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===Third-party payment is not available===
There is a long-standing general consensus for at least a half-century that there are no medical indications for [[circumcision]] in the newborn period.<ref name="cps1975" /> <ref name="cps1996" />
At the beginning of the 21st Century, only the Manitoba Health Insurance Plan (HIP) still paid for non-therapeutic circumcision, however Manitoba HIP ended payment in 2006.<ref name="skeldon2008" /> No insurance coverage of non-therapeutic circumcision is currently available in Manitoba,<ref name="dm2024">{{REFweb
|url=https://doctorsmanitoba.ca/managing-your-practice/remuneration/billing-fees/surgery/neonatal-circumcision
|title=Neonatal Circumcision
|publisher=Doctors Manitoba
|date=2024-07-16
|accessdate=2024-11-26
}}</ref> and this is also true throughout Canada.<ref name="allan2024">{{REFbook
|last=Allan
|first=
|init=JA
|author-link=Jonathan A. Allan
|year=2024
|title=Uncut: A Cultural Analysis of the Foreskin
|url=https://uofrpress.ca/Books/U/Uncut
|chapter=Chapter 2: Circumcision Indecision
|pages=88-9
|location=Regina
|publisher=University of Regina Press
|ISBN= 978-1779400307
|accessdate=2024-10-06
}}</ref> Only "medically indicated" circumcisions (which are very rare) are covered.<ref name="dm2024" />
===The incidence of circumcision varies widely by region===
The incidence of non-therapeutic child circumcision Labrador and Newfoundland is reported to be close to zero while Saskatchewan had an incidence of circumcision in 2000 and 2001 of 27.6 percent. The Saskatchewan College of Physicians and Surgeons said in 2002 that was much too high and should be reduced substantially. The Registrar, Dr. Dennis Kimble, said, "they [doctors] aren't required to carry out a procedure simply because parents want it done."<ref>{{REFnews
|title=Sask. college wants circumcision rates reduced
|url=http://www.cirp.org/news/medicalpost03-18-02/
|last=Driver
|first=Deana
|coauthors=
|publisher=Medical Post
|website=
|date=2002-03-19
|accessdate=2021-07-22
|quote=
}}</ref>
===Overcharging for minor procedure===The [https://www.cps.sk.ca/imis/CPSS/College_of_Physicians_and_Surgeons_of_Saskatchewan.aspx Saskatchewan College <b>Prevalence of Physicians and Surgeons] has charged [https:circumcision<//www.cps.sk.ca/imis/CPSS/Physician_Summary/Physician_Profile.aspx?ID=8041 Dr. Amith Mulla] with three offences arising from b> is the performance percentage 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 all living Canadian males of the patient's all ages who are [[peniscircumcised]].<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 This group are leading promoters is primarily composed of harmful, medicallyolder English-unnecessary, non-therapeutic [[circumcision]] of boys in Canadaspeaking males.===Counseling for circumcised men===[[Dale Andersen]], MSW, provides counseling in southern Ontario to [[circumcised]] men who are troubled by IntactiWiki estimates the grief, [[trauma]], [[depression]], and loss prevalence of [[Foreskin#Physiological_functions| function]] associated with involuntary [[amputation]] of their [[foreskincircumcision]]is about 25-30 percent.
===Care <b>Incidence of circumcision</b> is the percentage of foreskinned newborn boys===Circumcision is now nearly a thing Canada-wide who are currently receiving [[child circumcision]]. This percentage will vary by locality. Many of the past, and most Canadian these boys now may have an older [[intactcircumcised]] fathers who [[foreskinAdamant father syndrome| adamantly insist that their son be circumcised]]. Alberta Health (2024) has published guidance on the care IntactiWiki estimates 10-15 percent of the naturalnewborn boys are currently undergoing harmful, normalunnecessary, non-therapeutic [[foreskinned]] [[penischild circumcision]].<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: Wikify.
