Fay and hoehold characteristics of lbian, gay and bisexual people Canada

Contents:

• NUMBER OF GAY MARRIAG CANADA TRIPL: CENS
• ONE OF N.L.'S FIRST MARRIED GAY UPL LOOK BACK WH PRI
• COUNTRI WHERE GAY MARRIAGE IS LEGAL 2023

NUMBER OF GAY MARRIAG CANADA TRIPL: CENS

In addn, one-quarter of Canada’s LGB populatn are gay men (255, 100), while one seven are gay or lbian women (150, 600). 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. 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. 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.

ONE OF N.L.'S FIRST MARRIED GAY UPL LOOK BACK WH PRI

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).

COUNTRI WHERE GAY MARRIAGE IS LEGAL 2023

LGB people were more likely to live ci than ral muni—gay men particular beg the most likely to live Canada’s largt cens metropolan areas. More than one-third of gay and lbian olr adults were sgle—substantially higher than among heterosexual and bisexual olr adults. While upl and fai share many siar challeng regardls of their characteristics, same-sex upl and fai head by lbian, gay or bisexual (LGB) people face different circumstanc pared wh heterosexual upl and fai.