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{{Construction Site}}The status of non-therapeutic A Report on circumcision in Canada has been poorly reported. This page is an attempt to correct that situation.
Add information on P.E.I.
==History==
* Boys who were born after the decline in circumcision started and who are intact are now reaching the age at which they start families and become fathers. Intact men usually do not want any son to be circumcised, so they will usually not have a son circumcised.
* The survey found that the incidence of circumcision on Prince Edward Island was 38 percent. A recent report 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>{{REFnews |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 |last=Williams |first=Nicole |coauthors= |publisher=CBC News |website= |date=2019-06-24 |accessdate=2019-10-27 |quote=}}</ref>
As of 2019, third-party payment for circumcision is not available in Canada. Moreover, non-therapeutic circumcision is not done in hospitals, 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.