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  • 1. Reports on Disability and Accessibility in Canada
    Journals and periodicals: 89-654-X
    Description: The Canadian Survey on Disability (CSD) is a national survey of Canadians aged 15 and over whose everyday activities are limited because of a long-term condition or health-related problem.
    Release date: 2026-06-04
  • 2. Examining work potential and overqualification among persons with disabilities
    Articles and reports: 89-654-X2026002
    Description: Using data from the 2022 Canadian Survey on Disability (CSD), this article examines labour market underrepresentation among persons with disabilities, by exploring work potential and overqualification among this population. Each section is examined by a range of sociodemographic, disability-related, and employment-related characteristics.
    Release date: 2026-06-04
  • 3. Work potential and overqualification status among persons with disabilities 2022
    Stats in brief: 11-001-X202615541112
    Description: Release published in The Daily – Statistics Canada’s official release bulletin
    Release date: 2026-06-04
  • 4. Socioeconomic correlates of loneliness among immigrants with disabilities
    Articles and reports: 36-28-0001202600400004
    Description: The experience of loneliness is not evenly distributed in the population but disproportionately affects certain social groups. For example, persons with disabilities have a greater risk of loneliness than persons without disabilities and immigrants have a greater risk of loneliness than Canadian-born persons. This study examines how differences in the experience of loneliness between immigrants and Canadian-born persons with disabilities emerge in the context of socioeconomic participation (employment and school attendance) and socioeconomic deprivation (food insecurity, core housing need, low-income status), using data from the 2022 Canadian Survey on Disability.
    Release date: 2026-04-22
  • 5. Technical report on disability measurement in Canada
    Articles and reports: 89-654-X2026001
    Description: This report outlines the various measures of disability that are used at Statistics Canada. It provides background information on the different measurement tools and analysis on who is captured within each measure, as well as highlighting similarities and differences across measures.
    Release date: 2026-03-17
  • 6. Portrait of the Chinese Populations in Canada: Diversity and Socioeconomic Outcomes
    Articles and reports: 89-657-X2026001
    Description: The focus of this portrait is the analysis of the sociodemographic and ethnocultural diversity and socioeconomic outcomes of the Chinese populations in Canada. The portrait uses data from the Census of Population (1996 to 2021), the 2011 National Household Survey, the 2020 General Social Survey – Social Identity, the 2022 Canadian Survey on Disability and the 2024 Labour Force Survey. An intersectional approach is used to explore the relationships between multiple diversity measures.
    Release date: 2026-02-13
  • 7. Study: Portrait of the Chinese populations in Canada
    Stats in brief: 11-001-X202604440791
    Description: Release published in The Daily – Statistics Canada’s official release bulletin
    Release date: 2026-02-13
  • 8. Educational attainment and employment among immigrants with disabilities
    Articles and reports: 36-28-0001202501200001
    Description: Persons with disabilities face disadvantages in employment, and these have implications for their well-being. The gap in employment between persons with and without disabilities is a widely used measure of inequality. This study examines gaps in educational attainment and employment between immigrants with and without disabilities, using data from the 2022 Canadian Survey on Disability.
    Release date: 2025-12-22
  • 9. Racialized persons with disabilities, 2022
    Stats in brief: 11-627-M2025051
    Description: Using data from the 2022 Canadian Survey on Disability, this infographic highlights the trends and experiences of racialized persons with disabilities.
    Release date: 2025-12-03
  • 10. Dynamic disabilities, 2022
    Stats in brief: 11-627-M2025052
    Description: Utilizing data from the 2022 Canadian Survey on Disability, this infographic highlights the trends and experiences of persons with dynamic disabilities.
    Release date: 2025-12-03
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  • 91. Participation and Activity Limitation Survey 2006: Tables Archived
    Table: 89-628-X2007003
    Description:

    The Participation and Activity Limitation Survey (PALS) is Canada's national survey that gathers information about adults and children whose daily activities are limited by a physical, mental, or other health-related condition or problem.

    This document presents data tables associated to the first report "The 2006 Participation and Activity Limitation Survey: A Profile of Disability in Canada".

    Release date: 2007-12-03
  • 92. Education, Employment and Income of Adults with and Without Disabilities - Tables Archived
    Table: 89-587-X
    Geography: Province or territory
    Description: The 2001 Participation and Activity Limitation Survey (PALS) is a post-censal survey of adults and children whose everyday activities are limited because of a condition or health problem. A sample of those persons who answered 'Yes' to the 2001 Census disability filter questions were included in the PALS survey population. Approximately 35, 000 adults (aged 15 and over) and 8,000 children (aged 0 to 14) living in private or collective households in the 10 provinces were selected to participate in the survey. Persons living in institutions, on Indian reserves, and in the Yukon, the Northwest Territories and Nunavut were excluded from the survey. The data were collected after the 2001 Census, in the fall of 2001.

