{"id":55,"date":"2023-09-13T21:07:14","date_gmt":"2023-09-13T21:07:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ccbnational.6xperts.com\/?page_id=55"},"modified":"2025-08-18T19:03:09","modified_gmt":"2025-08-18T19:03:09","slug":"the-cost-of-vision-loss-in-canada","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/ccbnational.net\/shaggy\/the-cost-of-vision-loss-in-canada\/","title":{"rendered":"The Cost of Vision Loss in Canada"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"55\" class=\"elementor elementor-55\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section data-particle_enable=\"false\" data-particle-mobile-disabled=\"false\" class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-256c0d1 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"256c0d1\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-4fa1242\" data-id=\"4fa1242\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-becea99 elementor-widget elementor-widget-shortcode\" data-id=\"becea99\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"shortcode.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-shortcode\"><button id=\"listenButton1\" class=\"responsivevoice-button\" type=\"button\" value=\"Play\" title=\"ResponsiveVoice Tap to Start\/Stop Speech\"><span>&#128266; Listen to Post<\/span><\/button>\n        <script>\n            listenButton1.onclick = function(){\n                if(responsiveVoice.isPlaying()){\n                    responsiveVoice.cancel();\n                }else{\n                    responsiveVoice.speak(\"The Cost of Vision Loss in Canada Over 1.2 million Canadians are blind, deaf-blind, or partially sighted, and the number of Canadians living with vision loss (VL) is growing everyday. This has profound implications for individuals communities, the economy, and our healthcare system. The Cost of Vision Loss and Blindness in Canada is a new report that provides an up-to-date assessment of the prevalence and cost of vision.The growing VL crisis affects all Canadians and will continue to do so. The report outlines the financial impact vision loss has on individual, Canadian families, and our health system. This is an urgent crisis, and with the findings of this report, it is clear that a National Vision Health Plan is needed to provide access to eye exams, therapies, prevention measures and funding for ongoing research.The Cost of Vision Loss and Blindness in Canada is a joint initiative of the Canadian Council of the Blind (CCB), Fighting Blindness Canada (FBC), the Canadian Association of Optometrists (CAO), and the Canadian Ophthalmological Society (COS).Read the full report here. Together with your support, we can bring a brighter future Help us get better care for Canadians living with eye related illnesses. DONATE\", \"US English Female\");\n                }\n            };\n        <\/script>\n    <\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d7c12f2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"d7c12f2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">The Cost of Vision Loss in Canada <\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5883fef elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"5883fef\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Over 1.2 million Canadians are blind, deaf-blind, or partially sighted, and the number of Canadians living with vision loss (VL) is growing everyday. This has profound implications for individuals communities, the economy, and our healthcare system. <a href=\"https:\/\/ccbnational.net\/shaggy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/KG-EN-ACC-Cost-of-Vision-loss-and-Blindness-in-Canada-Final.pdf\"><i>The Cost of Vision Loss and Blindness in Canada<\/i><\/a> is a new report that provides an up-to-date assessment of the prevalence and cost of vision.<\/p><p>The growing VL crisis affects all Canadians and will continue to do so. The report outlines the financial impact vision loss has on individual, Canadian families, and our health system. This is an urgent crisis, and with the findings of this report, it is clear that a National Vision Health Plan is needed to provide access to eye exams, therapies, prevention measures and funding for ongoing research.<\/p><p><a href=\"https:\/\/ccbnational.net\/shaggy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/KG-EN-ACC-Cost-of-Vision-loss-and-Blindness-in-Canada-Final.pdf\"><i>The Cost of Vision Loss and Blindness in Canada<\/i><\/a> is a joint initiative of the Canadian Council of the Blind (CCB), Fighting Blindness Canada (FBC), the Canadian Association of Optometrists (CAO), and the Canadian Ophthalmological Society (COS).<\/p><p>Read the full report <a href=\"https:\/\/ccbnational.net\/shaggy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/KG-EN-ACC-Cost-of-Vision-loss-and-Blindness-in-Canada-Final.pdf\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section data-particle_enable=\"false\" data-particle-mobile-disabled=\"false\" class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-54b8260 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"54b8260\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-8793991\" data-id=\"8793991\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3e6e1e7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"3e6e1e7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Together with your support,\nwe can bring a brighter future<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ab4d402 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"ab4d402\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tHelp us get better care for Canadians living with eye related illnesses.\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2b62121 elementor-align-center elementor-mobile-align-center elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"2b62121\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-lg\" href=\"https:\/\/ccbnational.net\/donate\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">DONATE<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Cost of Vision Loss in Canada Over 1.2 million Canadians are blind, deaf-blind, or partially sighted, and the number of Canadians living with vision loss (VL) is growing everyday. 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