Access promised in law and policy does not reliably become access in practice.
Prevalence
27%
of Canadians aged 15 and older, 8.0 million people, had at least one disability that limited their daily activities in 2022.
What this measures
- Measures
- The Canadian Survey on Disability, Statistics Canada’s official source on disability. The rate rose from 22% in 2017.
- Does not show
- People living in institutions and other collective dwellings, on First Nations reserves or on Canadian Armed Forces bases, who are outside the survey. It is self-reported.
Work
62%
of Canadians aged 25 to 64 with disabilities were employed, against 78% of those without disabilities.
What this measures
- Measures
- Employment in May 2021 from the Census, linked to disability status from the 2022 survey. The rate falls to 30% among people with very severe disabilities.
- Does not show
- Job quality, pay or fit. The reference week fell during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Accommodation
54.4%
of Canadians with disabilities aged 25 to 64 who required workplace accommodations did not receive all of them in 2022.
What this measures
- Measures
- Unmet workplace accommodation needs, from the Canadian Survey on Disability. The share fell from 62.2% in 2017.
- Does not show
- Which needs went unmet, or why. It covers the workplace, not education or services.
Digital
95.9%
of the top one million home pages had detectable failures of the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines in 2026.
What this measures
- Measures
- An annual automated scan of the world’s most visited home pages. The share rose from 94.8% in 2025.
- Does not show
- Failures automated tools cannot detect, so the true figure is likely higher. Home pages only, not whole sites.