Current Version
| Region | Canada |
| Issue | Conversion therapy |
| Status | Banned |
| Start Date | Jan 7, 2022 |
| End Date | (none) |
| Description | Conversion therapy in Canada is banned nationwide under bill C-4(44-1) which recieved Royal Assent on December 8th 2021 and went into effect 30 days after on January 7th 2022. Two previous legislative attempts failed. |
| Sources | https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/canadian-lawmakers-pass-bill-criminalizing-lgbt-conversion-therapy-2021-06-22/ https://www.parl.ca/LegisInfo/en/bill/44-1/C-4?view=about https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/senate-conversion-therapy-adoption-1.6277097 |
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Revision History (6)
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| Description | Conversion therapy in Canada is banned nationwide under bill C-4(44-1) which recieved Royal Assent on December 8th 2021 and went into effect 30 days after on January 7th 2020. Two previous legislative attempts failed. | Conversion therapy in Canada is banned nationwide under bill C-4(44-1) which recieved Royal Assent on December 8th 2021 and went into effect 30 days after on January 7th 2022. Two previous legislative attempts failed. |
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| Sources | https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/canadian-lawmakers-pass-bill-criminalizing-lgbt-conversion-therapy-2021-06-22/ https://www.parl.ca/LegisInfo/en/bill/44-1/C-4?view=about | https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/canadian-lawmakers-pass-bill-criminalizing-lgbt-conversion-therapy-2021-06-22/ https://www.parl.ca/LegisInfo/en/bill/44-1/C-4?view=about https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/senate-conversion-therapy-adoption-1.6277097 |
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edited by JerofDoorhandle
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| Start Date | Jun 18, 2019 | Jan 7, 2022 |
| Description | Conversion therapy in Canada is now banned nationwide after the House of Commons voted in favor of banning it. | Conversion therapy in Canada is banned nationwide under bill C-4(44-1) which recieved Royal Assent on December 8th 2021 and went into effect 30 days after on January 7th 2020. Two previous legislative attempts failed. |
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| Sources | https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/canadian-lawmakers-pass-bill-criminalizing-lgbt-conversion-therapy-2021-06-22/ | https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/canadian-lawmakers-pass-bill-criminalizing-lgbt-conversion-therapy-2021-06-22/ https://www.parl.ca/LegisInfo/en/bill/44-1/C-4?view=about |
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Reports (3)
- Date is incorrect "Jan 2020 isn't after Dec 2021 so one of these dates is wrong."
- Note field is incorrect "Date of effect incorrect"
- Date is incorrect "2021 is after 2020"
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| Value | (REMOVED) | Banned |
| Start Date | (unknown) | Jun 18, 2019 |
| Description | Conversion therapy in Canada is not yet banned at a Federal level and many ex-gay organizations and groups who endorse conversion/reparative therapy continue to operate as registered charities. Some provinces have made gestures or passed laws to make conversion therapy illegal both for sexual orientation and gender identity. | Conversion therapy in Canada is now banned nationwide after the House of Commons voted in favor of banning it. |
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| Sources | http://www.patheos.com/blogs/friendlyatheist/2013/10/07/undercover-journalist-joins-and-exposes-toronto-program-that-claims-to-turn-gay-people-straight/ http://news.nationalpost.com/2012/10/06/pray-away-the-gay-conversion-therapy-groups-face-heat-over-charity-status/ http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/conversion-therapy-for-lgbtq-youth-to-be-banned-in-ontario-1.3101640 | https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/canadian-lawmakers-pass-bill-criminalizing-lgbt-conversion-therapy-2021-06-22/ |
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Reports (11)
- Date is incorrect "It was banned on January 7, 2022"
- Date is incorrect "Conversion therapy was only banned in Canada mere days ago on January 7th, 2022"
- Date is incorrect "Occurred in December of 2021"
- Note field is incorrect "The conversation therapy ban takes effect 30 days after Royal Assent, not when the Commons passes it after a third reading. This law is effective January 7, 2022.
Source: section 6 https://www.parl.ca/DocumentViewer/en/44-1/bill/C-4/royal-assent"
- Date is incorrect "This bill was granted Royal Assent by Gov. Gen. Mary Simon on Dec. 8, 2021. https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/senate-conversion-therapy-adoption-1.6277097"
- Date is incorrect "The conversion therapy bill C-4 will go into effect January 7th 2022, the bill received Royal Assent on December 2021"
- Newer law has been passed "Bill C-4 is the newest Canadian bill passed on the subject of banning conversion therapy.
Source: https://www.parl.ca/DocumentViewer/en/44-1/bill/C-4/first-reading"
- Date is incorrect "The bill received royal assent on December 8, 2021
https://www.parl.ca/legisinfo/en/bill/44-1/c-4?view=progress"
- Newer law has been passed "only passed december 9, 2021"
- Newer law has been passed "An election was called and although the law was passed by the House of Commons it was not passed by the senate.
The law died and the re-elected government pledged to put it forward again if elected but it has not yet happend."
- Status is not correct "Bill C-6, banning conversion therapy in Canada has yet to be approved by the Senate. As of November 1st, 2021, it is not yet law. Source : https://openparliament.ca/bills/43-2/C-6/ "
| Old Value | New Value | |
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| Special Status | Ambiguous | (REMOVED) |
| Description | Conversion therapy in Canada is not banned, and many ex-gay organizations and groups who endorse conversion/reparative therapy continue to operate as registered charities. | Conversion therapy in Canada is not yet banned at a Federal level and many ex-gay organizations and groups who endorse conversion/reparative therapy continue to operate as registered charities. Some provinces have made gestures or passed laws to make conversion therapy illegal both for sexual orientation and gender identity. |
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| Sources | http://www.patheos.com/blogs/friendlyatheist/2013/10/07/undercover-journalist-joins-and-exposes-toronto-program-that-claims-to-turn-gay-people-straight/ http://news.nationalpost.com/2012/10/06/pray-away-the-gay-conversion-therapy-groups-face-heat-over-charity-status/ | http://www.patheos.com/blogs/friendlyatheist/2013/10/07/undercover-journalist-joins-and-exposes-toronto-program-that-claims-to-turn-gay-people-straight/ http://news.nationalpost.com/2012/10/06/pray-away-the-gay-conversion-therapy-groups-face-heat-over-charity-status/ http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/conversion-therapy-for-lgbtq-youth-to-be-banned-in-ontario-1.3101640 |
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Reports (17)
- Newer law has been passed "Canada has banned conversion therapy on the 22nd of June.
Source: https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/canadian-lawmakers-pass-bill-criminalizing-lgbt-conversion-therapy-2021-06-22/"
- Status is not correct "Conversion therapy is illegal across all of Canada as of June 2021."
- Newer law has been passed "Calgary Alberta passed a bylaw to ban conversion therapy in 2020 https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/conversion-therapy-ban-calgary-1.5584113"
- Newer law has been passed "canada has passed a bill making conversion therapy illegal and is in the process "
- Status is not correct "Yukon & Prince Edward Island has banned it"
- Other "Just adding another entry. Currently under reveiw and looks like a fedral ban is going to be passed in order to ban conversion theorpy. https://www.ctvnews.ca/politics/feds-re-introduce-bill-to-crack-down-on-conversion-therapy-opposition-seeks-changes-1.5128221"
- Status is not correct "Also banned in Yukon and Nova Scotia
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/conversion-therapy-ban-lgbtq-bill-manitoba-ontario-1.4838311
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/north/conversion-therapy-banned-yukon-1.5796188"
- Newer law has been passed "Bill C-6 amending the Criminal Code was introduced in the House of Commons on 1 October 2020"
- Newer law has been passed "as of march 2020 the FEDERAL government has now banned any sort of conduct that resembles conversion therapy and it bans sending children abroad for such cases."
- Status is not correct "Nova Scotia bans it"
- Status is not correct "Nova Scotia put a ban in place in 2018.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/conversion-therapy-ban-lgbtq-bill-manitoba-ontario-1.4838311 "
- Status is not correct "https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/conversion-therapy-ban-lgbtq-bill-manitoba-ontario-1.4838311
Nova Scotia also banned the practice recently "
- Status is not correct "conversion Therapy is also banned in Nova Scotia"
- Status is not correct "Nova Scotia has banned conversion therapy"
- Status is not correct "Bill C16 protects against this now. As of 2017"
- Status is not correct "Conversion therapy is also banned in Manitoba. Cbc news "
- Status is not correct "Manitoba has prohibited Conversion therapy in 2015. http://www.gov.mb.ca/health/conversion_therapy.html"
| Old Value (Original) | New Value | |
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| Description | Many ex-gay organizations and groups who endorse conversion/reparative therapy continue to operate as registered charities. | Conversion therapy in Canada is not banned, and many ex-gay organizations and groups who endorse conversion/reparative therapy continue to operate as registered charities. |
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| Original entry | |
|---|---|
| Status | Ambiguous |
| Start Date | (unknown) |
| End Date | (none) |
| Description | Many ex-gay organizations and groups who endorse conversion/reparative therapy continue to operate as registered charities. |
| Sources | http://www.patheos.com/blogs/friendlyatheist/2013/10/07/undercover-journalist-joins-and-exposes-toronto-program-that-claims-to-turn-gay-people-straight/ http://news.nationalpost.com/2012/10/06/pray-away-the-gay-conversion-therapy-groups-face-heat-over-charity-status/ |