About 300,000 Canadians (1% of the population) are affected by epilepsy/seizure disorder.

 

Each year, 1 in 2000 is diagnosed with epilepsy.

 

Each day in Canada, an average of 38 people learn that they have epilepsy.

 

In one year, an average of 14,000 people learn that they have epilepsy.

 

60% of new patients are young children or senior citizens.

 

Among seniors epilepsy is the third most common neurological disorder, after dementia and stroke.

 

The prevalence of epilepsy in persons over the age of 65 is approximately 7%: 1 in 14 seniors.