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v. t. e. Transgender rights in Canada, including procedures for changing legal gender and protections from discrimination, vary among provinces and territories, due to Canada's nature as a federal state. [ 1] According to the 2021 Canadian census, 59,460 Canadians identify as transgender. [ 2]
Canadian lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender ( LGBT) rights are some of the most extensive in the world. [ 5 ][ 6 ][ 7 ] Same-sex sexual activity, in private between consenting adults, was decriminalized in Canada on June 27, 1969, when the Criminal Law Amendment Act, 1968–69 (also known as Bill C-150) was brought into force upon royal ...
In English Canada, names follow much the same convention as they do in the United States and United Kingdom. Usually the "first name" (as described in e.g. birth certificates) is what a child goes by, although a middle name (if any) may be preferred—both also known as "given names." The "last name" is usually taken from a child's parents ...
Legal status ofsame-sex unions. Same-sex marriage has been legal in Ontario since June 10, 2003. The first legal same-sex marriages performed in Ontario were of Kevin Bourassa to Joe Varnell, and Elaine Vautour to Anne Vautour, by Reverend Brent Hawkes on January 14, 2001. [ 1]
Name change certificate issued by Christian X of Denmark in 1917. Name change is the legal act by a person of adopting a new name different from their current name.. The procedures and ease of a name change vary between jurisdictions.
Legal name. A legal name is the name that identifies a person for legal, administrative and other official purposes. A person's legal birth name generally is the name of the person that was given for the purpose of registration of the birth and which then appears on a birth certificate (see birth name ), but may change subsequently.
Name of Canada. The Dauphin Map of Canada, c. 1543, showing Cartier's discoveries. Newfoundland is near the upper right; Florida and the Bahamas are at lower left. While a variety of theories have been postulated for the name of Canada, its origin is now accepted as coming from the St. Lawrence Iroquoian word kanata, meaning 'village' or ...
Same-sex marriage in Canada. The Family Law Act (the Act) is a statute passed by the Legislature of Ontario in 1986, [ 1] regulating the rights of spouses and dependants in regard to property, support, inheritance, prenuptial agreements, separation agreements, and other matters of family law. [ 2] In 1999, this statute was the subject of a ...