Appendices
Appendix IV
Participation and Activity Limitation Survey (PALS):
An estimated 4.4 million Canadians - one out of every seven in the population - reported having a disability in 2006. This is an increase of over three-quarters of a million people in five years.
Data collected from the Participation and Activity Limitation Survey (PALS) in 2001 indicated that 12.4 per cent of the population reported a disability. By 2006, this rate had increased to 14.3 per cent of the population.
Disability rate by age, Canada, 2001 and 2006
Source: Statistics Canada, Participation and Activity Limitation Survey, 2001 and 2006.
Children with a Disability in Canada:
Population aging is only one factor that has contributed to the increase in the disability rate since 2001. Disability rates have increased for nearly all age groups.
Among children aged 14 and under, an estimated 202,350 or 3.7% reported a disability of some kind in 2006. This was up from 3.3% in 2001.
Chronic health conditions affected 69.8% of children aged 4 and under and 66.6% of children aged 5 to 14.
Approximately half of all children aged 4 and under reported a single disability in 2006. Slightly more than 40% of those who reported having a disability reported two disabilities, and just less than 9% reported three or more.
Approximately three-quarters of school-aged children with a disability reported having multiple disabilities, while only 26.3% experienced a single disability.
For children aged 5 to 14 with disabilities, the greatest proportion reported having a mild disability (33.5%), followed by moderate (24.1%), severe (23.5%) and very severe (18.9%) disabilities.
Source: Statistics Canada, Participation and Activity Limitation Survey, 2001 and 2006.
Disability rates by type of disability for children aged 5 to 14 years, Canada, 2001 and 2006
Source: Statistics Canada, Participation and Activity Limitation Survey, 2001 and 2006.
Disability rate by type of disability for persons 15 years of age or older, Canada 2001 and 2006
Source: Statistics Canada, Participation and Activity Limitation Survey, 2001 and 2006.
Persons with Disabilities Living in Peel Region
Source: Peel Data Center,Statistics Canada, Participation and Activity Limitation Survey 2006.
Persons with Disabilities as per Cent of Total Population in Peel Region and Local Area Municipalities
Source: Peel Data Center, Statistics Canada, Participation and Activity Limitation Survey 2006.
Population of Peel with Post Secondary Education Based on the Gender
Source: Peel Data Center, Statistics Canada, Participation and Activity Limitation Survey 2006.
Post Secondary Education Completed by Peel Residents with Disabilities Based on the Location of Study
Source: Peel Data Center, Statistics Canada, Participation and Activity Limitation Survey 2006.