}}</ref>
===The most recent survey was done in 2006-7===
[[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>
===Third-party payment is not available===
There is a long-standing general consensus for at least a half-century that there are no medical indications for [[circumcision]] in the newborn period.<ref name="cps1975" /> <ref name="cps1996" />
At the beginning of the 21st Century, only the Manitoba Health Insurance Plan (HIP) still paid for non-therapeutic circumcision, however Manitoba HIP ended payment in 2006.<ref name="skeldon2008" /> No insurance coverage of non-therapeutic circumcision is currently available in Manitoba,<ref name="dm2024">{{REFweb
|url=https://doctorsmanitoba.ca/managing-your-practice/remuneration/billing-fees/surgery/neonatal-circumcision
|title=Neonatal Circumcision
|publisher=Doctors Manitoba
|date=2024-07-16
|accessdate=2024-11-26
}}</ref> and this is also true throughout Canada.<ref name="allan2024">{{REFbook
|last=Allan
|first=
|init=JA
|author-link=Jonathan A. Allan
|year=2024
|title=Uncut: A Cultural Analysis of the Foreskin
|url=https://uofrpress.ca/Books/U/Uncut
|chapter=Chapter 2: Circumcision Indecision
|pages=88-9
|location=Regina
|publisher=University of Regina Press
|ISBN= 978-1779400307
|accessdate=2024-10-06
}}</ref> Only "medically indicated" circumcisions (which are very rare) are covered.<ref name="dm2024" />
===The incidence of circumcision varies widely by region===
The incidence of non-therapeutic child circumcision Labrador and Newfoundland is reported to be close to zero while Saskatchewan had an incidence of circumcision in 2000 and 2001 of 27.6 percent. The Saskatchewan College of Physicians and Surgeons said in 2002 that was much too high and should be reduced substantially. The Registrar, Dr. Dennis Kimble, said, "they [doctors] aren't required to carry out a procedure simply because parents want it done."<ref>{{REFnews
|title=Sask. college wants circumcision rates reduced
|url=http://www.cirp.org/news/medicalpost03-18-02/
|last=Driver
|first=Deana
|coauthors=
|publisher=Medical Post
|website=
|date=2002-03-19
|accessdate=2021-07-22
|quote=
}}</ref>
===Factors pushing the incidence of non-therapeutic circumcision down===
|accessdate=2024-11-06
}}</ref>
* Non-therapeutic circumcision is a violation of the child's rights under Article 7 of the [https://duckduckgo.com/?ia=web&origin=funnel_home_website&hps=1&q=charter%20of%20rights%20and%20freedoms%20section%207&atb=v320-1 Charter of Rights and Freedoms].
* The health insurance plans (HIPs) do not support non-therapeutic circumcision.<ref name="skeldon2008" />
}}</ref>
* Most hospitals do not provide non-therapeutic circumcision, however so any parents who want to have a son circumcised must seek out a provider and pay out-of-pocket. ([https://www.wrh.on.ca/ Windsor Regional Hospital] is an exception to the general rule. Windsor Regional Hospital still promotes medically-unnecessary, non-therapeutic [[circumcision]] to parents of normal, healthy male infants in apparent violation of the infants' [https://www.justice.gc.ca/eng/csj-sjc/rfc-dlc/ccrf-ccdl/check/art7.html Section 7 rights]. The hospital is reported to circumcise 51 percent of boys born in the hospital. This is far higher than the incidence of non-therapeutic circumcision elsewhere in Ontario and Canada.<ref>{{REFnews
|title=Circumcisions spark debate
|url=http://www.cirp.org/news/windsorstar03-19-05/
|accessdate=2021-07-22
|quote=Dr. Tony Hammer, a Windsor family doctor, said his colleagues may be performing the medically unnecessary procedure simply to make a buck. <b>…</b> There is a financial incentive for physicians, and I wonder if they are fully informing their patients of a lack of medical need.
}}</ref>)
* The [https://www.cpso.on.ca/ College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario] (2010) issued a special order to prohibit paediatrician [[Daniel Marshall]], who operated the Circumcision Centre in Hamilton, {{CAPTC|ON}} from examining or being alone with youths.
* DeMaria et al. (2013) surveyed physicians in southwest Ontario who still perform circumcisions. They concluded from their survey:
{{Citation
}}
* The CBC (2018) reported that Pakistani [https://www.ratemds.com/doctor-ratings/78555/Dr-Ejaz-Ahmad-Winnipeg-MB.html/ Dr. Ejaz Ahmad], who practiced medicine on Portage Avenue in Winnipeg, had been suspended from the practice of medicine for five months by the [https://cpsm.mb.ca/ College of Physicians and Surgeons of Manitoba], after he performed 18 circumcisions from June 2016 to July 2017 on pediatric patients and two boys almost bled to death.<ref name="glowaki2018">{{REFnews
|title=2 boys almost bled to death in botched circumcisions by Manitoba doctor
|url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/winnipeg-doctor-suspended-botched-circumcisions-1.4953561
}}</ref> Infant boys have very little blood in their tiny bodies so the ability to withstand [[bleeding]] is very limited. Typically, exsanguination and hypovolemic shock occurs.
