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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]
In 2015, it was moved to late February and the name was changed to Aromantic Spectrum Awareness Week, to be more inclusive of all arospec identities. [ 9] Aromantic Visibility Day. 5 June. 2023. A day to promote the visibility of people on the aromantic spectrum. [ 10][ 11] International Asexuality Day. 6 April.
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 ...
v. t. e. An Act to amend the Canadian Human Rights Act and the Criminal Code ( French: Loi modifiant la Loi canadienne sur les droits de la personne et le Code criminel) is a law passed in 2017 by the Parliament of Canada. It was introduced as Bill C-16 of the first session of the 42nd Parliament. The law adds gender expression and gender ...
LGBT in Canada. Although same-sex sexual activity was illegal in Canada up to 1969, gay and lesbian themes appear in Canadian literature throughout the 20th century. Canada is now regarded as one of the most advanced countries in legal recognition of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) rights. Canada is a relatively gay-friendly ...
A major change also happened in April 1981, when new family regulations based on gender equality came into force. [16] [17] Other reforms followed throughout the 1980s, including the introduction of the concept of family patrimony in 1989, in order to ensure financial equality between spouses when the marriage ends. [17]
The 2016 Canadian census was an enumeration of Canadian residents, which counted a population of 35,151,728, a 5% change from its 2011 population of 33,476,688. The census, conducted by Statistics Canada, was Canada's seventh quinquennial census. The official census day was May 10, 2016.
Dual dating is the practice, in historical materials, of indicating a date with what appear to be duplicate or excessive digits: these may be separated by a hyphen or a slash, or placed one above the other. The need for dual dating arose from the transition from an older calendar to a newer one. Another method used is to give the date of an ...