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[[File:Flag_of_Canada.svg|thumb|150px|Flag of Canada]]
[[File:Flag_of_Canada.svg|thumb|150px|Flag of Canada]]
'''{{FULLPAGENAME}}''' is a federal state,a parliamentary democracy, and a constitutional monarchy.<ref>{{REFdocument
'''{{FULLPAGENAME}}''' is a federal state, a parliamentary democracy, and a constitutional monarchy.<ref>{{REFdocument
  |title=Discover Canada
  |title=Discover Canada
  |url=https://www.canada.ca/content/dam/ircc/migration/ircc/english/pdf/pub/discover.pdf
  |url=https://www.canada.ca/content/dam/ircc/migration/ircc/english/pdf/pub/discover.pdf
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The practice of harmful, [[pain| painful]] medically-unnecessary, non-therapeutic [[circumcision]] is concentrated among the English-speaking population and is a declining practice.
The practice of harmful, [[pain| painful]] medically-unnecessary, non-therapeutic [[circumcision]] is concentrated among the English-speaking population and is a declining practice.


The French-speaking people of Quebec and elsewhere generally do not favour circumcision. Male circumcision is not part of the native culture of indigenous Inuit, First Nations, and Métis populations (4.3% of the population). The Canadian Government established Residential Schools from about 1880 to assimilate the indigneous people into Euro-Canadian culture.<ref name="residential2021">{{REFweb
The French-speaking people of Quebec and elsewhere generally do not favour circumcision. Male circumcision is not part of the native culture of indigenous Inuit, First Nations, and Métis populations (4.3% of the population).  
 
The Canadian Government established Residential Schools from about 1880 to assimilate the indigneous people into Euro-Canadian culture.<ref name="residential2021">{{REFweb
  |title=Residential Schools in Canada
  |title=Residential Schools in Canada
  |url=https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/residential-schools
  |url=https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/residential-schools
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There was one doctor in P.E.I. who performed non-therapeutic [[circumcision]] of boys and made the incidence of circumcision the highest in Canada. He has now retired, so circumcision is not currently available in P.E.I.


== Position statements of medical societies ==
== Position statements of medical societies ==
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[[Circumcised]] males are found mostly in older age groups.
[[Circumcised]] males are found mostly in older age groups.


The incidence of child circumcision in Canada varies by province, but the overall incidence is believed to be one-half or less than that of the [[United States]] where the [[United_States_of_America#Incidence_of_circumcision| incidence of circumcision]] also is declining. It is now estimated that less than 20 percent or 1 out of 5 boys in Canada are currently being [[circumcised]]. The prevalence of [[circumcision]] in the whole population constantly declines as elderly, mostly [[circumcised]] males die off and are replaced in the population by mostly [[intact]] boys.
The incidence of child circumcision in Canada varies by province, but the overall incidence is believed to be one-half or less than that of the [[United States]] where the [[United_States_of_America#Incidence_of_circumcision| incidence of circumcision]] also is declining. It is now estimated that less than 15 percent of boys in Canada are currently being [[circumcised]]. The prevalence of [[circumcision]] in the whole population constantly declines as elderly, mostly [[circumcised]] males die off and are replaced in the population by mostly [[intact]] boys.


[[Foreskinned]] males are in the majority in every province and territory.
[[Foreskinned]] males are in the majority in every province and territory.
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  |ISBN= 978-1779400307
  |ISBN= 978-1779400307
  |accessdate=2024-10-06
  |accessdate=2024-10-06
  }}</ref> Only "medically indicated" circumcisions (which are very rare) are covered.<ref name="dm2024" />
  }}</ref> Only "medically indicated" circumcisions are covered.<ref name="dm2024" /> There are no indications for circumcision in the newborn period.<ref name="aap1971">{{REFbook
|last=American Academy of Pediatrics, Committee on Fetus and Newborn
|first=
|init=
|year=1971
|title=Standards and Recommendation for Hospital Care of Newborn infants
|url=https://www.cirp.org/library/statements/aap/#a1971
|scope=
|location=Evanston
|publisher=American Academy of Pediatrics
|ISBN=
|accessdate=2025-03-13
}}</ref>


===Factors pushing the incidence of non-therapeutic circumcision down===
===Factors pushing the incidence of non-therapeutic circumcision down===
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* The large numbers of [[intact]] boys growing up healthy and happy is further eroding support for non-therapeutic [[circumcision]].
* The large numbers of [[intact]] boys growing up healthy and happy is further eroding support for non-therapeutic [[circumcision]].


