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  • 1. Socioeconomic outcomes of transgender and non-binary people in Canada
    91F0015M2025001
    Description: Based on data from the 2021 Census, this article uses age-standardized statistics to provide a sociodemographic portrait of the transgender and non-binary populations in Canada. It examines poverty rates and employment income of transgender men, transgender women and non-binary people, compared with cisgender men. It explores other characteristics such as education, work activity, occupation, housing, living arrangements, disability, Indigenous identity, and racialized/immigrant status.
    Release date: 2025-10-16
  • 2. Study: Socioeconomic outcomes of transgender and non-binary people in Canada
    Stats in brief: 11-001-X202528939708
    Description: Release published in The Daily – Statistics Canada’s official release bulletin
    Release date: 2025-10-16
  • 3. A Safe and Inclusive Approach to Disseminating Statistical Information about the Non-binary Population in Canada Archived
    Articles and reports: 11-522-X202500100026
    Description: In 2022, Canada became the first country to release statistical information about its transgender and non-binary populations based on census data. Moreover, following a 2018 government-wide policy direction, Statistics Canada's surveys have been collecting and disseminating information about gender by default rather than sex at birth. Due to the small size of the transgender and non-binary populations, disseminating safe statistical information about them at detailed geographical levels poses a challenge.
    Release date: 2025-09-08
  • 4. Including Non-binary Gender in the Calibration Strategy for the Canadian Long-Form Sample Survey Weights Archived
    Articles and reports: 11-522-X202500100033
    Description: Aligning with recent needs for increased disaggregated data, in 2021 Canada became the first country to collect and disseminate data on gender diversity in a national census giving Canadians the option to select male, female, or non-binary. Due to their small size, non-binary population counts were not used in the 2021 Census long-form sample calibration procedure due to the risk of increasing the variance of estimates. This paper presents an alternative long-form calibration strategy which allows for small populations, such as the non-binary group, to be incorporated while mitigating methodological concerns. The strategy put forward can incorporate multiple small populations simultaneously while also being flexible enough to fit the calibration systems of other National Statistical Offices (NSOs). The results of a Monte Carlo (MC) simulation are presented showing improved data quality for the non-binary population under the alternative calibration strategy.
    Release date: 2025-09-08
  • 5. Report on content changes for the 2026 Census of Population: Sexual orientation
    Surveys and statistical programs – Documentation: 98-20-00052026003
    Description: This report outlines the steps taken to develop a new question capturing data on sexual orientation for the 2026 Census of Population questionnaire.
    Release date: 2025-07-04
  • 6. Analysis on majority women-owned businesses, first quarter of 2025
    Articles and reports: 11-621-M2025005
    Description: Businesses in Canada continue to face a variety of challenges in the new year. Business outcomes and challenges expected also vary across businesses owned by different populations. This article focuses on the expectations of one of these populations: majority women-owned businesses. It involves an examination of the data produced by the Canadian Survey on Business Conditions.
    Release date: 2025-03-13
  • 7. General trust in people by gender and province
    Table: 45-10-0098-01
    Geography: Canada, Geographical region of Canada, Province or territory
    Frequency: Occasional
    Description: Percentage of persons aged 15 years and over by general trust in people, by gender, for Canada, regions and provinces.
    Release date: 2025-02-19
  • 8. General trust in others by gender and other selected sociodemographic characteristics
    Table: 45-10-0099-01
    Geography: Canada
    Frequency: Occasional
    Description: Percentage of persons aged 15 years and over by general trust in others, by gender and other selected sociodemographic characteristics.
    Release date: 2025-02-19
  • 9. Discrimination and unfair treatment by gender and province
    Table: 45-10-0100-01
    Geography: Canada, Geographical region of Canada, Province or territory
    Frequency: Occasional
    Description: Percentage of persons aged 15 years and over by discrimination and unfair treatment, by gender, for Canada, regions and provinces.
    Release date: 2025-02-19
  • 10. Discrimination and unfair treatment by gender and other selected sociodemographic characteristics
    Table: 45-10-0101-01
    Geography: Canada
    Frequency: Occasional
    Description: Percentage of persons aged 15 years and over by discrimination and unfair treatment, by gender and other selected sociodemographic characteristics.
    Release date: 2025-02-19
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  • 1. Study: Socioeconomic outcomes of transgender and non-binary people in Canada
    Stats in brief: 11-001-X202528939708
    Description: Release published in The Daily – Statistics Canada’s official release bulletin
    Release date: 2025-10-16
  • 2. A Safe and Inclusive Approach to Disseminating Statistical Information about the Non-binary Population in Canada Archived
    Articles and reports: 11-522-X202500100026
    Description: In 2022, Canada became the first country to release statistical information about its transgender and non-binary populations based on census data. Moreover, following a 2018 government-wide policy direction, Statistics Canada's surveys have been collecting and disseminating information about gender by default rather than sex at birth. Due to the small size of the transgender and non-binary populations, disseminating safe statistical information about them at detailed geographical levels poses a challenge.
    Release date: 2025-09-08
  • 3. Including Non-binary Gender in the Calibration Strategy for the Canadian Long-Form Sample Survey Weights Archived
    Articles and reports: 11-522-X202500100033
    Description: Aligning with recent needs for increased disaggregated data, in 2021 Canada became the first country to collect and disseminate data on gender diversity in a national census giving Canadians the option to select male, female, or non-binary. Due to their small size, non-binary population counts were not used in the 2021 Census long-form sample calibration procedure due to the risk of increasing the variance of estimates. This paper presents an alternative long-form calibration strategy which allows for small populations, such as the non-binary group, to be incorporated while mitigating methodological concerns. The strategy put forward can incorporate multiple small populations simultaneously while also being flexible enough to fit the calibration systems of other National Statistical Offices (NSOs). The results of a Monte Carlo (MC) simulation are presented showing improved data quality for the non-binary population under the alternative calibration strategy.
