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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 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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* 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 | |||
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|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. | The incidence of [[child circumcision]] in Canada has been in a long-term declining trend since the 1980s.<ref>{{REFweb | ||
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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, <b>IntactiWiki</b> offers the following estimates for 2026: | ||
<b>Prevalence of circumcision</b> is the percentage of all living Canadian males of all ages who are [[circumcised]]. The [[circumcised]] group is primarily composed of older English-speaking males. IntactiWiki estimates the prevalence of [[circumcision]] is about 25-30 percent. | <b>Prevalence of circumcision</b> is the percentage of all living Canadian males of all ages who are [[circumcised]]. The [[circumcised]] group is primarily composed of older English-speaking males. <b>IntactiWiki</b> estimates the prevalence of [[circumcision]] is about 25-30 percent. | ||
<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]]. <b>IntactiWiki</b> 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=== | ===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 | A woman in Regina, Saskatchewan sued a physician after the tip of her son's [[penis]] was cut off during a [[circumcision]].<ref>{{REFnews | ||
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|quote=The lawsuit, which has not been tested in court, alleges an intern performed the circumcision. | |quote=The lawsuit, which has not been tested in court, alleges an intern performed the circumcision. | ||
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===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 | |||
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|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. | |||
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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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|quote=Instead of coming down on one side of the debate, the [[Canadian Paediatric Society]] could help parents more by offering guidance that clearly spells out the potential advantages and risks of [[circumcision]], without bias or omission. | |quote=Instead of coming down on one side of the debate, the [[Canadian Paediatric Society]] could help parents more by offering guidance that clearly spells out the potential advantages and risks of [[circumcision]], without bias or omission. | ||
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|title=Regrowing my foreskin: How I’m overcoming the trauma of infant circumcision | |||
|url=https://www.queensjournal.ca/story/2021-01-21/postscript/regrowing-my-foreskin/ | |||
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|publisher={{UNI|Queen's University|Queen's}} Journal | |||
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* {{REFweb | * {{REFweb | ||