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.
Description - Family and household characteristics of 2SLGBTQ+ people in Canada
In the period from 2019 to 2021, approximately 800,000 adults aged 25 to 64 in Canada reported being 2SLGBTQ+.
Almost half of 2SLGBTQ+ adults (46%) were married or in a common-law union, compared with nearly three-quarters (72%) of non-2SLGBTQ+ adults.
2SLGBTQ+ adults were more likely to be living common-law than non-2SLGBTQ+ adults, who were more likely to be married.
2SLGBTQ+:
- Married: 23%
- Common-law: 23%
Non-2SLGBTQ+:
- Married: 56%
- Common-law: 16%
Just over 1 in 10 2SLGBTQ+ adults were parents living with at least one child under the age of 12.
A larger share of 2SLGBTQ+ women than men were parents.
Half of 2SLGBTQ+ adults aged 65 and older were living alone, compared with nearly one-third of non-2SLGBTQ+ older adults.
- 2SLGBTQ+: 51%
- Non-2SLGBTQ+: 30%
Among adults aged 65 and older, 2SLGBTQ+ men were twice as likely to live alone than non-2SLGBTQ+ men.
- 2SLGBTQ+ men+: 52%
- 2SLGBTQ+ women+: 49%
- Non-2SLGBTQ+ men: 21%
- Non-2SLGBTQ+ women: 38%
Notes:
- 2SLGBTQ+ includes persons who are Two-Spirit, lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer or who use other terms related to gender or sexual diversity. Non-2SLGBTQ+ includes heterosexual and cisgender persons (those whose gender corresponds to their sex at birth).
- To protect confidentiality, individuals in the category “non-binary persons” are distributed into the other two gender categories among the 2SLGBTQ+ population and are denoted by the “+” symbol.
Sources: Statistics Canada, Canadian Community Health Survey 2019 to 2021 (provincial data) and 2019 to 2020 (territorial data).
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