There are more than 8 million people in Canada with a disability. The largest percentage of these are people with physical disabilities.
There are 1.5 million people with sight loss and an additional 5.59 million who have eye disease that could lead to sight loss.
There are 440,000 people in Canada who have communication disabilities.
There are 357,000 culturally deaf and 3.21 million people who are hard of hearing.
There are over 733,000 people living with dementia with the figure expected to exceed 1 million by 2030.
As our population ages these numbers continue to grow.
We are a distributor and retailer of assistive technology for people with disabilities. We cover equipment for low vision, blindness, physical disabilities, communication disorders, hearing and dementia.
We have the largest assistive technology showroom in Western Canada at our Vancouver office. We also provide home visits and demonstrations for potential customers. We also have a web store at www.canasstech.com.
Our founder is Steve Barclay, a computer technician with 34 years experience in the assistive technology industry.
We have a catalog of over 3800 products from over 40 global leaders in the industry, specifically tailored to address the needs of people with disabilities. We have customers in every province and territory in Canada currently.
Our largest market is for low vision and blindness products. These we sell both to individuals and rehabilitation as well as to K-12 and post secondary education markets. Education is our largest single market for these products. We are very well known and respected in this area particularly in Western Canada.
Our largest potential area for growth is in other products for which we are not as well known. We have a huge array of products for physical disabilities, augmentative communication for the non-verbal, hearing products and a small selection of products for dementia support.
Including our owner, we have three employees and two subcontractors. We are currently producing approximately 1.5 million in sales and are looking to reach 5 million in sales in the next few years.
We are seeking to expand our staff quickly in order to grow our business across Canada and ultimately to expand into US sales.
In addition to looking for funding we are seeking a partner with experience in helping businesses scale up.
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