    These tables contain data on the educational attainment, labour force activity and income of adults with and without disabilities.

    Release date: 2003-09-11
  • 93. Children with Disabilities and Their Families - Tables Archived
    Table: 89-586-X
    Geography: Province or territory
    Description:

    The 2001 Participation and Activity Limitation Survey (PALS) is a post-censal survey of adults and children whose everyday activities are limited because of a condition or health problem. A sample of those persons who answered " Yes" to the 2001 Census disability filter questions were included in the PALS survey population. Approximately 8,000 children (aged 0 to 14) living in households in the 10 provinces were selected to participate in the children's component of the survey. Persons living in institutions, on Indian reserves and in the Yukon, Northwest Territories or Nunavut were excluded. The data were collected after the 2001 Census, between September 2001 and January 2002. Note that information on children with disabilities was gathered through interviews with their parents or guardians.

    These tables contain PALS data on children aged 5 to 14 who have disabilities and the impact of their disability on the daily activities and employment situation of their families.Specific themes covered are:-help with everyday activities received by children with disabilities;-parents access to help; formal and informal-impacts of the child's disability on the family's employment situation;-children's access to specialized aids and services; and household income.

    Tables are presented by severity of disability of children with disabilities, for Canada and provinces.

    Release date: 2003-07-29
  • 94. Disability Supports in Canada, 2001 - Tables Archived
    Table: 89-581-X
    Description:

    The 2001 Participation and Activity Limitation Survey (PALS) is a post-censal survey of adults and children who are limited because of a physical condition or health problem. A sample of those persons who answered "Yes" to the 2001 Census disability filter questions were included in the PALS survey population. Approximately 35,000 adults and 8,000 children living in private or collective households in the 10 provinces were selected to participate in the survey. The data were collected in the fall of 2001.

    These tables contain data on the use of and need for supports for adults with disabilities, by sex and age groups, for Canada and the provinces.

    Note: For a detailed analysis, please see the document A Profile of Disability in Canada, 2001 (Catalogue no. 89-577-XIE).

    Release date: 2003-03-25
  • 95. A Profile of Disability in Canada, 2001 - Tables Archived
    Table: 89-579-X
    Description:

    The 2001 Participation and Activity Limitation Survey (PALS) is a post-censal survey of adults and children whose everyday activities are limited because of a condition or health problem. A sample of those persons who answered 'Yes' to the 2001 Census disability filter questions were included in the PALS survey population. Approximately 35,000 adults and 8,000 children living in private and some collective households in the 10 provinces were selected to participate in the survey. The data were collected after the 2001 Census, in the fall of 2001.

    These tables contain data on the number of adults and children with disabilities, disability rates, as well as the type and severity of disability, by age and sex, for Canada and the provinces.

    Release date: 2002-12-03
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  • 61. A profile of Canadians with mental health-related disabilities Archived
    Stats in brief: 11-001-X202002922523
    Description: Release published in The Daily – Statistics Canada’s official release bulletin
    Release date: 2020-01-29
  • 62. Indigenous people with disabilities in Canada: First Nations people living off reserve, Métis and Inuit aged 15 years and older Archived
    Articles and reports: 89-653-X2019005
    Description:

    This paper seeks to fill a gap in existing literature on disability among Indigenous peoples. Disability prevalence was established for each of the three Indigenous groups based on the Disability Screening Questions (DSQ), included in the APS for the first time in 2017. The study also uses data from the 2017 Canadian Survey on Disability (CSD), this data source is used to establish disability rates for the non-Indigenous population, to help contextualize findings for First Nations people living off reserve, Métis and Inuit.

    Release date: 2019-12-12
  • 63. Canadians with a pain-related disability Archived
    Stats in brief: 11-627-M2019078
    Description:

    This infographic covers Canadians aged 15 years and over whose everyday activities are limited because of a pain-related disability.

    Release date: 2019-12-03
  • 64. The Dynamics of Disability: Progressive, Recurrent or Fluctuating Limitations Archived
    Articles and reports: 89-654-X2019002
    Description:

    This paper presents preliminary findings on four groups of persons with different disability dynamics, based on data collected from newly developed questions from the 2017 Canadian Survey on Disability (CSD). Each of these groups has its own unique profile based on the length of time between episodes of the limitation (if such exist) as well as the limitation's progression over time.

