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SOCENOMIC PROFILE OF THE LBIAN, GAY AND BISEXUAL POPULATN, 2015 TO 2018
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. * lgbt percentage 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).
This article provis a statistil profile of the tnal participatn and attament of lbian, gay and bisexual (LGB) people aged 15 and olr Canada, pared wh the heterosexual populatn. Drawg on sexual orientatn data om pooled cycl of the Canadian Communy Health Survey (CCHS, 2015 to 2016 and 2017 to 2018), is the send of a seri of four thematic Jt the Facts articl on the LGB populatn Canada. * lgbt percentage in canada *
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. 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.
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. * lgbt percentage in canada *
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.