A/HRC/43/41/Add.5 an internationally comparable manner. However, it is concerning that the statistical and administrative information available is not being adequately used at provincial and territorial levels to inform the design, implementation and monitoring of policies and programmes. Moreover, there are information gaps in relation to persons with disabilities in institutions. Comment/Rationale 10. This statement would need to be clarified. It would benefit from identifying the specific information gaps and could include persons with disabilities in Canadian Armed Forces bases and those living on First Nations reserves. The 2017 Aboriginal Peoples Survey provides information on PWD for the off-reserve First Nations, Métis, and Inuit populations (separately). There are data/information gaps for First Nations peoples living on-reserve, and Métis and Inuit peoples with disabilities. There may be some overlap with the section specifically focused on Indigenous peoples with disabilities. Page 7, Paragraph 30 Recommended language 11. The indigenous peoples of Canada include First Nations, the Métis Nation, and Inuit. Indigenous persons with disabilities live both on and off-reserves in communities, including First Nations, Métis and Inuit peoples. According to the 2017 Aboriginal Peoples Survey2, 31% of off-reserve First Nations indigenous adults, aged 15 years and older have a disability, compared to 22% of the general adult population in Canada. Indigenous women are more likely to have a disability than men (35% versus 25%). First Nations people with disabilities living off reserve were less likely to be employed. For off-reserve First Nations people fifteen years and older,39.3%) of those with disabilities were employed, compared to 62% for off-reserve First Nations people 15 years and older without a disability who were employed. There is no official information on the number of persons with disabilities on reserves or from Métis and Inuit origin. Comment/Rationale 12. The suggested language is intended to clarify that Indigenous persons with disabilities live both on and off-reserve communities, and Métis and Inuit peoples as well as more than half of First Nations people live in off-reserve settings. 13. The statistics used in this paragraph may not be limited to First Nations, and could include Indigenous PWD living off-reserve, Inuit in households, Métis in households, and about half of the First Nations who are living off-reserve, also in households. The age group (25-54 years) is not the basis for statistics in the survey. The cohorts are persons aged 15 and over, and 25-64 years of age (working age). We have adjusted the language to reflect the latest statistics sourced from the Aboriginal People Survey 2017 Report, which was published in November 20183. 14. On December 12, 2019, Statistics Canada will publish rates of disability and basic demographic information about Indigenous persons with disabilities, and this will examine First Nations off-reserve, Métis, and Inuit separately. 2 3 4 Statistics Canada. Aboriginal Peoples Survey 2017: https://www.aadncaandc.gc.ca/eng/1321384019753/1322059098232. Anderson, Thomas. Government of Canada. Statistics Canada (June 13, 2019). Aboriginal Peoples Survey. Employment of First Nations men and women living off Reserve Available at: https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/n1/pub/89-653-x/89-653-x2019004-eng.htm.