Table 1.2.B
Disability severity among persons with disabilities aged 15 years and over, by age group and gender, 2017 and 2022


Table 1.2.B
Disability severity among persons with disabilities aged 15 years and over, by age group and gender, 2017 and 2022
Table summary
This table displays the results of Disability severity among persons with disabilities aged 15 years and over. The information is grouped by Disability severity (appearing as row headers), 2022, 2017, number and 95% confidence interval (appearing as column headers).
Disability severity 2022 2017
number 95% confidence interval number 95% confidence interval
lower upper lower upper
Total, persons aged 15 years and over
Total, all genders
Mild 3,114,790 3,014,750 3,201,850 2,324,430 2,247,810 2,406,450
Moderate 1,582,850 1,504,990 1,662,870 1,242,910 1,181,690 1,302,600
Severe 1,597,440 1,521,590 1,666,650 1,295,660 1,236,470 1,357,020
Very severe 1,682,530 1,615,310 1,754,560 1,383,630 1,330,580 1,437,480
Women+
Mild 1,702,000 1,628,360 1,770,540 1,247,400 1,190,600 1,307,260
Moderate 865,900 808,720 918,870 673,690 628,720 718,690
Severe 953,910 894,000 1,012,260 756,760 714,030 801,940
Very severe 993,150 939,370 1,051,890 805,250 767,160 846,080
Men+
Mild 1,412,780 1,339,700 1,477,790 1,077,040 1,019,700 1,129,920
Moderate 716,950 667,500 771,630 569,220 526,620 612,860
Severe 643,530 597,430 686,730 538,910 500,260 576,650
Very severe 689,380 647,720 733,430 578,380 543,380 614,350
15 to 24 years
Total, all genders
Mild 393,870 370,140 414,960 267,450 247,880 286,610
Moderate 164,590 147,140 181,760 115,810 102,560 129,760
Severe 155,180 141,660 170,530 100,800 90,600 112,260
Very severe 109,410 96,320 123,840 62,350 54,020 70,600
Women+
Mild 225,990 205,640 245,670 158,410 143,650 172,790
Moderate 101,510 88,150 116,430 70,390 60,130 81,210
Severe 99,750 88,050 112,840 55,610 48,180 63,260
Very severe 59,570 49,640 70,210 31,530 25,490 38,410
Men+
Mild 167,880 149,280 185,060 109,040 97,260 120,070
Moderate 63,080 51,460 74,110 45,420 37,090 53,720
Severe 55,430 46,390 65,090 45,190 39,120 52,860
Very severe 49,840 40,320 60,540 30,820 25,720 35,560
25 to 44 years
Total, all genders
Mild 958,050 908,330 1,011,660 662,070 629,710 697,030
Moderate 391,590 356,140 428,690 266,590 243,470 290,970
Severe 353,730 316,900 387,900 253,010 230,430 278,280
Very severe 268,230 239,900 301,020 186,600 168,440 203,310
Women+
Mild 554,090 513,140 595,040 391,280 365,110 418,300
Moderate 234,280 204,790 262,440 147,670 131,210 166,110
Severe 219,730 190,180 246,070 152,660 136,580 170,900
Very severe 154,430 131,380 179,350 112,510 99,970 124,910
Men+
Mild 403,960 367,030 442,520 270,800 248,530 295,060
Moderate 157,310 134,710 182,010 118,920 102,260 135,100
Severe 134,000 113,830 153,920 100,350 85,970 114,720
Very severe 113,800 94,050 136,040 74,090 62,210 84,890
45 to 64 years
Total, all genders
Mild 994,160 933,740 1,056,870 834,960 778,470 892,060
Moderate 540,970 490,720 592,410 449,980 405,900 493,570
Severe 526,330 479,070 572,210 480,800 440,040 521,890
Very severe 607,750 563,420 654,930 593,920 553,840 630,460
Women+
Mild 519,670 470,550 567,950 402,050 363,040 443,230
Moderate 288,660 255,190 323,220 238,440 208,100 269,440
Severe 313,380 276,520 349,960 281,870 248,930 313,500
Very severe 355,120 317,630 393,360 331,630 302,280 359,940
Men+
Mild 474,490 428,890 521,630 432,910 391,420 470,830
Moderate 252,300 218,520 290,970 211,540 181,560 242,680
Severe 212,950 182,890 243,990 198,930 175,000 224,670
Very severe 252,630 224,660 283,540 262,280 234,510 286,710
65 to 74 years
Total, all genders
Mild 456,110 417,590 494,100 336,880 306,120 367,520
Moderate 270,000 241,670 299,230 220,770 196,180 245,670
Severe 292,120 263,000 323,170 236,880 213,680 260,980
Very severe 314,860 286,450 345,550 242,050 222,340 263,830
Women+
Mild 233,310 204,460 262,950 165,990 146,230 187,200
Moderate 133,330 112,140 155,430 120,120 102,360 139,260
Severe 160,210 138,640 186,440 131,990 114,750 149,410
Very severe 188,470 164,010 214,790 144,950 129,120 163,240
Men+
Mild 222,800 196,030 251,580 170,890 148,440 190,860
Moderate 136,670 114,890 157,690 100,650 84,880 117,700
Severe 131,910 111,120 153,080 104,890 89,700 123,420
Very severe 126,390 107,320 145,400 97,100 86,170 109,420
75 years and over
Total, all genders
Mild 312,600 281,700 340,680 223,070 196,970 247,690
Moderate 215,700 189,080 244,230 189,760 165,790 214,230
Severe 270,080 240,770 300,380 224,180 200,760 246,810
Very severe 382,290 350,280 417,050 298,720 276,120 324,300
Women+
Mild 168,940 143,420 192,120 129,670 112,180 147,620
Moderate 108,120 88,410 129,160 97,070 81,210 114,440
Severe 160,840 135,600 186,240 134,620 118,150 154,290
Very severe 235,560 207,170 263,110 184,630 166,880 202,860
Men+
Mild 143,650 122,630 167,650 93,400 76,780 110,490
Moderate 107,580 88,120 128,500 92,690 73,600 109,900
Severe 109,240 91,510 129,660 89,550 74,390 105,870
Very severe 146,730 125,080 168,020 114,090 100,000 130,380
Notes: 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. The category "Men+" includes men (and/or boys), as well as some non-binary persons. The category "Women+" includes women (and/or girls), as well as some non-binary persons.
The sum of the values for each category may differ from the total due to rounding.
Source: Statistics Canada, Canadian Survey on Disability, 2017 and 2022.
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