Canadian Statistics on Vision Impairment

Based on an extrapolation of the 1991 census by Statistics Canada, the Status of Disabled Persons Secretariat and by Communications Services and Consulting of Toronto, there are 666,500 blind and low-vision Canadians and 2.17 million print-restricted Canadians. The provincial breakdown of this population demographic is as follows:

Province	Blind/Low-Vision	Print-Restricted	Total
Newfoundland	9,500	29,000	38,500
PEI	3,300	11,200	14,500
Nova Scotia	26,900	111,300	138,200
New Brunswick	21,800	63,700	85,500
Quebec	144,100	432,200	563,300
Ontario	264,500	873,800	1,138,300
Manitoba	34,300	99,600	133,900
Saskachewan	29,700	81,600	111,300
Alberta	57,000	189,800	246,800
British Columbia	74,400	275,000	349,400
NWT	1,000	3,800	4,800
Total	666,500	2,171,000	2,837,500

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