Participation and Activity Limitation Survey (PALS): Tables 1 - 10e

The Participation and Activity Limitation Survey (PALS) is a national survey designed to collect information on adults and children who have a disability, that is, whose everyday activities are limited because of a condition or health problem. PALS is funded by Human Resources and Social Development Canada and conducted by Statistics Canada.

The PALS was conducted as a follow-up survey to the 2006 Census. Statistics Canada uses questions from the census on 'Activities of Daily Living' (questions 7 and 8) to identify the sample for the PALS.

The PALS provides essential information on the prevalence of various disabilities, the supports for persons with disabilities their employment profile, their income and their participation in society. PALS information is useful to all levels of government, by associations, by researchers and by non-governmental organizations to support the planning of services needed by persons with activity limitations to participate fully in society.

Data on persons with disabilities were last collected in 2001, when the previous PALS survey was conducted. However, the territories were not included in the 2001 PALS, so the 2006 PALS results are the first to include the Northwest Territories.