Flexibility disabilities, 2022
Description: Flexibility disabilities, 2022
In 2022, 10.9% of Canadians (or 3.2 million individuals) aged 15 years and over had a flexibility disability.Note 1
Flexibility disabilities were more prevalent with age:
- 15 to 24 years: 2.0%
- 25 to 44 years: 4.2%
- 45 to 64 years: 13.0%
- 65 years and over: 23.7%
Women+ (11.8%) were more likely than men+ (9.9%) to have a flexibility disability.Note 2
Those with a more severe flexibility disability were more likely to have unmet needs for disability supports (68%) than those with a less severe flexibility disability (59%).
62% of persons with a flexibility disability received help with daily activities.
- Most common activities for which help was received
- 75%: Heavy household chores (e.g., yard work, snow removal or spring cleaning)
- 62%: Everyday housework (e.g., dusting or tidying up)
- 61%: Getting to appointments or running errands
Almost 7 in 10 (68%) persons with a flexibility disability used a mobility-related assistive aid, device or technology because of their condition.
- The most common aids, devices or technologies were…
- 32%: Cane, walking stick or crutches
- 19%: Walker
- 16%: Grasping tool or reach extender
Note: The Canadian Survey on Disability covers Canadians aged 15 years and over who experience limitations in their daily activities because of a long-term condition or health-related problem.
Source: Statistics Canada, Canadian Survey on Disability, 2022.
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