Statistics Canada is seeking feedback from various groups on options for releasing data collected during the last census, but not publicly shared, on transgender and nonbinary children from toddlers and pre-schoolers to young teens. Article content

In a consultation guide, the federal agency said it “may be breaking new ground” as the first national statistics office in the world to disseminate gender information for children and youth under 15. Article content

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“There are enough cases in the 2021 Census data to support basic analysis by gender diversity status for young children and youth aged 0 to 14,” the agency said, data that could provide “valuable information on the experiences and outcomes among this population.”

The 2021 census was the firs

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