New census report offers first-time insight on gender diversity

For the first time, the Canadian census results reveal some insights about gender diversity in Canada. (credit: ajijchan/iStock) - For the first time in history, the Canadian census gave a picture of how many cisgender men and women, transgender and non-binary people live in Canada. The 2021 census was the first that enabled people to distinguish their lived gender from their sex at birth. Results of the census were released Wednesday April 27. Data were reported  for those aged 15 and older, with 100,185 individuals answering they identify as transgender or non-binary, out of more than 30.5 million Canadians counted. Respondents were not limited to just transgender or non-binary; terms included were two-spirit, agender, genderqueer , among other identities. That translates to about 0.33 per cent of the population or one in 300 people.