Labour Market Agreements for Persons with Disabilities
Labour Market Agreements for Persons with Disabilities (LMAPDs) are bilateral, cost-shared agreements between the Government of Canada and provinces1 based on the Multilateral Framework for Labour Market Agreements for Persons with Disabilities.
The LMAPDs provide provinces with funding for programs and services that improve the employment situation for Canadians with disabilities. This arrangement gives provinces the flexibility to determine their own priorities and approaches to best address the needs of persons with disabilities in their jurisdictions.
The objectives of the LMAPDs are to:
- enhance the employability of persons with disabilities;
- increase the employment opportunities available to persons with disabilities; and
- build on the existing knowledge base.
Provinces are responsible for the design and delivery of employment programming within the following five priority areas:
- Education and training
- Employment participation
- Employment opportunities
- Connecting employers and persons with disabilities
- Building knowledge
A wide range of activities may be supported under LMAPDs, including:
- employment counselling
- career planning
- pre-employment preparation
- post-secondary education
- skills training
- wage subsidies
- self-employment assistance
- technical aids and other supports
- assistance in accessing job opportunities
The Government of Canada transfers $218 million annually to the provinces for the LMAPDs.
Accountability
Provinces report annually to their citizens on LMAPD programming in order to demonstrate the measures taken to improve the employment situation of persons with disabilities.
Provincial reports are made available each December 3 (International Day of Disabled Persons) and include objectives, descriptions, target populations, and planned expenditures for programs and services funded through the LMAPDs.
- Alberta
- British Columbia
- Manitoba
- New Brunswick
- Nova Scotia
- Ontario
- Saskatchewan
- Newfoundland Labrador
- Prince Edward Island
- 1 Territories have not signed LMAPDs.