Mental health-related disabilities among Canadians aged 15 years and older, 2012

Stats in brief: 89-654-X2014002

Description:

The Canadian Survey on Disability (CSD) is a national survey of Canadians aged 15 and over whose everyday activities are limited because of a long-term condition or health-related problem.

This document contains survey results on the number of persons with mental health disabilities, prevalence of disability, Mental Health disability by age, co-occurring disabilities, educational attainment and experiences as well as employment, Mental health disability in the work place, job modifications, hours worked, not in the labour force, job search barriers and income, for Canada.

Issue Number: 2014002

Author(s): Bizier, Christine; Fawcett, Gail; Marshall, Carley

Main Product: Reports on Disability and Accessibility in Canada

Format	Release date	More information
HTML	December 3, 2014	Correction: July 20, 2015 As a result of data rounding errors, the following corrections have been made:Counts for dexterity, seeing and developmental disabilities and percentage for seeing in table 1;Percentages in ‘Multiple disabilities’, ‘Not in labour force’ and ‘Educational attainment’ sections;Percentages in footnotes 2 and 5;Percentages for ’15 to 24 years’ and ’55 to 64 years’ with a disability in chart 4 and all percentages in chart 6;Employment income in ‘Personal income for working-age adults’ section.Median income values in the ‘Personal income for working-age adults’ were also corrected to include negative and zero values for persons with disabilities.
PDF	December 3, 2014	Correction: July 20, 2015 As a result of data rounding errors, the following corrections have been made:Counts for dexterity, seeing and developmental disabilities and percentage for seeing in table 1;Percentages in ‘Multiple disabilities’, ‘Not in labour force’ and ‘Educational attainment’ sections;Percentages in footnotes 2 and 5;Percentages for ’15 to 24 years’ and ’55 to 64 years’ with a disability in chart 4 and all percentages in chart 6;Employment income in ‘Personal income for working-age adults’ section.Median income values in the ‘Personal income for working-age adults’ were also corrected to include negative and zero values for persons with disabilities.