Provincial News (February 2026)

British Columbia

Deaf cafe owner brews coffee and community connections in Esquimalt
B.C. announces end of autism direct funding in favour of new disability benefit

Alberta

Opinion: Alberta's new disability benefits program fails the fairness test
‘Silent crisis’: Calgary families facing years-long wait for children’s disability supports
St. Albert advocates concerned with major overhaul to Alberta disability supports

Saskatchewan

Province consolidates SAID benefits, shifts some to flat rates
Changes to income supports for people with disabilities 'cruel,' says Sask. NDP
‘I’m absolutely terrified’: Advocates say changes to Sask. disability benefits concerning
CUPE Saskatchewan raises serious concerns about changes to SAID program amid rising cost of living

 

Manitoba

Real estate broker, family financially exploited man with intellectual disability, lawsuit alleges
Manitoba unveils new five-year poverty reduction strategy
 

Ontario

What happens to people with developmental disabilities after they age out of support programs?
Woman with developmental disability on 18-year waitlist for group home
Number of homeless ODSP, OW recipients in Ontario surges 72% since 2019: report
 

Quebec

Difficile de trouver un logement adapté pour ceux en situation de handicap
«Je suis jeune. Tant que je peux être autonome, je veux l’être»
Combien ça coûte, être en situation d’handicap?
Lisette, bientôt dans le pétrin
Thousands of Quebec children with disabilities kept out of school due to lack of resources
«C’est David contre Goliath»: des milliers de travailleurs doivent se battre pour faire reconnaître leur surdité à la CNESST
Rénovictions et handicap, un angle mort de la crise du logement
Une rémunération pour les proches aidants
Advocates, MNAs speak out after children of asylum seekers set to lose disability support
 

New Brunswick

Il ne purge pas de peine, pourtant il vit dans une prison du N.-B. depuis 4 ans
Young Syrian man shot as a child while fleeing civil war denied N.B. disability benefits
 

Nova Scotia

N.S. needs guaranteed basic income because ‘too many people are suffering’: advocate
N.S. still lagging on remedy plan for people with disabilities
New program to house people living with disabilities in community

 

Northwest Territories

Labour Views: Disability rights are a call to action for all workers
Parents say despite being approved for hours, respite support is hard to access in the North
 

Yukon

New 'Clear Skies Tent' aims to help people with fetal alcohol spectrum disorder connect with culture

National

Canada sidesteps UN scrutiny over assisted dying