Acrdg to Canadian Communy Health Survey data om 2015 to 2018, an timated 900,000 Canadians were lbian, gay, or bisexual (LGB), reprentg 3.3% of the populatn aged 15 and olr. The LGB populatn was younger than the heterosexual populatn.
Contents:
- WHAT PERCENTAGE OF THE POPULATN IS GAY [UPDATED MAY 2023]
- SOCENOMIC PROFILE OF THE LBIAN, GAY AND BISEXUAL POPULATN, 2015 TO 2018
WHAT PERCENTAGE OF THE POPULATN IS GAY [UPDATED MAY 2023]
Canada is home to approximately one ln people who are lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr, queer, Two-Spir or who intify wh another non-bary genr or mory sexual inty (LGBTQ2+), acuntg for 4% of the total populatn aged 15 and olr 2018. To mark Pri Season, we are patg a mographic and social profile of Canada's diverse LGBTQ2+ muni. * percent of gay in canada *
PolicsCanada is now home to about one ln people who intify as members of the LGBTQ muny, wh people unr the age of 25 acuntg for a disproportnately large portn of the LGBTQ says s reportg on transgenr populatns will improveA rabow flag hangs Montreal's Gay Village.
In addn, one-quarter of Canada’s LGB populatn are gay men (255, 100), while one seven are gay or lbian women (150, 600). Pri Season brgs together members of diverse muni who are lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr, queer, Two-Spir, or those who intify wh another non-bary genr or mory sexual inty (LGBTQ2+) and alli celebratg one of Canada's greatt strengths that is diversy and cln.
SOCENOMIC PROFILE OF THE LBIAN, GAY AND BISEXUAL POPULATN, 2015 TO 2018
This Jt the Facts article prents data om the Canadian Communy Health Survey (pooled 2015-2018 cycl) related to fay and hoehold characteristics of lbian, gay and bisexual persons, as well as the heterosexual populatn. * percent of gay in canada *
Much of the data this release foc on LGB Canadians (lbian, gay, bisexual), sce Statistics Canada has been llectg tailed rmatn on the muni sce 2003. Although much has been acplished sce the begng of the new lennium, cludg the legalizatn of same-sex marriage 2005, and protectg genr exprsn and inty the Canadian Human Rights Act and the Crimal Co 2017, ncerns rema, given the spike hate crim targetg LGBTQ2+ Canadians one-third of LGBTQ2+ Canadians are unr 25 years oldCombed data om the 2015 to 2018 cycl of the Canadian Communy Health Survey (CCHS) found that one-quarter of Canada's LGB populatn were gay men (255, 100), while 1 7 are gay or lbian women (150, 600).
Concerns rema terms of acceptance, mental health and well-begAcrdg to the 2018 Survey on Safety Public and Private Spac, LGB+ Canadians (lbian, gay, bisexual, and Canadians whose sexual orientatn is not heterosexual) were more likely to report beg vlently victimized their lifetime and to have experienced appropriate behavurs public and onle than non-sexual mory Canadians. Nearly 9 10 (88%) of the crim specifilly targeted the gay and lbian muny, while the remar prised cints targetg bisexual people (2%), people wh other sexual orientatns, such as asexual, pansexual or other non-heterosexual orientatns (6%), and people whose sexual orientatn was unknown (4%).
Statistics Canada will also be releasg a seri of four articl g the CCHS over the urse of 2021 and early 2022 to highlight the characteristics of the lbian, gay, bisexual and heterosexual populatn on the followg them: fay and hoehold characteristics, lguistic and ethnocultural diversy, tn and labour. At Statistics Canada, the LGBTQ2+ acronym is ed to reflect the broad spe of genr and sexual inti that exist acronym LGBTQ2+ ed this release clus lbian, gay, bisexual, or another mory sexual inty such as asexual or pansexual, as well as mory genr inty (trans and non-bary inti like genrqueer, genr fluid, pangenr or agenr). The worldwi LGBTQ populatn by untry reports timate that approximately eight percent of the world intifi as homosexual, bisexual, or pansexual.
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It is timated that the younger generatns are more likely to be open about their sexualy, wh Generatn Z beg the most likely to be openly gay, bisexual, or asexual or pansexual.
Millennials are the next most likely to be openly gay, and Baby Boomers are the least likely to report or intify as openly gay.