Gender and sex at birth variables and classifications

Gender and sex at birth variables and classifications The additions of gender identity and gender expression in the Canadian Human Rights Act and the Criminal Code, as well as some sources of administrative data changing from sex to gender, necessitated distinguishing the concepts of gender and sex within the National Statistical System. Statistics Canada has revised the variables 'gender of person' and 'sex at birth of person' for the 2021 Census of Population. 2022-02-21 Statistics Canada STATCAN.infostats-infostats.STATCAN@canada.ca PersonsClassificationClassification codesClassification systemsGender of PersonSex of person Gender of personHTML https://www23.statcan.gc.ca/imdb/p3Var.pl?Function=DECI&Id=1326692 Gender of personHTML https://www23.statcan.gc.ca/imdb/p3Var_f.pl?Function=DECI&Id=1326692 Gender of person CSV https://www.statcan.gc.ca/en/statistical-programs/document/gender-variables-v2-eng.csv Gender of personCSV https://www.statcan.gc.ca/fra/programmes-statistiques/document/variable-genre-v2-fra.csv Sex at birth of personHTML https://www23.statcan.gc.ca/imdb/p3Var.pl?Function=DECI&Id=1326694 Sex at birth of personHTML https://www23.statcan.gc.ca/imdb/p3Var_f.pl?Function=DECI&Id=1326694 Sex at birth of personCSV https://www.statcan.gc.ca/eng/statistical-programs/document/sex-variables-v2-eng.csv Sex at birth of personCSV https://www.statcan.gc.ca/fra/programmes-statistiques/document/variable-sexe-v2-fra.csv

The additions of gender identity and gender expression in the Canadian Human Rights Act and the Criminal Code, as well as some sources of administrative data changing from sex to gender, necessitated distinguishing the concepts of gender and sex within the National Statistical System. Statistics Canada has revised the variables 'gender of person' and 'sex at birth of person' for the 2021 Census of Population.

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