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Of note is the distinction between 'legal gender' and 'gender marker'; a legal gender (also commonly referred to as a sex designation; sex indicator in Nova Scotia) [4] [5] is what appears on foundational identity documents such as immigration status documents and birth certificates, whilst a gender marker can appear on a non-foundational ...
With feminism being a priority of the Liberal government, Status of Women Canada was provided with $41 million over six years to increase their capacity. [10] As part of this, Statistics Canada will get $6.7 million over five years to create a new Centre for Gender, Diversity and Inclusion Statistics. [11]
The main driver of population growth is immigration, [8] [9] with 6.2% of the country's population being made up of temporary residents as of 2023, [10] or about 2.5 million people. [11] Between 2011 and May 2016, Canada's population grew by 1.7 million people, with immigrants accounting for two-thirds of the increase. [12]
Clearer questions pertaining to sexual orientation, gender identity, race and ethnicity are one step closer to appearing on the U.S. Census.. Following new categorizing standards set by the ...
Gender-based Analysis Plus (GBA+) [1] is an analytical process created by the Status of Women Canada to analyze the "gendered" aspects of Canadian government policy to assess the different experiences of women, men and non-binary people to policies, programs and initiatives. [1]
Subsequently, discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation was outlawed in different parts of the country, and during the late 1990s, this was extended to the whole of Canada in a series of legal judgments. Same-sex marriage was recognised in 2005. Gender identity and gender expression were brought under the Canadian Human Rights Act in 2017.
Canadian lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer 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 assent. [1]
Robbins, Wendy, et al. eds. Minds of Our Own: Inventing Feminist Scholarship and Women’s Studies in Canada and Québec, 1966–76 (2008) excerpt and text search; Wine, Jeri Dawn (1991), Women and social change: feminist activism in Canada, J. Lorimer, ISBN 1-55028-356-1