Canada: non-cisgender population by province and identity 2021

In 2021, more than 100,000 Canadians were not cisgender, according to census data. In fact, 31,555 transgender women, 27,900 transgender men, and 41,350 non-binary people lived in Canada that year. The provinces with the most non-cis people were Ontario, British Columbia, and Quebec.
Cisgender persons are persons who have reported that their sex assigned at birth is the same as their current gender. Transgender persons are persons whose sex assigned at birth was reported as female and whose current gender was reported as other than female; or persons whose sex assigned at birth was reported as male and whose current gender was reported as other than male. It also includes persons who were reported as being unsure of their gender or persons who were reported as both male and female, bi-gender, or neither male nor female.

Number of transgender women, men and non-binary persons in Canada in 2021, by province or territory

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Release date

April 2022

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Region

Canada

Survey time period

2021

Age group

15 years and older

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The source adds the following information:
"Gender refers to an individual's personal and social identity as a man, woman or non-binary person (a person who is not exclusively a man or a woman).
Gender includes the following concepts:
- gender identity, which refers to the gender that a person feels internally and individually;
- gender expression, which refers to the way a person presents their gender, regardless of their gender identity, through body language, aesthetic choices or accessories (e.g., clothes, hairstyle and makeup), which may have traditionally been associated with a specific gender.
A person's gender may differ from their sex at birth, and from what is indicated on their current identification or legal documents such as their birth certificate, passport or driver's licence. A person's gender may change over time.
Some people may not identify with a specific gender." Adapted from Statistics Canada, statcan.gc.ca, 2021. This does not constitute an endorsement by Statistics Canada of this product.

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