Canada Disability Savings Program Statistics Up To December 2024

June 2025 administrative data from Employment and Social Development Canada provides aggregated statistics on Registered Disability Savings Plan beneficiaries, take-up rates, and financial details. The release includes figures for the Canada Disability Savings Grant, Canada Disability Savings Bond, contributions, and total RDSP assets up to December 2024. Statistics are published annually on the Open Government Portal and complement the program's official annual reports.

Use Cases

• Analyzing program take-up rates across different socio-demographic groups based on aggregated beneficiary data.
• Modeling the distribution of government contributions like the Canada Disability Savings Grant and Bond.
• Tracking the growth of total RDSP assets and private contributions over time.
• Assessing the impact of policy changes on beneficiary enrollment and financial support.

Strengths

• Data is sourced from the authoritative CDSP administrative database managed by Employment and Social Development Canada.
• Statistics are processed with a clear timestamp (June 2025) and cover a defined period up to December 2024.
• Privacy is protected through aggregation, categorization, and suppression following a specific government notice.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment for specific analytical tasks.
• Data may reflect temporal or administrative bias inherent to the specific government program.

Provenance

Source

Employment and Social Development Canada (ESDC)

Collection Method

Administrative data from the CDSP database, verified in collaboration with the Canada Revenue Agency and financial institutions.

Time Range

Statistics up to December 2024.

Freshness

Published annually; last metadata update was 2026-04-09.

Geography

Canada