Update on the number of working-age Canadians with disabilities…

According to Statistics Canada’s 2022 Canadian Survey on Disability, 27% of Canadians aged 15 years and older, or 8.0 million people, had one or more disabilities that limited them in their daily activities. Among persons with a disability, the most common disability type in 2022 was pain-related disability; 62% of persons with a disability reported this type of disability. Flexibility (40%), mobility (39%) and mental health-related (39%) disabilities were the next most prevalent types of disability.