Canada has a major global impact on advancing human rights,
enabling inclusion and securing full citizenship for persons with
intellectual disabilities and their families around the world.
Benchmarks for Achievement
Canada plays a leadership role as a model citizen internationally for its approach to disability and inclusion.
Canada's international policy incorporates a lens on disability
and includes specific measures to advance inclusion of people with
disabilities internationally.
Canada has achieved Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) for
people with intellectual disabilities in Canada and been a leader in
investing in their achievement internationally.
Canada ratifies and implements the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities.