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===Abusive promotion of non-therapeutic circumcision in Ontario===
Dr. Omar Afandi, an Ontario paediatrician, improperly accessed hospital records at [https://www.wrh.on.ca/ Windsor General Hospital] and elsewhere to learn the names of mothers who had given birth to a boy. He then telephoned the mothers to offer them an unnecessary [[circumcision]] in his clinic in Windsor. The records of as many as 800 mothers may have been accessed.<ref>{{REFnews
|title=Windsor doctor has privileges revoked after allegedly accessing newborn data for profit
|url=https://windsor.ctvnews.ca/windsor-doctor-has-privileges-revoked-after-allegedly-accessing-newborn-data-for-profit-1.6977821
|last=Fortnum
|first=Travis
|init=
|author-link=
|last2=
|init2=
|author2-link=
|publisher=CTV News
|website=
|date=2024-07-26
|accessdate=2024-09-05
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}}</ref> Ontario Health Insurance Plan does not pay for non-therapeutic [[circumcision]], so parents would have to pay out of pocket for the harmful unneeded surgical amputation at WE Kidz Pediatrics.<ref>{{REFweb
|url=https://intactamerica.org/oh-no-canada/
|title=Oh (no) Canada!
|last=Ashford
|first=Jeannie
|init=
|author-link=
|publisher=Intact America
|date=2024-08-16
|accessdate=2024-09-05
}}</ref> The Information and Privacy Commission fined Dr. Afandi $5,000 and fined We Kidz Paediatrics $7,500.<ref>{{REFnews
|title=Windsor, Ont., doctor fined after wrongfully accessing health records to offer circumcision services
|url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/windsor/windsor-doctor-1.7621211
|last=La Grassa
|first=Jennifer
|init=
|author-link=
|publisher=CBC
|website=
|date=2025-08-29
|accessdate=2025-08-30
|format=
|quote=
}}</ref>
===Overcharging for minor procedure===
The [https://www.cps.sk.ca/imis/CPSS/College_of_Physicians_and_Surgeons_of_Saskatchewan.aspx Saskatchewan College of Physicians and Surgeons] has charged [https://www.cps.sk.ca/imis/CPSS/Physician_Summary/Physician_Profile.aspx?ID=8041 Dr. Amith Mulla] with three offences arising from the performance of an [[adult circumcision]]. Dr. Mulla has been charged with:
* charging $1,795 for a circumcision procedure.
* failing to provide followup care.
* asking for pictures of the patient's [[penis]].<ref name="simes2024">{{REFnews
|title=Saskatoon doctor facing professional charges in circumcision case
|url=https://globalnews.ca/news/10906122/saskatoon-doctor-facing-professional-charges-in-circumcision-case/
|last=Simes
|first=Jeremy
|init=
|author-link=
|publisher=The Canadian Press
|website=
|date=2024-12-06
|accessdate=2024-12-07
}}</ref>
===Leading promoters===
[[Neil Pollock]] and his group are leading promoters of harmful, medically-unnecessary, non-therapeutic [[circumcision]] of boys in Canada.
===Counseling for circumcised men===
[[Dale Andersen]], MSW, provides counseling in southern Ontario to [[circumcised]] men who are troubled by the grief, [[trauma]], [[depression]], and loss of [[Foreskin#Physiological_functions| function]] associated with involuntary [[amputation]] of their [[foreskin]].
===Care of foreskinned boys===
Circumcision is now nearly a thing of the past, and most Canadian boys now have an [[intact]] [[foreskin]]. Alberta Health (2024) has published guidance on the care of the natural, normal, [[foreskinned]] [[penis]].<ref>{{REFweb
|url=https://myhealth.alberta.ca/Health/aftercareinformation/pages/conditions.aspx?hwid=abo1357
|title=Learning About How to Care for an Intact Penis
|last=Healthwise
|first=Ignite
|init=
|author-link=
|publisher=Alberta Health
|date=2024-10-24
|accessdate=2025-09-24
}}</ref>
→Canada and circumcision in the 21st century: Relocate sub-section.
[[Foreskinned]] males are in the majority in every province and territory.
