In recent years, new policies and legislation, such as the Accessible Canada Act and the Canada Disability Benefit Act, have been adopted to improve the accessibility of employment and the financial security of working-age persons with a disability.
According to the 2022 Canadian Survey on Disability (CSD), 27.0% of Canadians aged 15 and over, or 8.0 million people, had one or more disabilities, up 4.7 percentage points from 2017. In this context, the accessibility of jobs is an increasingly important component of employment and labour force participation in Canada.
Today, Statistics Canada is releasing a new article titled "Labour market characteristics of persons with and without disabilities, 2023." The article uses data from Labour Force Survey supplements to examine trends in the employment and unemployment rates of persons with and without disabilities in 2023, and explores how disability intersects with age, sex, educational attainment, and racialized groups to influence labour market outcomes.
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