Canadians with Disabilities
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Approximately
15 out of every 100 people age 15 years or older has some form of
disability that limits their day-to-day activities1. Of people with disabilities, 3.5% (35 out of every 1,000) have a developmental disability.
In 2001, there were about 120,000 people with developmental
disabilities in Canada. Today there are about 166,000 people with developmental disabilities in Canada.
This represents about 0.7% (7 out of every 1,000 people) of Canada’s population of nearly 32 million people.
1
This figure is based on Statistics Canada data. A survey asked people
15 years of age or older if they had a disability that limited their
daily activities. As such, it includes a wide variety of disabilities;
for example, chronic illness such as diabetes, arthritis and other
mobility difficulties, learning disabilities, and so forth.