===Abusive promotion of non-therapeutic circumcision in Ontario===
Dr. Omar Afandi, an Ontario paediatrician, improperly accessed hospital records at [https://www.wrh.on.ca/ Windsor General Hospital] and elsewhere to learn the names of mothers who had given birth to a boy. He then telephoned the mothers to offer them an unnecessary [[circumcision]] in his clinic in Windsor. The records of as many as 800 mothers may have been accessed.<ref>{{REFnews
|title=Windsor doctor has privileges revoked after allegedly accessing newborn data for profit
|url=https://windsor.ctvnews.ca/windsor-doctor-has-privileges-revoked-after-allegedly-accessing-newborn-data-for-profit-1.6977821
|last=Fortnum
|first=Travis
|init=
|author-link=
|last2=
|init2=
|author2-link=
|publisher=CTV News
|website=
|date=2024-07-26
|accessdate=2024-09-05
|format=
|quote=
}}</ref> Ontario Health Insurance Plan does not pay for non-therapeutic [[circumcision]], so parents would have to pay out of pocket for the harmful unneeded surgical amputation at WE Kidz Pediatrics.<ref>{{REFweb
|url=https://intactamerica.org/oh-no-canada/
|title=Oh (no) Canada!
|last=Ashford
|first=Jeannie
|init=
|author-link=
|publisher=Intact America
|date=2024-08-16
|accessdate=2024-09-05
}}</ref> The Information and Privacy Commission fined Dr. Afandi $5,000 and fined We Kidz Paediatrics $7,500.<ref>{{REFnews
|title=Windsor, Ont., doctor fined after wrongfully accessing health records to offer circumcision services
|url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/windsor/windsor-doctor-1.7621211
|last=La Grassa
|first=Jennifer
|init=
|author-link=
|publisher=CBC
|website=
|date=2025-08-29
|accessdate=2025-08-30
|format=
|quote=
}}</ref>
===Overcharging for minor procedure===
The [https://www.cps.sk.ca/imis/CPSS/College_of_Physicians_and_Surgeons_of_Saskatchewan.aspx Saskatchewan College of Physicians and Surgeons] has charged [https://www.cps.sk.ca/imis/CPSS/Physician_Summary/Physician_Profile.aspx?ID=8041 Dr. Amith Mulla] with three offences arising from the performance of an [[adult circumcision]]. Dr. Mulla has been charged with:
* charging $1,795 for a circumcision procedure.
* failing to provide followup care.
* asking for pictures of the patient's [[penis]].<ref name="simes2024">{{REFnews
|title=Saskatoon doctor facing professional charges in circumcision case
|url=https://globalnews.ca/news/10906122/saskatoon-doctor-facing-professional-charges-in-circumcision-case/
|last=Simes
|first=Jeremy
|init=
|author-link=
|publisher=The Canadian Press
|website=
|date=2024-12-06
|accessdate=2024-12-07
}}</ref>
===Leading promoters===
[[Neil Pollock]] and his group are leading promoters of harmful, medically-unnecessary, non-therapeutic [[circumcision]] of boys in Canada.
===Counseling for circumcised men===
[[Dale Andersen]], MSW, provides counseling in southern Ontario to [[circumcised]] men who are troubled by the grief, [[trauma]], [[depression]], and loss of [[Foreskin#Physiological_functions| function]] associated with involuntary [[amputation]] of their [[foreskin]].
===Care of foreskinned boys===
Circumcision is now nearly a thing of the past, and most Canadian boys now have an [[intact]] [[foreskin]]. Alberta Health (2024) has published guidance on the care of the natural, normal, [[foreskinned]] [[penis]].<ref>{{REFweb
|url=https://myhealth.alberta.ca/Health/aftercareinformation/pages/conditions.aspx?hwid=abo1357
|title=Learning About How to Care for an Intact Penis
|last=Healthwise
|first=Ignite
|init=
|author-link=
|publisher=Alberta Health
|date=2024-10-24
|accessdate=2025-09-24
}}</ref>
===Factors pushing the incidence of non-therapeutic circumcision down===
Non-circumcision or [[genital integrity]] is the norm in all parts of Canada.
===Estimates of prevalence and incidence of circumcision in Canada===
Non-circumcision or [[genital integrity]] is the NORM in all parts of Canada and has been for several decades. The last statistics were collected in 2006-7, so they are completely out-of-date. In the absence of any statistical data, IntactWiki offers the following estimates for 2026: