What's at stake for Canadian kids.
The data is everywhere. Every province, every report, every audit. What's missing isn't evidence — it's the infrastructure to act on it before another generation falls through.
The numbers, cited and current.
1 in 5
Canadian students has an identified disability or accommodation need
Source · People for Education, Annual Ontario School Survey
27%
of Canadians aged 15+ live with one or more disabilities
Source · Statistics Canada, Canadian Survey on Disability 2022
$26.2B
estimated annual cost of disability supports in Canada
Source · Statistics Canada, Table 37-10-0066-01
47%
of Canadian educators report intent to leave within 5 years
Source · Canadian Teachers' Federation, But Why? 2023
Every province. The same pattern.
Different policies, different vocabularies, different funding models — and the same outcome: students who need support, and systems that can't consistently deliver it.
Province
British Columbia
~14% of public-school students have a designation requiring an Individual Education Plan.
Source · BC Ministry of Education, Student Statistics
Class composition pressures repeatedly cited
BCTF Research Reports
Province
Alberta
Roughly 1 in 6 students receives specialized programming or coded support.
Source · Alberta Education, Provincial Statistics
ATA surveys flag inadequate inclusive education funding
Alberta Teachers' Association, Member Opinion Surveys
Province
Saskatchewan
Inclusive education delivery has been formally identified as a structural challenge.
Source · Provincial Auditor of Saskatchewan, Education Reports
Educator workload routinely cited as unsustainable
STF Member Reports
Province
Manitoba
Approximately 17% of students are identified as needing specialized support.
Source · Manitoba Education, Funding Profile
Commission on K-12 Education flagged inclusion gaps
Manitoba K-12 Education Commission Report, 2020
Province
Ontario
17% of Ontario students have an Individual Education Plan; 53% of elementary principals report inadequate staffing to support students with disabilities.
Source · People for Education, 2023 Annual Report
Education is the leading sector for human-rights complaints
Ontario Human Rights Commission, Annual Reports
Province
Québec
About 22% of students are designated under EHDAA — Quebec's framework for students with disabilities or adaptation and learning challenges.
Source · Ministère de l'Éducation du Québec, Statistiques
CSQ flags inclusion-without-resources as a primary stressor
Centrale des syndicats du Québec, Member Reports
Province
New Brunswick
Personalized Learning Plans are mandated, yet implementation gaps persist across districts.
Source · Auditor General of New Brunswick, Inclusive Education Report
Inclusion model cited as nationally leading but under-resourced
NB Department of Education, Policy 322
Province
Nova Scotia
Roughly 17% of students are on an Individual Program Plan.
Source · Nova Scotia Department of Education, Reports
Inclusive Education Commission urged structural overhaul
Students First: Inclusive Education in NS, 2018
Province
Prince Edward Island
Around 13–15% of students receive specialized programming.
Source · PEI Department of Education, Annual Reports
Auditor General has flagged accountability gaps
Auditor General of PEI
Province
Newfoundland & Labrador
Approximately 14% of students have an Individual Support Services Plan.
Source · NL Department of Education, Student Stats
Premier's Task Force on Improving Educational Outcomes urged action
NL Premier's Task Force Report, 2017
Province
Yukon
Auditor General has repeatedly flagged inclusive-education service gaps.
Source · Office of the Auditor General of Canada, Yukon Education Audits
Outcomes for First Nations learners persistently below target
OAG Yukon Performance Audits
Province
Northwest Territories
Inclusive Schooling Directive in force; implementation challenges documented across regions.
Source · NWT Department of Education, Culture & Employment
Auditor General flagged systemic delivery gaps
Office of the Auditor General of Canada, NWT
Province
Nunavut
Auditor General has repeatedly identified critical gaps in inclusive education delivery.
Source · Office of the Auditor General of Canada, Nunavut Education Audits 2013, 2019
Lowest reported high-school completion rates in Canada
Statistics Canada, Education Indicators
Provincial figures reflect the most recently published public reporting from ministries of education, teachers' federations, and the Office of the Auditor General. Where percentages vary year-to-year, the conservative midpoint of the most recent three years is shown.
The trajectory without intervention.
“Without structural intervention, the gap between students who need support and the system's ability to deliver it will continue to widen.”
People for Education, Annual Outlook Reports
“Canadian PISA scores in reading, math, and science have shown sustained decline, with equity gaps deepening across provinces.”
OECD PISA 2022 / Council of Ministers of Education Canada
“Teacher attrition is approaching crisis thresholds; classroom complexity is the most-cited driver.”
Canadian Teachers' Federation, But Why? 2023
“Education has remained the leading sector for human-rights complaints in Ontario for multiple consecutive years.”
Ontario Human Rights Commission, Annual Reports
We don't replace what works. We protect it.
Every district already has people, policies, and tools doing the work. The gap is structural — between the moment a need surfaces and the moment it's documented, decided, and defended. That's the only thing we fill.
Protect
We protect what already works.
Your IEPs, IPPs, ISSPs, EHDAA designations, complaint workflows, and SIS — they stay. InclusionWorks is the layer above them that makes sure none of it is invisible at the moment a decision needs to be made.
Add
We add what's structurally missing.
Real-time triage. Cross-stakeholder visibility. Legal-context flagging. A single source of truth that connects the student, the educator, and the administrator without re-keying data into three systems.
Prove
We prove what actually happened.
Every concern, decision, and follow-through is timestamped, contextualized, and audit-ready. When the Ministry, the family, or a tribunal asks — the answer takes minutes, not months.
A thin accountability layer — not another platform to learn.
InclusionWorks lives above your existing systems. No data migration mandates. No replacement of your IEP/IPP/ISSP/EHDAA records. No second login for the things teachers already do. Just the missing connective tissue between the people, the policies, and the proof.
The data is on the table.
The infrastructure is here too.
See exactly how InclusionWorks lives above what you already have — without disrupting a single existing workflow.