Canadian Classification of Functions of Government (CCOFOG) 2014

• 7 - Total outlays
• 710 - Social protection
• 7101 - Sickness and disability

71012 - Disability

This class covers provision of social protection in the form of cash benefits or benefits in kind to persons who are fully or partially unable to engage in economic activity or lead a normal life due to a physical or mental impairment that is either permanent or likely to persist beyond a minimum prescribed period; administration, operation, or support of such social protection schemes; cash benefits, such as disability pensions paid to persons below the standard retirement age who encounter a disability that impairs their ability to work, early retirement benefits paid to older workers who retire before reaching the standard retirement age due to reduced capacity to work, care allowances, allowances paid to disabled persons undertaking work adapted to their condition or undergoing vocational training, and other periodic or lump-sum payments paid to disabled persons for social protection reasons; and benefits in kind, such as lodging and possibly board provided to disabled persons in appropriate establishments, assistance provided to disabled persons to help them with daily tasks (home help, transport facilities, etc.), allowances paid to the person who looks after the disabled person, vocational and other training provided to further the occupational and social rehabilitation of disabled persons, and miscellaneous services and goods provided to disabled persons to enable them to participate in leisure and cultural activities or to travel or to participate in community life.

• Exclusion(s)

  • cash benefits and benefits in kind paid to disabled persons on reaching the standard retirement age (See 71029 Old age)