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Canada-Newfoundland and Labrador Labour Market Agreement for Persons with Disabilities (LMAPD)Report 2010-2011Information from SLID, 2009 is tabled below. As the table indicates, working-age persons with disabilities had anemployment level of 48% nationally. A total of 35% of adults with disabilities reported as being unemployed or notparticipating in the labour force and 17% reported having a change in their labour market status during the year and arerecorded as “Other” in SLID 1 . For the same period working age persons with disabilities in Newfoundland andLabrador had an employment rate of 36% and 46% reported being unemployed or not participating in the labour force.A total of 18% of those responding from Newfoundland and Labrador reported a change in their labour market statusas designated by “Other”. For both Newfoundland and Labrador and Canada the employment level of persons withdisabilities was lower than for the population of persons without disabilities.TABLE 1Employment 20097065.96057.75047.846.3percent403035.136.128.72013.317.120.713.617.5100EmployedUnemployed orNILFOther Employed Unemployed orNILFOtherCanadaNewfoundland and LabradorSource: SLID 2009Persons with DisabilitiesPersons without Disabilities1 Labour market status is reported using a variable from SLID signifying annual labour market status. That is,individuals are considered “employed” only if they are employed for the entire year and similarly for thoseunemployed and not in the labour force. People who are employed for only part of the year or who experience otherchanges in their labour market status are included in the “other” category. This approach provides a conservative orsomewhat understated picture of overall employment experience.3
Canada-Newfoundland and Labrador Labour Market Agreement for Persons with Disabilities (LMAPD)Report 2010-2011Adults with disabilities in Canada are more likely to report having no employment income than their counterpartswithout disabilities (34% compared to 13%). For Newfoundland and Labrador, the numbers of adults reporting noemployment income were 42% and 13% respectively for persons with disabilities and their counterparts withoutdisabilities. Both in Newfoundland and Labrador and in Canada generally, income level is a significant issue for allindividuals with disabilities. Among those persons with disabilities who are employed nationally, 46.5% reportincomes below $20,000. In Newfoundland and Labrador 53.6% of persons with disabilities who were employedearned less than $20,000. As indicated by Tables 2 & 3 below.TABLE 2Earnings 20091009086.086.180706065.657.7percent504033.542.3302013.4 12.6100Had Earnings Did Not Have Earnings Had Earnings Did Not Have EarningsCanadaPersons with DisabilitiesPersons without DisabilitiesNewfoundland and LabradorSource: SLID 20094
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