* Couple families in which at least one member is transgender and neither member is non-binary. ** Couple families in which at least one member is non-binary.
The source adds the following information: "there is no age restriction on children. Includes children living with a grandparent or grandparents without a parent present."
Adapted from Statistics Canada, statcan.gc.ca, 2021. This does not constitute an endorsement by Statistics Canada of this product.
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Share of LGBTQIA+ couples with children in Canada 2021, by type and province
In 2021, more than **** of transgender couples in Canada had at least one child (** percent). This was also the case for just under a quarter of couples of cisgender women (whose gender matches their assigned sex at birth), and **** percent of non-binary couples (people who are not exclusively a man or a woman). In contrast, only *** percent of gay couples counted through the Canadian government census had a child. Furthermore, regardless of the type of couple, the proportion of queer couples with children was lowest in Prince Edwards Island.
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