5. Canadian Indicators for the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) - article 19: living independently and being included in the community
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5.1 Having strong sense of belonging to the local community
Figure 5.1 – Text description
| Gender | Persons with disabilities | Persons without disabilities |
|---|---|---|
| Men | 64% | 76% |
| Women | 69% | 78% |
- Notes: Gender refers to an individual's personal and social identity as a man, woman, or non-binary person (a person who is not exclusively a man or a woman). To protect the data confidentiality of non-binary respondents, who constitute a very small sample, non-binary respondents have been redistributed into the men and women categories in the survey data used in this report.
- The distribution of men and women in the chart above includes people who are non-binary. Due to the amount of non-binary respondents being too small as a unique category, they were redistributed into men and women categories to ensure confidentiality.
- Respondents were asked to rate their sense of belonging to their local community based on the following choices: "Very strong", "Somewhat strong", "Somewhat weak", "Very weak" or "No opinion". The content of the chart above shows the proportion of those who responded in the "Very strong" or "Somewhat strong" categories.
- Differences described below are statistically significant (p<0.05).
- Source: Statistics Canada, General Social Survey - Social Identity, 2020 (Social Research Division calculations).
Persons with disabilities were less likely than persons without disabilities to indicate that they had a strong sense of belonging to their local community. Among persons with disabilities, 64% of men and 69% of women cited strong community ties. This compares to 76% of men and 78% of women without disabilities.
Women with disabilities had a greater sense of belonging to their local community than men with disabilities (69% versus 64%).
5.2 Having strong sense of belonging to town or city
Figure 5.2 - Text description
| Gender | Persons with disabilities | Persons without disabilities |
|---|---|---|
| Men | 70% | 80% |
| Women | 74% | 83% |
- Notes: Gender refers to an individual's personal and social identity as a man, woman, or non-binary person (a person who is not exclusively a man or a woman). To protect the data confidentiality of non-binary respondents, who constitute a very small sample, non-binary respondents have been redistributed into the men and women categories in the survey data used in this report.
- The distribution of men and women in the chart above includes people who are non-binary. Due to the amount of non-binary respondents being too small as a unique category, they were redistributed into men and women categories to ensure confidentiality.
- Respondents were asked to rate their sense of belonging to their town or city based on the following choices: "Very strong", "Somewhat strong", "Somewhat weak" or "Very weak", and "No opinion". The content of the chart above shows the proportion of those who responded in the "Very strong" or "Somewhat strong" categories.
- Differences described below are statistically significant (p<0.05).
- Source: Statistics Canada, General Social Survey - Social Identity, 2020 (Social Research Division calculations).
Persons with disabilities were less likely than persons without disabilities to report a strong sense of belonging to their town or city. Among persons with disabilities, 70% of men and 74% of women had a strong sense of belonging to their town. This compares to 80% of men and 83% of women without disabilities.
Women with disabilities had a greater sense of belonging to their town or city than men with disabilities (74% versus 70%).
5.3 Having trust in their neighbourhood
Figure 5.3 - Text description
| Gender | Persons with disabilities | Persons without disabilities |
|---|---|---|
| Men | 11% | 17% |
| Women | 13% | 18% |
- Notes: Gender refers to an individual's personal and social identity as a man, woman, or non-binary person (a person who is not exclusively a man or a woman). To protect the data confidentiality of non-binary respondents, who constitute a very small sample, non-binary respondents have been redistributed into the men and women categories in the survey data used in this report.
- The distribution of men and women in the chart above includes people who are non-binary. Due to the amount of non-binary respondents being too small as a unique category, they were redistributed into men and women categories to ensure confidentiality.
- Respondents were asked how many people they trusted in their neighbourhood and were provided with the following choices: "Most of the people", "Many of the people", "A few of the people", or "Nobody". The above chart shows the proportion who responded that they trusted "Most of the people".
- Differences described below are statistically significant (p<0.05).
- Source: Statistics Canada, General Social Survey - Social Identity, 2020 (Social Research Division calculations).
Persons with disabilities were less likely than persons without disabilities to trust people in their neighbourhood. Among persons with disabilities,11% of men and 13% of women reported that they trusted most of the people in their neighbourhood. This compares to 17% of men and 18% of women without disabilities.