LGBTQ rights in Canada

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| Equal age of consent (16)
| Equal age of consent (16)
| [[File:Yes check.svg|15px|Yes]] (Since 2019)<ref>{{Cite web |last=Government of Canada |first=Department of Justice |date=2016-11-16 |title=Questions and Answers - An Act related to the repeal of section 159 of the Criminal Code |url=https://justice.gc.ca/eng/csj-sjc/pl/s159/index.html |access-date=2023-09-23 |website=justice.gc.ca}}</ref>
| [[File:Yes check.svg|15px|Yes]] (Since 2019)<ref>{{Cite web |last=Government of Canada |first=Department of Justice |date= November 16, 2016 |title=Questions and Answers - An Act related to the repeal of section 159 of the Criminal Code |url=https://justice.gc.ca/eng/csj-sjc/pl/s159/index.html |access-date= September 23, 2023 |website=justice.gc.ca}}</ref>
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| Anti-discrimination laws in employment for sexual orientation
| Anti-discrimination laws in employment for sexual orientation
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| Gender confirmation surgery, puberty blockers, hormone replacement therapy and other transition-related healthcare for transgender people required to be covered under health insurance and provincial Medicare policies
| Gender confirmation surgery, puberty blockers, hormone replacement therapy and other transition-related healthcare for transgender people required to be covered under health insurance and provincial Medicare policies
| [[File:Yes check.svg|15px|Yes]]<ref>{{cite web |title=Gender-affirming health coverage by Canadian province, territory |url=https://globalnews.ca/news/8900413/gender-affirming-healthcare-province-territory-transgender/amp|website=GlobalNEWS |access-date=23 June 2022}}</ref>{{When|date=January 2024}}
| [[File:Yes check.svg|15px|Yes]]<ref>{{cite web |title=Gender-affirming health coverage by Canadian province, territory |url=https://globalnews.ca/news/8900413/gender-affirming-healthcare-province-territory-transgender/amp|website=GlobalNEWS |access-date= June 23, 2022}}</ref>{{When|date=January 2024}}
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| LGBT education
| LGBT education
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| Transgender identity declassified as an illness
| Transgender identity declassified as an illness
| [[File:Yes check.svg|15px|Yes]]<ref>{{cite web |title=Science Fact or Science Fiction: Is Gender Nonconformity a Mental Disorder?|url=https://cihr-irsc.gc.ca/e/48639.html |website=CIHR |date=January 10, 2014 |access-date=30 September 2014}}</ref>{{When|date=January 2024}}
| [[File:Yes check.svg|15px|Yes]]<ref>{{cite web |title=Science Fact or Science Fiction: Is Gender Nonconformity a Mental Disorder?|url=https://cihr-irsc.gc.ca/e/48639.html |website=CIHR |date=January 10, 2014 |access-date= September 30, 2014}}</ref>{{When|date=January 2024}}
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| Transvestism declassified as an illness
| Transvestism declassified as an illness
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| Gay criminal records expunged
| Gay criminal records expunged
| [[File:Yes check.svg|15px|Yes]] (Since 2018)<ref>{{cite web |title=Bill to expunge gay-sex criminal records takes effect in Canada today |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/lgbtq-criminal-record-law-passed-1.4716219 |website=CBC |access-date=8 January 2019}}</ref>
| [[File:Yes check.svg|15px|Yes]] (Since 2018)<ref>{{cite web |title=Bill to expunge gay-sex criminal records takes effect in Canada today |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/lgbtq-criminal-record-law-passed-1.4716219 |website=CBC |access-date= January 8, 2019}}</ref>
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| Apology to LGBT people
| Apology to LGBT people
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| [[Men who have sex with men|MSMs]] and female sex partners of MSMs allowed to donate blood and plasma
| [[Men who have sex with men|MSMs]] and female sex partners of MSMs allowed to donate blood and plasma
| [[File:Yes check.svg|15px|Yes]] (Since 2022, nationwide; excluding those who have had both new or multiple partners ''and'' anal sex with any partner in the previous three months<ref>{{cite web |title=Sexual behaviour-based screening|url=https://www.blood.ca/en/blood/am-i-eligible-donate-blood/sexual-behaviour-based-screening|website=Canadian Blood Services |access-date=1 May 2023}}</ref>)
| [[File:Yes check.svg|15px|Yes]] (Since 2022, nationwide; excluding those who have had both new or multiple partners ''and'' anal sex with any partner in the previous three months<ref>{{cite web |title=Sexual behaviour-based screening|url=https://www.blood.ca/en/blood/am-i-eligible-donate-blood/sexual-behaviour-based-screening|website=Canadian Blood Services |access-date= May 1, 2023}}</ref>)
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