The Visible Minority Population with a Disability in Canada: Employment and Education

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Description: The Visible Minority Population with a Disability in Canada: Employment and Education

Among Canadians aged 15 years and older with a disability, 14.3% are a member of a group designated as a visible minority.

Breakdown by select visible minority group:

  • South Asian = 4.0%
  • Chinese = 2.9%
  • Black = 2.2%
  • Filipino = 1.3%
  • Latin American = 1.0%

Visible minorities with a disability by sex and age group:

  • Sex
    • Men = 13.9%
    • Women = 14.5%
  • Age group
    • 15 to 34 years = 15.4%
    • 35 to 64 years = 13.7%
    • 65 years and older = 14.5%

Among visible minorities with a disability aged 25 to 64 years:

  • 49.9% have work potentialNote 1.
  • 33.9% have a bachelor’s degree or higher.
  • 25.2% of those who were employed consider themselves to be disadvantaged in employment because of their condition.
  • 32.4% of employees said their work does not give them the opportunity to use all their education, skills or work experience.

Notes: The Canadian Survey on Disability covers Canadians aged 15 years and older who experience limitations in their daily activities because of a long-term condition or health-related problem.

The Employment Equity Act defines visible minorities as “persons, other than Aboriginal peoples, who are non-Caucasian in race or non-white in colour.”

Source: Statistics Canada, Canadian Survey on Disability, 2017.

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