* The survey (2006) found that the incidence of circumcision on Prince Edward Island was 38 percent.  A recent report (2019) indicated that non-therapeutic circumcision of boys is no longer available on P.E.I. because no practitioner will perform the non-therapeutic [[amputation]] of part of a boy's [[penis]].<ref name="williams2019">{{REFnews
* The survey (2006) found that the incidence of circumcision on Prince Edward Island was 38 percent.  A recent report (2019) indicated that non-therapeutic circumcision of boys is no longer available on P.E.I. after the retirement of Dr Doug Tweel in December 2018,<ref>{{REFnews
|title=New doctor to take over Doug Tweel's patients by June
|url=https://ca.news.yahoo.com/doctor-over-doug-tweel-apos-000000380.html
|last=Anonymous
|publisher=CBC
|date=2019-05-13
|accessdate=2026-02-26}}</ref> because no practitioner will perform the non-therapeutic [[amputation]] of part of a boy's [[penis]].<ref name="williams2019">{{REFnews
  |title=Mom 'enraged' she can't find doctor to perform circumcision on P.E.I.
  |title=Mom 'enraged' she can't find doctor to perform circumcision on P.E.I.
  |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/prince-edward-island/p-e-i-no-doctors-circumcision-1.5187284
  |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/prince-edward-island/p-e-i-no-doctors-circumcision-1.5187284
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===Estimates of prevalence and incidence of circumcision in Canada===
===Estimates of prevalence and incidence of circumcision in Canada===
The incidence of child circumcision in Canada has been in a long-term declining since the 1980s.
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 current statistical data, IntactiWiki offers the following estimates for 2026:
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 current statistical data, IntactiWiki offers the following estimates for 2026:


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<b>Incidence of circumcision</b> is the percentage of Canada-wide newborn boys who are currently receiving [[child circumcision]]. This percentage will vary by locality. Many of these circumcised boys may have older [[circumcised]] fathers who [[Adamant father syndrome| adamantly insist that their son be circumcised]]. IntactiWiki estimates 10-15 percent of newborn boys are currently undergoing harmful, unnecessary, non-therapeutic [[child circumcision]].
<b>Incidence of circumcision</b> is the percentage of Canada-wide newborn boys who are currently receiving [[child circumcision]]. This percentage will vary by locality. Many of these circumcised boys may have older [[circumcised]] fathers who [[Adamant father syndrome| adamantly insist that their son be circumcised]]. IntactiWiki estimates 10-15 percent of newborn boys are currently undergoing harmful, unnecessary, non-therapeutic [[child circumcision]].
===Doctor cuts off tip of infant boy's penis===
A woman in Regina, Saskatchewan sued a physician after the tip of her son's [[penis]] was cut off during a [[circumcision]].<ref>{{REFnews
|title=Regina woman sues doctor after tip of son's penis cut off in circumcision
|url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/saskatchewan/regina-woman-sues-doctor-after-tip-of-son-s-penis-cut-off-in-circumcision-1.5251605
|last=Taylor
|first=Stephanie
|init=
|author-link=
|publisher=The Canadian Press
|website=
|date=2019-08-19
|accessdate=2026-02-26
|quote=The lawsuit, which has not been tested in court, alleges an intern performed the circumcision.
}}</ref>
===The handicaps imposed by circumcision===
[[Dale Andersen| Dale Andersen-Ghiberti, MSW, RSW,]] (2025) has released a new work in [https://cdd.journals.yorku.ca/index.php/cdd/index Critical Disability Discourses], published at [https://www.yorku.ca/ York University], Toronto, Ontario, Canada, on the lifelong handicaps imposed by [[circumcision]].<ref>{{REFjournal
|last=Andersen-Giberson
|init=D
|author-link=Dale Andersen
|url=https://cdd.journals.yorku.ca/index.php/cdd/article/view/39786
|title=Circumcision and forced disability: Routine male neonatal circumcision and the consequences of amputation within a critical disability studies framework
|journal=Critical Disability Discourses
|date=2025-12
|volume=10
|issue=2
|pages=1-37
|URL=https://cdd.journals.yorku.ca/index.php/cdd/article/view/39786/36016
|DOI=https://doi.org/10.25071/1918-6215.39786
|accessdate=2026-03-12
|quote=In a critical disability studies framework, it is argued that the act of amputating healthy erogenous tissue and the consequences of that amputation cause disability, particularly from a counter-hegemonic lens.
|format=PDF
|accessdate=2026-03-12
}}
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==Video==
==Video==
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{{SEEALSO}}
{{SEEALSO}}
* [[Dale Andersen]]
* [[Canadian Children's Rights Council]]
* [[Canadian Children's Rights Council]]
* [[Canadian Foreskin Awareness Project (CAN-FAP)]]
* [[Canadian Foreskin Awareness Project (CAN-FAP)]]
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* {{REFweb
* {{REFweb
  |url=https://www.reddit.com/r/uncircumcised_talk/comments/1pustxg/growing_up_uncircumcised_in_the_80s_and_90s_in/
  |url=https://www.reddit.com/r/uncircumcised_talk/comments/1pustxg/growing_up_uncircumcised_in_the_80s_and_90s_in/
  |title=Growing up uncircumcised in the 80's and 90's in Canada  
  |title=Growing up intact in the 80's and 90's in Canada  
  |last=Anonymous
  |last=Anonymous
  |publisher=REDDIT
  |publisher=REDDIT
  |date=2025-12-24
  |date=2025-12-24
  |accessdate=2025-12-24
  |accessdate=2026-01-20
}}
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