    Release date: 2019-12-03
  • 65. Study: The dynamics of disability: Progressive, recurrent or fluctuating limitations Archived
    Stats in brief: 11-001-X201933720832
    Description: Release published in The Daily – Statistics Canada’s official release bulletin
    Release date: 2019-12-03
  • 66. Canadian Veterans with Disabilities, 2017 Archived
    Stats in brief: 11-627-M2019077
    Description:

    This infographic covers persons with a disability who had reported previous Canadian military service but are no longer a member of the Canadian Armed Forces. These are persons whose everyday activities are limited because of a long-term condition or health-related problem.

    Release date: 2019-11-08
  • 67. Canadians with a Seeing Disability, 2017 Archived
    Stats in brief: 11-627-M2019071
    Description:

    This infographic covers Canadians aged 15 years and over whose everyday activities are limited because of a seeing disability.

    Release date: 2019-10-09
  • 68. Workplace accommodations for employees with disabilities in Canada, 2017 Archived
    Articles and reports: 89-654-X2019001
    Description:

    This fact sheet examines requirements and access to workplace accommodations for employees with disabilities aged 25 to 64 years based on the 2017 Canadian Survey on Disability. It provides information on the type and number of accommodations commonly needed in the workplace, the degree or level to which those needs were met, and reasons for unmet needs. The requirements and level of needs met for workplace accommodations are examined by several characteristics including sex, severity of disability, age, and type of occupation.

    Release date: 2019-09-25
  • 69. Educational experiences of youth with disabilities Archived
    Stats in brief: 11-627-M2019049
    Description:

    This infographic covers youth with disabilities, aged 15 to 24 years, and their educational experiences. The findings are based on the 2017 Canadian Survey on Disability and covers students who were attending school at the time of the survey.

    Release date: 2019-09-10
  • 70. Canadians with a Hearing Disability Archived
    Stats in brief: 11-627-M2019025
    Description:

    The month of May is Speech and Hearing Awareness Month. This infographic covers Canadians aged 15 years and over whose daily activities are limited because of a hearing disability.

    Release date: 2019-05-08
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  • 1. Canadian Survey on Disability, 2022: Concepts and Methods Guide Archived
    Surveys and statistical programs – Documentation: 89-654-X2023004
    Description: The Canadian Survey on Disability (CSD) is a national survey of Canadians aged 15 and over whose everyday activities are limited because of a long-term condition or health-related problem. The 2022 CSD Concepts and Methods Guide is designed to assist CSD data users by providing relevant information on survey content and concepts, sampling design, collection methods, data processing, data quality and product availability.
    Release date: 2023-12-01
  • 2. A New Survey Measure of Disability: the Disability Screening Questions (DSQ) Archived
    Surveys and statistical programs – Documentation: 89-654-X2016003
    Description:

    This paper describes the process that led to the creation of the new Disability Screening Questions (DSQ), jointly developped by Statistics Canada and Employment and Social Development Canada. The DSQ form a new module which can be put on general population surveys to allow comparisons of persons with and without a disability. The paper explains why there are two versions of the DSQ—a long and a short one—, the difference between the two, and how each version can be used.

    Release date: 2016-02-29
  • 3. Canadian Survey on Disability, 2012: Concepts and Methods Guide Archived
    Surveys and statistical programs – Documentation: 89-654-X2014001
    Description:

    The Canadian Survey on Disability (CSD) is a national survey of Canadians aged 15 and over whose everyday activities are limited because of a long-term condition or health-related problem.

    The 2012 CSD Concepts and Methods Guide is designed to assist data users by providing relevant information on survey content and concepts, sampling design, collection methods, data processing, data quality and product availability. Chapter 1 of this guide provides an overview of the 2012 CSD by introducing the survey's background and objectives. Chapter 2 explains the key concepts and definitions and introduces the indicators measured by the CSD questionnaire modules. Chapters 3 to 6 cover important aspects of survey methodology, from sampling design to data collection and processing. Chapters 7 and 8 cover issues of data quality, including the approaches used to minimize and correct errors throughout all stages of the survey. Users are cautioned against making comparisons with data from previous Participation and Activity Limitations Surveys. Chapter 9 outlines the survey products that are available to the public, including data tables, a fact sheet and reference material. Appendices provide more detail on survey indicators as well as a glossary of terms.

    Release date: 2014-02-05

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