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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).  


he Canadian Government established Residential Schools from about 1880 to assimilate the indigneous people into Euro-Canadian culture.<ref name="residential2021">{{REFweb
The Canadian Government established Residential Schools from about 1880 to assimilate the indigneous people into Euro-Canadian culture.<ref name="residential2021">{{REFweb
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  |title=Residential Schools in Canada
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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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===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 The last statistics were collected in 2006-7, so they are completely out-of-date.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, <b>IntactiWiki</b> 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 The last statistics were collected in 2006-7, so they are completely out-of-date.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:
<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>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>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]].


<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===
===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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===The handicaps imposed by circumcision===
===The handicaps imposed by circumcision===
[[Dale Andersen| Dale Andersen-Ghiberti, MSW, RSW,]] (2025) has published a new work in Canada on the lifelong handicaps imposed by [[circumcision]].<ref>{{REFjournal
[[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
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  |URL=https://cdd.journals.yorku.ca/index.php/cdd/article/view/39786
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  |URL=https://cdd.journals.yorku.ca/index.php/cdd/article/view/39786/36016
  |DOI=https://doi.org/10.25071/1918-6215.39786  
  |DOI=https://doi.org/10.25071/1918-6215.39786  
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  |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.
  |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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* {{REFnews
|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/
|last=Anonymous
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|publisher={{UNI|Queen's University|Queen's}} Journal
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|date=2021-01-21
|accessdate=2026-04-29
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* {{REFweb
* {{REFweb
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