Barriers to accessibility among persons with disabilities in Canada
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Data
The data used to create this interactive web application are from the following listed data tables:
- Table 13-10-0899-01 Barriers to accessibility for persons with disabilities aged 15 years and over, by disability type, age group and gender
- Table 13-10-0900-01 Barriers to accessibility for persons with disabilities aged 15 years and over, by disability severity, age group and gender
- Table 13-10-0901-01 Presence of barriers to accessibility for persons with disabilities aged 15 years and over, by province and territory
Additional information
This dashboard allows users to examine data on barriers to accessibility experienced by persons with disabilities. These are barriers encountered in different aspects of daily living focused on those found in public spaces; communicating in different situations; using the Internet, and barriers related to behaviours, misconceptions or assumptions by others.
The data in this dashboard comes from the 2022 Canadian Survey on Disability (CSD). The CSD is a national survey of persons aged 15 years and over whose everyday activities are limited due to a long-term condition or health-related problem. The CSD sample is selected from the Census of Population respondents making it a postcensal survey. For more methodological details see Canadian Survey on Disability, 2022: Concepts and Methods Guide.
The CSD collected information on 27 types of barriers to accessibility, touching on the Accessible Canada Act priority areas of Built Environment, Communication and Information and Communication Technology. These barriers do not represent a comprehensive list of barriers to accessibility. Respondents were asked if they experienced barriers because of their condition using the response categories of “not applicable,” “never,” “sometimes,” “often,” and “always.” Respondents who indicated that they experienced barriers “sometimes,” “often,” or “always” are included as having experienced barriers. See the CSD questionnaire for more information on barriers to accessibility included within the survey.
A global severity score was developed for the CSD, which was calculated for each person using the number of disability types that a person has, the level of difficulty experienced in performing certain tasks, and the frequency of activity limitations. It is important to understand, however, that the name assigned to each class is simply intended to facilitate use of the severity score and is not a label or judgment concerning the person's level of disability.
Persons with disabilities often have multiple co-occurring disability types.
Given that the non-binary population is small, data aggregation to a two-category gender variable is sometimes necessary to protect the confidentiality of responses provided. In these cases, individuals in the category “non-binary persons” are distributed into the other two gender categories and are denoted by the “+” symbol.
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Use this dashboard to explore data on barriers to accessibility experienced by persons with disabilities. This dashboard is based on data from the 2022 Canadian Survey on Disability.
The dashboard has two bar charts that present data on types of barriers encountered in public spaces; communicating in different situations; using the Internet; and barriers related to behaviours, misconceptions or assumptions by others. Information can be filtered by gender and by age groups.
The dashboard also has a map, which shows the percentage of people who have reported experiencing one or more barrier and those that have not. Hover the cursor over a province or territory to view the proportion of persons that have experienced 1 or more of 27 types of barriers to accessibility because of their condition at least sometimes in the year prior to the 2022 CSD. Please note that the filters do not apply to the map.
To change the type of barrier, first select one of the four options: “Public Spaces”, “Behaviours, misconceptions or assumptions by others”, “Communications”, “Internet”. Then use the filter for “Barriers to accessibility” to select an individual barrier.
Please note that there are two options in the chart titled “Barriers to accessibility by type of disability”. The “number of persons” refers to total number of persons that experience the individual barrier by type of disability. The “percentage of persons” refers to the proportion of persons with that disability type that experienced that individual barrier. Additionally, the “percentage of persons” chart does not display the “never” category as it is accounted for in the denominator.
To change the gender category applied to the two bar charts, use the “Gender” filter.
To change the age groups, use the “Age group” filter.
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