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As of 2019, [[third-party payment]] for non-therapeutic circumcision is not available in Canada. 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 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
As of 2019, [[third-party payment]] for non-therapeutic circumcision has not been available anywwhere in Canada since 2006. 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 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/
  |url=https://gentleproceduresnb.ca/circumcision/cost-how-much/
  |title=Circumcision Pricing & Insurance Coverage
  |title=Circumcision Pricing & Insurance Coverage