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About **3 in 500** women executives^{Note 1} had some type of disability.^{Note 2}

About **4 in 500** men executives had some type of disability.

**Women** executives with disabilities tended, on average, to be **younger than men** executives with disabilities.

Women: 58 years old

Men: 71 years old

The majority of executives with disabilities had one type of disability.

One type of disability: 51.3%

Two or more types of disabilities: 48.7%

The proportion of executives with disabilities was higher in the **manufacturing** industry than in the **finance** industry.

Table 1
Table summary
This table displays the results of Table 1 Finance, Manufacturing, Management of companies and enterprises and Other industries (appearing as column headers).
Finance Manufacturing Management of companies and enterprises Other industries

Disabilities 0.4% 1.2% 1.0% 0.8%

No disabilities 99.6% 98.8% 99.0% 99.2%

The most common disabilities were related to mobility affecting more than a third of executives with disabilities.

Mobility: 35.6%

Mental health-related: 17.8%

Dressing: 15.1%

Speaking: 10.5%

Hearing: 7.8%

Other disabilities:^{Note 3} 13.2%

**Sources:** Statistics Canada, T1 Family File, 2019, and *Corporations Returns Act,* 2019.

Notes

Footnote 1.

“Executive” refers to a person who is either a director or an officer on a board.

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Footnote 2.

The disability status of executives is determined based on whether they benefit from the disability tax credit (DTC), which is reported in the T1 Family File. An individual is eligible for the DTC if a medical practitioner certifies that they have a severe and prolonged impairment in one of nine daily activity categories, significant limitations in two or more categories, or if they receiver therapy to support a vital function.

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Footnote 3.

To protect the privacy and confidentiality of individuals, the following disabilities were combined under “other disabilities”: life-sustaining therapy, vision and feeding.

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Table 1
Table summary
This table displays the results of Table 1 Finance, Manufacturing, Management of companies and enterprises and Other industries (appearing as column headers).
	Finance	Manufacturing	Management of companies and enterprises	Other industries
Disabilities	0.4%	1.2%	1.0%	0.8%
No disabilities	99.6%	98.8%	99.0%	99.2%

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Date modified:: 2023-04-04

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