Table 1.4.B
Persons with disabilities aged 15 years and over, by age group and disability type, 2017 and 2022


Table 1.4.B
Persons with disabilities aged 15 years and over, by age group and disability type, 2017 and 2022
Table summary
This table displays the results of Persons with disabilities aged 15 years and over. The information is grouped by Age group and disability type (appearing as row headers), 2022, 2017, number and 95% confidence interval (appearing as column headers).
Age group and disability type 2022 2017
number 95% confidence interval number 95% confidence interval
lower upper lower upper
15 to 24 years
Pain-related 275,450 254,680 295,880 180,800 166,580 195,800
Flexibility 82,770 70,990 96,050 71,930 62,600 81,720
Mobility 82,240 70,930 94,230 65,080 56,360 74,080
Mental health-related 555,830 528,890 581,250 325,670 307,380 343,930
Seeing 175,340 157,890 194,740 97,900 86,570 110,060
Hearing 59,500 48,480 68,920 35,850 29,610 42,000
Learning 377,060 354,990 402,050 227,220 212,380 244,590
Dexterity 48,220 39,050 58,150 45,430 38,470 52,350
Memory 162,060 147,170 178,850 103,450 92,310 114,970
Developmental 154,230 139,080 169,440 100,700 92,190 110,060
Unknown Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published
25 to 64 years
Pain-related 2,934,110 2,854,110 3,019,640 2,512,090 2,440,090 2,579,520
Flexibility 1,658,040 1,585,840 1,728,780 1,535,150 1,479,770 1,590,910
Mobility 1,463,090 1,394,040 1,529,150 1,355,010 1,298,730 1,404,350
Mental health-related 2,143,370 2,068,440 2,218,090 1,421,270 1,371,140 1,477,510
Seeing 1,298,840 1,227,930 1,368,030 913,610 855,350 970,200
Hearing 750,070 700,360 811,660 662,570 619,010 711,890
Learning 1,021,010 965,740 1,077,870 705,770 661,600 746,270
Dexterity 716,240 668,020 770,040 660,630 615,530 703,640
Memory 876,130 817,580 932,860 664,130 622,270 705,710
Developmental 267,580 238,660 298,890 189,080 163,360 213,830
Unknown 136,880 114,840 163,050 99,740 81,970 119,970
65 years and over
Pain-related 1,718,000 1,660,790 1,775,600 1,369,110 1,325,900 1,416,660
Flexibility 1,474,890 1,420,820 1,531,280 1,188,020 1,147,920 1,231,920
Mobility 1,584,440 1,529,790 1,642,360 1,256,280 1,212,540 1,302,300
Mental health-related 379,820 344,600 412,400 280,430 255,400 306,780
Seeing 707,980 662,100 754,420 508,330 473,090 545,920
Hearing 844,990 797,160 896,250 636,100 599,980 677,840
Learning 251,980 224,650 281,420 172,690 154,770 192,500
Dexterity 702,750 660,070 751,250 569,540 537,790 605,750
Memory 411,420 371,600 448,380 283,260 258,900 313,930
Developmental 34,810Note E: Use with caution 25,790 45,280 25,690Note E: Use with caution 17,710 34,690
Unknown 72,740 56,290 90,140 39,690Note E: Use with caution 27,590 52,750
E use with caution
F too unreliable to be published
Note: 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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