Labour

 

Approx. 1.85 million people in Ontario have disabilities, representing 15.5% of Ontarians, and 5.3% of Ontario’s youth aged 15-24 report having a disability (Statistics Canada, 2006). “The shortage of skilled trade’s people will worsen in the future if not immediately addressed. Its going to be hard and very expensive to live in a country where only a few know how to fix a broken car engine or leaky faucet or build well-crafted homes” (Canada Needs Skilled Trades, 2003).

 

Participation in the Labour Force

 

• As of July 2008, 6.7 million people had jobs in Ontario, 3.2 million were female and 3.5 million were male, and 964,000 were youth aged 15-24. (Statistics Canada, 2008)

 

• The employment rate for persons with disabilities in Ontario is much lower than that of persons without disabilities. (Statistics Canada, 2006).

 

• The employment rate for persons with disabilities was 51.8% in 2006, and for persons without disabilities was 75.4% in 2006. (Statistics Canada, 2006)

 

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Slide show: This slideshow displays many different images of youth with disabilities working in a wide variety of skilled trades. Some of these trades include Culinary arts window washing blacksmith farming and bicycle repair.