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  • 21. What is the pay gap between persons with and without disabilities?
    Stats in brief: 11-001-X202317836724
    Description: Release published in The Daily – Statistics Canada’s official release bulletin
    Release date: 2023-06-27
  • 22. Social connections among persons with and without mental health-related disabilities, 2020
    Articles and reports: 89-654-X2023001
    Description: This fact sheet uses data from the 2020 General Social Survey to explore social connections among persons with and without mental health-related disabilities.
    Release date: 2023-05-31
  • 23. Executives with disabilities in Canada, 2019
    Stats in brief: 11-627-M2023019
    Description: This infographic provides an overview on the type of enterprise in which executives with disability are more likely to work and some of their personal characteristic. Specifically, the share of executives with disabilities by gender is shown, followed by the shares of executives with disabilities by industry and type of enterprise. Some personal information on the age, type of disability and the number of disability is also included.
    Release date: 2023-04-04
  • 24. Time use among persons with disabilities in Canada
    Articles and reports: 89-654-X2022001
    Description: This fact sheet uses time use data from the 2015 General Social Survey to explore how persons with disabilities spend their time, including analysis by sociodemographic factors such as age, sex, and employment status. Activities analyzed include paid work, unpaid work, sleep, personal care, leisure, and transportation. Perceptions of time use among persons with disabilities are also included.
    Release date: 2022-12-02
  • 25. Measuring disability in Canada
    Stats in brief: 11-627-M2022062
    Description:

    This infographic provides an overview of accessibility in Canada. The infographic includes persons with and without disabilities.

    Release date: 2022-12-02
  • 26. More than half of women provide care to children and care-dependent adults in Canada 2022
    Stats in brief: 11-001-X202231235823
    Description: Release published in The Daily – Statistics Canada’s official release bulletin
    Release date: 2022-11-08
  • 27. Housing experiences in Canada: Persons with disabilities
    Articles and reports: 46-28-0001202100100011
    Description:

    This article about persons with disabilities is part of the "Housing Experiences in Canada" fact sheet series. This series focuses on housing indicators that provide information on the housing experiences of different population groups, with a focus on those identified in legislation that recognizes housing as a human right.

    Release date: 2022-06-10
  • 28. Introduction to the Canadian Survey on Disability, American Sign Language Archived
    Stats in brief: 11-629-X2022001
    Description:

    This American Sign Language video provides an introduction to the Canadian Survey on Disability. Specifically, it includes a brief description of the benefits of participating in the survey, what participating in the survey involves, how respondents were selected to participate, and information on privacy and confidentiality.

    Release date: 2022-05-11
  • 29. Survey on Savings for Persons with Disabilities, 2020, American Sign Language Archived
    Stats in brief: 11-629-X2022002
    Description:

    This descriptive video provides an American Sign Language translation of the Daily for the Survey on Savings for Persons with Disabilities.

    Release date: 2022-04-04
  • 30. A profile of children with affirmative responses to the 2016 census questions on difficulties with activities of daily living
    Articles and reports: 36-28-0001202200300006
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    This study presents a socio-demographic profile of children aged 0 to 14 years with affirmative responses to the DSQ filter questions on the 2016 Census. More specifically, the study examined the distributions of activity limitations by children’s age, sex, and family socioeconomic characteristics. The consistency of this profile with well-established patterns of child disability from the existing literature is discussed, and recommendations are made for research to further assess the suitability of the DSQ filter questions for generating an appropriate sampling frame for prospective child disability surveys.

    Release date: 2022-03-23
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  • 1. Canadian Survey on Disability, 2022: Concepts and Methods Guide
    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
  • 4. Canadian Survey on Disability
    Surveys and statistical programs – Documentation: 3251
    Description: The purpose of the Canadian Survey on Disability (CSD) is to provide information about Canadians whose everyday activities may be limited because of a condition or health-related problem. This information will be used to plan and evaluate services, programs and policies for Canadians with disabilities to help enable their full participation in society. The survey is sponsored by Employment and Social Development Canada.
  • 5. Health and Activity Limitation Survey : Institutional Component
    Surveys and statistical programs – Documentation: 3252
    Description: This was a post-censal disability survey used to identify the numbers and distribution of disabled persons in Canada residing in health related non-penal institutions and the barriers experienced by them.
  • 6. National Population Health Survey: Health Institutions Component, Longitudinal
    Surveys and statistical programs – Documentation: 5003
    Description: The NPHS Health Institutions Component survey data support national level estimates only.
  • 7. Price Survey of Assistive Devices For Persons With Disabilities
    Surveys and statistical programs – Documentation: 5063
    Description: The principal survey objective was to create a comprehensive national source of objective information about the prices faced by persons with disabilities, their families, and health and social service organizations.
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