Changing Legal Gender Assignment in Canada

Procedures for changing legal gender assignment in Canada vary between provinces and territories.

Except for Quebec, the information below concerns altering the sex recorded on one's birth certificate, and therefore must be done with regard to the province or territory where one was born.

Read more about Changing Legal Gender Assignment In Canada:  Alberta, Manitoba, Nova Scotia, Ontario, Saskatchewan

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