Canada: LGBTQIA+ couples with children by province and type 2021

In 2021, more than one-third of transgender couples in Canada had at least one child (37 percent). This was also the case for just under a quarter of couples of cisgender women (whose gender matches their assigned sex at birth), and 21.5 percent of non-binary couples (people who are not exclusively a man or a woman). In contrast, only six percent of gay couples counted through the Canadian government census had a child. Furthermore, regardless of the type of couple, the proportion of queer couples with children was lowest in Prince Edwards Island.

Proportion of same-gender, transgender, and non-binary couples with children in Canada in 2021, by type and province or territory

Characteristic	Same-gender couples (cisgender) with two women	Same-gender couples (cisgender) with two men	Transgender couples*	Non-binary couples**
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Release date

July 2022

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Region

Canada

Survey time period

2021

Supplementary notes

* Couple families in which at least one member is transgender and neither member is non-binary.
** Couple families in which at least one member is non-binary.

The source adds the following information: "there is no age restriction on children. Includes children living with a grandparent or grandparents without a parent present." Adapted from Statistics Canada, statcan.gc.ca, 2021. This does not constitute an endorsement by Statistics Canada of this product.

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