By the numbers : Statistical profile of people with mental health and addiction disabilities in Ontario

This compares to 16.4% of people without disabilities A much smaller proportion of people with mental health and addiction disabilities have a university degree (8.5%) than people without disabilities (24.8%) A somewhat greater proportion of people with mental health and addiction disabilities have completed a college diploma or a trade certificate (33.9%) compared to people with other disabil [...] Ontarians with mental health and addiction disabilities are less likely to be in the labour force and more likely to be unemployed: In 2011, 201,220 people, or 54% of people with mental health and addiction disabilities between the ages of 15 and 64, were not in the labour force, compared to 42.9% of people with other disabilities and 21% of people without disabilities The unemployment rate [...] Also, the limitations in the questions used to screen people into the CSD means that the number of people who report mental health and addiction disabilities is likely underestimated.13 The sample size of people with disabilities and people with mental health and addiction disabilities is low in the CSD. [...] Overall, the global severity score: Increases with the number of disability types Increases with the level of difficulty associated with the disability Increases with the frequency of the activity limitation.17 In Ontario, a much greater proportion of people with mental health and addiction disabilities have a severe or very severe disability (73.8%) compared to people with other disabilitie