The source adds the following information: "Gender refers to an individual's personal and social identity as a man, woman or non-binary person (a person who is not exclusively a man or a woman). Gender includes the following concepts: - gender identity, which refers to the gender that a person feels internally and individually; - gender expression, which refers to the way a person presents their gender, regardless of their gender identity, through body language, aesthetic choices or accessories (e.g., clothes, hairstyle and makeup), which may have traditionally been associated with a specific gender. A person's gender may differ from their sex at birth, and from what is indicated on their current identification or legal documents such as their birth certificate, passport or driver's licence. A person's gender may change over time. Some people may not identify with a specific gender."
Adapted from Statistics Canada, statcan.gc.ca, 2021. This does not constitute an endorsement by Statistics Canada of this product.
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Number of non-cisgender persons in Canada 2021, by metropolitan area and identity
More than ** Canadians were non-cisgender in 2021, according to census data. That year, the metropolitan areas with the largest populations of transgender women, transgender men, and non-binary people were Toronto, (Ontario), Montreal (Quebec), and Vancouver (British Columbia). Cisgender persons are persons who have reported that their sex assigned at birth is the same as their current gender. Transgender persons are persons whose sex assigned at birth was reported as female and whose current gender was reported as other than female; or persons whose sex assigned at birth was reported as male and whose current gender was reported as other than male. It also includes persons who were reported as being unsure of their gender or persons who were reported as both male and female, bi-gender, or neither male nor female.
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StatCan. (April 27, 2022). Number of transgender women, men and non-binary persons in Canada in 2021, by census metropolitan area [Graph]. In ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ. Retrieved July 30, 2026, from /statistics/1366199/number-non-cisgender-persons-canada-metropolitan-area-identity/
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StatCan. "Number of Transgender Women, Men and Non-binary Persons in Canada in 2021, by Census Metropolitan Area." ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ, ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ Inc., 27 Apr 2022, /statistics/1366199/number-non-cisgender-persons-canada-metropolitan-area-identity/
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Number of transgender women, men and non-binary persons in Canada in 2021, by census metropolitan area [Graph], StatCan, April 27, 2022. [Online]. Available: /statistics/1366199/number-non-cisgender-persons-canada-metropolitan-area-identity/