    Release date: 2025-09-08
  • 4. Analysis on majority women-owned businesses, first quarter of 2025
    Articles and reports: 11-621-M2025005
    Description: Businesses in Canada continue to face a variety of challenges in the new year. Business outcomes and challenges expected also vary across businesses owned by different populations. This article focuses on the expectations of one of these populations: majority women-owned businesses. It involves an examination of the data produced by the Canadian Survey on Business Conditions.
    Release date: 2025-03-13
  • 5. Studies on Gender and Intersecting Identities
    Journals and periodicals: 45-20-0002
    Description: Studies on Gender and Intersecting Identities brings together and analyzes a wide range of important issues related to gender, age, sexuality, disability, ethnocultural characteristics and other intersecting identities. Through a Gender-based Analysis Plus (GBA+) lens, these studies will enrich Canadians' understanding of how gender and other identity factors affect the social, economic and financial participation and status of diverse groups of Canadians.
    Release date: 2025-02-10
  • 6. Overview of the Economic Situation of Older Persons in Canada 1976 to 2022
    Stats in brief: 11-001-X202433939113
    Description: Release published in The Daily – Statistics Canada’s official release bulletin
    Release date: 2024-12-04
  • 7. Gender earnings ratio differences among population groups in Canada
    Articles and reports: 36-28-0001202401100003
    Description: In the early 2010s, the average annual earnings of women aged 25 to 64 in Canada, as a fraction of similarly aged men’s earnings, hovered at a little above 68%. Gender pay gaps within more detailed population groups in Canada have not been explored directly, so this study explores differences in mean annual earnings from paid employment between women and men within 11 population groups in Canada.
    Release date: 2024-11-27
  • 8. Family and household characteristics of 2SLGBTQ+ people in Canada
    Stats in brief: 11-627-M2024046
    Description: Using data from the Canadian Community Health Survey 2019 to 2021, this infographic provides information about 2SLGBTQ+ adults, relative to their non-2SLGBTQ+ counterparts. In particular, it compares the proportion of those who were married or living common law, and those who were parents living with children. It also examines the prevalence of living alone among 2SLGBTQ+ adults aged 65 and older.
    Release date: 2024-10-23
  • 9. Study: Gender pay gaps among board directors and officers in Canada 2016 to 2020
    Stats in brief: 11-001-X202428938791
    Description: Release published in The Daily – Statistics Canada’s official release bulletin
    Release date: 2024-10-15
  • 10. Gender pay gaps among board directors and officers in Canada
    Stats in brief: 11-621-M2024012
    Description: The purpose of this study is to explore the gender pay gap amongst Canadian board directors and officers by looking at various types of compensation. Base pay is the component that does not depend on the individual’s job performance and is mostly determined by an individual’s position and level within a firm’s hierarchy. By contrast, variable pay depends mainly on the individual’s job performance over a given period. As part of variable pay, and to offer a financial incentive, employers can grant equity incentives to board directors and officers in lieu of a higher salary, resulting in lower base pay. This research aims to determine how variable pay explains the gender pay gaps observed among executives in Canada.
    Release date: 2024-10-15
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  • 1. Report on content changes for the 2026 Census of Population: Sexual orientation
    Surveys and statistical programs – Documentation: 98-20-00052026003
    Description: This report outlines the steps taken to develop a new question capturing data on sexual orientation for the 2026 Census of Population questionnaire.
    Release date: 2025-07-04
  • 2. Gender diversity status of couples: New information in the 2021 Census
    Surveys and statistical programs – Documentation: 98-20-00012021002
    Description: This fact sheet provides a concise description of the context and definitions related to a new concept, the gender diversity status of couples. Data and analysis on gender diversity status of couples will be available in the July 13, 2022 census release as part of the theme of families, households and marital status.
    Release date: 2022-06-14
  • 3. Filling the gaps: Information on gender in the 2021 Census
    Surveys and statistical programs – Documentation: 98-20-00012021001
    Description: This fact sheet provides the context for the addition of the gender question on the 2021 Census, as well as the definitions related to gender and sex at birth. It also explains what gender-related information will be available in the April 27th, 2022 Census release.
    Release date: 2022-04-06
  • 4. Age, Sex at Birth and Gender Reference Guide, Census of Population, 2021
    Surveys and statistical programs – Documentation: 98-500-X2021014
    Description: This reference guide provides information to help users effectively use and interpret age, sex at birth and gender data from the 2021 Census. This guide contains definitions and explanations of concepts, questions, classifications, data quality and comparability with other sources for this topic.
    Release date: 2022-03-30
  • 5. Sex at birth and gender: Technical report on changes for the 2021 Census
    Surveys and statistical programs – Documentation: 98-20-00022020002
    Description: This document reports the work performed by Statistics Canada in order to propose the inclusion of a question on gender to the 2021 Census, while keeping a question on sex at birth. The context in which this work was performed is presented, as well as the data needs, and results from the 2019 National Census Test.
    Release date: 2020-07-20
  • 6. Violence Against Women Survey
    Surveys and statistical programs – Documentation: 3896
    Description: This one-time-only survey examines the safety of women both inside and outside the home - perceptions of fear, sexual harassment, sexual violence, physical violence and threats by strangers, dates/boyfriends, other known men, husbands and common-law partners.
  • 7. Gender Statistics
    Surveys and statistical programs – Documentation: 5298
    Description: The Gender Statistics program will provide a suite of indicators to monitor and analyse gender equality in Canada. Indicators will present sex disaggregated data on topics such as education, labour, income, health and justice. Whenever possible, indicators will be provided by geography, age groups and other intersecting characteristics.

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