October is Disability Employment Awareness Month (DEAM)

Every October, DEAM celebrates the workplace inclusion of persons experiencing disability!

DEAM is an opportunity to recognize and to talk about employment inclusion and to collaborate to increase inclusive hiring.

One in five working-age Canadians in the labour force experiences some form of disability – that’s 21% of the workforce or 3.2 million workers.
In 2024, the employment rate of persons experiencing disability was 46.4%, and that of persons without disability was 66.2% – a difference of 19.8 percentage points.
More than 741,000 working-age persons experiencing disability have potential for paid employment in a fully inclusive labour market.