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  • 51. 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
    Description:

    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
  • 52. Persons with mental health-related disabilities: Experiences of violent victimization in Canada, 2018 Archived
    Stats in brief: 11-627-M2022005
    Description:

    Using data from the 2018 Survey of Safety in Public and Private Spaces, this infographic compares the prevalence of violent victimization in Canada among persons with mental health-related disabilities, those with disabilities not related to mental health, and those without disabilities.

    Release date: 2022-01-26
  • 53. Business ownership among persons with disabilities in Canada
    Articles and reports: 36-28-0001202101200004
    Description:

    This paper provides a sociodemographic profile of business owners with disabilities using 2017 administrative tax data. It evaluates how sociodemographic characteristics of business owners with disabilities intersect and compares them with those of business owners without disabilities. It also examines the firm-level measures of these businesses, including firm size, industry, exports and financial characteristics.

    Release date: 2022-01-18
  • 54. Workers with disabilities receiving payments from the Canada Emergency Response Benefit program, 2020 Archived
    Stats in brief: 11-627-M2021083
    Description:

    Using data from the 2017 Canadian Survey on Disability (CSD) and the 2020 Canada Emergency Response Benefit (CERB) program, this infographic provides a profile of Canadian workers with disabilities who received CERB payments during the period from March 15 to September 26, 2020. The focus of the analysis is on workers who had employment or self-employment income of at least $5,000 in 2019.

    Release date: 2021-12-01
  • 55. Age of Disability: From Onset to Limitation
    Articles and reports: 89-654-X2021003
    Description:

    This paper presents preliminary findings on the relationship between disability, age of onset or diagnosis, and age of limitation. These findings are based on questions asked for each disability type covered in the 2017 Canadian Survey on Disability (CSD). It provides a profile of the age of onset, age of limitation and the period from onset to limitation for each disability type. The age of onset and age of limitation are examined by different characteristics, including sex, severity of disability and age group.

    Release date: 2021-12-01
  • 56. Talk about the barriers, not the disability: Activity limitations and COVID-19
    Stats in brief: 45-20-00032021002
    Description:

    This first episode of Eh Sayers is a heart-felt discussion on disability in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic. With our two guests Tony Labillois the director of Public Sector and Champion for Persons with Disabilities at Statistics Canada, and Michelle Maroto, Associate Professor of Sociology at the University of Alberta, we discussed the realities of people living with disabilities, their challenges and all the changes that the pandemic has brought in their daily lives.

    Release date: 2021-11-25
  • 57. Survey on Access to Health Care and Pharmaceuticals During the Pandemic March 2020 to May 2021 Archived
    Stats in brief: 11-001-X202132732523
    Description: Release published in The Daily – Statistics Canada’s official release bulletin
    Release date: 2021-11-23
  • 58. Educational experiences of young women with disabilities
    Articles and reports: 36-28-0001202101000003
    Description:

    This study uses data from the 2017 Canadian Survey on Disability to examine differences in educational experiences between women and men aged 15 to 34 with a disability. These experiences capture the difficulties that persons with disabilities reported encountering in school, such as limitations on learning, social exclusion, and a lack of accommodations.

    Release date: 2021-10-27
  • 59. Work experiences of women with disabilities
    Articles and reports: 36-28-0001202101000004
    Description:

    This study used data from the 2017 Canadian Survey on Disability to examine differences in work experiences between women and men aged 20 to 54 with a disability. These experiences capture the barriers that persons with disabilities reported encountering in their jobs, workplaces, and the labour market.

    Release date: 2021-10-27
  • 60. Accessibility Findings from the Canadian Survey on Disability, 2017
    Articles and reports: 89-654-X2021002
    Description:

    This factsheet provides accessibility-related findings from the 2017 Canadian Survey on Disability (CSD) that align with four of the seven priorities from the Accessible Canada Act (ACA). These priorities include transportation, built environment, information and communication technology (ICT) and employment. The results show some key differences in accessibility experiences by age group, sex, type of disability and severity of disability among persons with disabilities.

    Release date: 2021-10-27
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  • 1. Statistics Canada: Road to Accessibility
    Articles and reports: 13-26-0004
    Description: StatCan's accessibility plan aims to ensure that all StatCan and Statistical Survey Operations employees are supported in a barrier-free environment, with their accessibility needs met. Statistics Canada: Road to Accessibility 2023-25 is intended to be evergreen. As we make progress toward achieving an accessible and inclusive StatCan, our actions and commitments will change and evolve, and the Plan will be updated to ensure a continued and relevant focus on the areas needing it most.
    Release date: 2023-12-18
  • 2. New data on disability in Canada, 2022
    Stats in brief: 11-627-M2023063
    Description: This infographic features the highlights of the Canadian Survey on Disability, 2022.
    Release date: 2023-12-01
  • 3. Canadian Survey on Disability: From 2017 to 2022, American Sign Language
    Stats in brief: 11-629-X2023002
    Description: This video features the highlights of the Canadian Survey on Disability, 2022, using American Sign Language (ASL).
    Release date: 2023-12-01
  • 4. Canadian Survey on Disability 2017 to 2022
    Stats in brief: 11-001-X20233354467
    Description: Release published in The Daily – Statistics Canada’s official release bulletin
    Release date: 2023-12-01
  • 5. 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: 2023-12-01
  • 6. Canada's Care Economy: A Conceptual Framework
    Articles and reports: 89-652-X2023002
    Description: This report presents a conceptual framework of Canada’s care economy. This framework is based on a review of Canadian and international research on the topic as well as consultations with key stakeholders and experts. The report summarizes relevant research on the care economy, delineates the scope and boundaries for the Canadian context, and proposes key definitions of paid and unpaid care work.
    Release date: 2023-11-29
  • 7. Study: Functional health difficulties among lesbian, gay and bisexual people in Canada
    Stats in brief: 11-001-X202331237005
    Description: Release published in The Daily – Statistics Canada’s official release bulletin
    Release date: 2023-11-08
  • 8. Functional health difficulties among lesbian, gay and bisexual people in Canada
    Articles and reports: 45-20-00022023003
    Description: This study examines functional health difficulties among lesbian, gay, and bisexual (LGB) men and women aged 18 and older in Canada. Using data from the Canadian Community Health Survey (2017 to 2018), this release provides an overview of self-reported general health, mental health, and difficulty in the six Washington Group functional health components (vision, hearing, mobility, cognition, self-care and communication) by sexual orientation and gender.
    Release date: 2023-11-08
  • 9. Results from the Survey on Accessible Print Materials, American Sign Language
    Stats in brief: 11-629-X2023001
    Description: Using data from the Survey on Accessible Print Material (SAPM), this American Sign Language video examines access to alternate format material among Canadians who had difficulties with print material.
    Release date: 2023-10-03
  • 10. Print material accessibility in Canada, 2023
    Articles and reports: 89-654-X2023003
    Description: Using data from the Survey on Accessible Print Materials (SAPM), this factsheet examines the experiences of persons who have difficulties with print materials. It provides information on the usage of assistive aids, devices and technologies for a difficulty with print material. As well as information on the usage of alternate formats, how these formats are accessed and barriers encountered in obtaining them.
    Release date: 2023-10-03
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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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