Abilities Centre is committed to building inclusive and accessible communities. Using our multi-award winning, fully accessible 125,000 square foot facility as an inclusion incubator, we develop evidence-based programs and services that can be scaled locally, provincially, nationally and globally.
Who We Are
120 staff (35% identify as living with a disability)
Languages spoken: Czech, Farsi, Filipino, German, Italian, Punjabi, Spanish, French, English, Languages related to sensory disability
- Strong representation of persons with a disability, women, and LGBTQ+ persons
- 48 students
- 60+ volunteers
Who We Serve & Our Impact
Geographical Distribution of Facility-Based Membership:
- 63% Whitby
- 20% Ajax-Pickering
- 7% Oshawa
- 3% Clarington
- 2% Toronto
- 5% Other (Port Hope-Cobourg, Kawartha Lakes-Peterborough, Mississauga-Oakville-Brampton, Vaughn-Markham)
Abilities Centre's Expanding Global Reach Moving into 2020
- $5,150,475 of services & programming value delivered to the community
- $180,000 invested annually into the Membership Assistance program and subsidized memberships to ensure equitable access
- 120 Jobs
3000+ AC and Community Members Participated in Research
- 22 research projects
- 3,933 attended education events
- 8,400 website users
Over 288,500 total Abilities Centre visits
813 total events hosted at Abilities Centre
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