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Census data on Canada's transgender and non-binary population: By the numbers

For the first time, Statistics Canada differentiated between "sex at birth" and "gender" in the 2021 census. Here are some key figures from Wednesday's release of the results.

For the first time, Statistics Canada differentiated between "sex at birth" and "gender" in the 2021 census. Here are some key figures from Wednesday's release of the results.

— 1 in 300 Canadians over the age of 15 — 100,815 people — have a gender that differs from their sex assigned at birth.

— 41,355 people in that age group are non-binary.

— 31,555 are transgender women.

— 27,905 are transgender men.

— Younger people are far more likely than older people to report being transgender. Some 0.85 per cent of people aged 20 to 24 are non-binary or transgender. 

— Nova Scotia (0.48 per cent), Yukon (0.47 per cent) and British Columbia (0.44 per cent) have the highest proportions of transgender and non-binary people aged 15 and older among provinces and territories. 

— 52.7 per cent of non-binary people aged 15 and older live in one of Canada's six largest urban centres. 

— 15.3 per cent of non-binary people live in Toronto. 

— 15.5 per cent of non-binary people live in the downtown core of a large urban centre, compared to 7 per cent of transgender people and 4.7 per cent of non-transgender people.

This report by The Canadian Press was first published April 27, 2022.

The Canadian Press

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