* Manitoba Services (2022) reported Winnipeg attorney [https://www.bestlawyers.com/lawyers/martin-j-pollock/76357 Martin Pollock] filed a Statement of Claim on 22 June 2022 in the Court of Queen's Bench on behalf of the Muslim mother of a five-year-old boy who was circumcised in Portage la Prairie in 2017. The suit names [https://www.gov.mb.ca/health/ Manitoba Health] and three health care workers as defendants. The mother "alleges in the lawsuit that the injuries suffered by her son were caused or contributed to by the negligence of the two doctors, the nurse and the health region named in the suit, which led to 'severe and permanent injuries.'"<ref>{{REFnews
|title=Baby who bled for hours after circumcision was sent home from ER twice, suffered brain damage: lawsuit
|url=https://manitobaservices.com/news/baby-who-bled-for-hours-after-circumcision-was-sent-home-from-er-twice-suffered-brain-damage-lawsuit/
}}</ref>
* As of 2022, [[third-party payment]] for non-therapeutic [[circumcision]] has not been available anywhere in Canada since 2006.<ref name="skeldon2008" /> Moreover, non-therapeutic circumcision is not done in most hospitals,<ref name="jamesloewen2019" /> so parents who want to have a boy [[circumcised]] must take the boy to the surgery of a practitioner who specializes in harmful, unnecessary, non-therapeutic male circumcision, and furthermore must pay out of pocket. For example, the cost of circumcision of a newborn boy in New Brunswick is C$425 ranging up to C$1500 for a teenager or adult.<ref>{{REFweb
|url=https://gentleproceduresnb.ca/circumcision/cost-how-much/
|title=Circumcision Pricing & Insurance Coverage
}}</ref>
* The prevalence of circumcision is higher among older males, but lower among younger males. As older, mostly [[circumcised]] males die and are replaced in the population by younger, mostly [[intact]] males, the overall prevalence of [[circumcised]] men in Canada is gradually declining. [[Intact]] males usually do not want any son to be [[circumcised]],<ref name="brown-brown1987" /> <ref name="rediger-muller2013" /> so the demand for [[circumcision]] in Canada is declining.
* Mayan et al. (2021) carried out a massive empirical study of the male population of the province of Ontario, Canada (569,950 males), of whom 203,588 (35.7%) were [[circumcised]] between 1991 and 2017. The study concluded that circumcision status is not related to risk of [[HIV]] infection.<ref name="mayan2021">{{REFjournal
|last=Mayan
|first=Madhur
}}</ref>
* Schröder et al. (2021) reviewed the experience of the [https://www.sickkids.ca Hospital for Sick Children] in Toronto with regard to circumcision-related emergency admissions between 2000 and 2013. They found that 19 previously healthy neonates had emergency admissions for [[Risks and complications| circumcision complications]]. The records of patients who had died were searched to identify those who had been [[circumcised]].
* Four of the boys had post-circumcision [[bleeding]]. Four of the boys had [[glans]] amputations. Two previously healthy boys died.<ref name="shroder2021">{{REFjournal
|last=Schröder
|first=Annette
}}</ref> Based on the data provided, the estimated [[death]] rate is one dead boy for every 84,000 circumcisions.
* Non-circumcision , [[intactness]] or [[genital integrity]] is has long been the norm NORM in all parts of Canada.
===Abusive promotion Estimates of prevalence and incidence of non-therapeutic circumcision in OntarioCanada===Dr. Omar Afandi, an Ontario paediatrician, improperly accessed hospital records at Non-circumcision or [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 [[circumcisiongenital integrity]] is the NORM in his clinic in Windsor. The records all parts of as many as 800 mothers may have Canada and has been accessed.<ref>{{REFnews |title=Windsor doctor has privileges revoked after allegedly accessing newborn data for profit |url=https://windsorseveral decades.ctvnews.ca/windsor-doctor-has-privileges-revoked-after-allegedly-accessing-newborn-data-for-profit-1.6977821 |The last=Fortnum |first=Travis |init= |authorstatistics were collected in 2006-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]]7, so parents would have to pay they are completely 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 $5In the absence of any statistical data,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=httpsIntactWiki offers the following estimates for 2026://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>
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