as non-white. This is higher than the Canadian industry average of 33 percent.

In terms of gender representation, 46.7 percent of our contributors identified as female, slightly lower than the industry average of 49.3 percent, and 10 percent of our contributors identified as non-binary, which is higher than the industry average of 0.7 percent for non-binary.

This year, we also surveyed our contributors to determine the number of journalists we work with who identify as living with a disability. Among our contributors, 10 percent identify as living with a disability. The Local is among a handful of outlets that collect this data and national numbers are not reported widely, so there is no industry average for comparison.