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→Canada and circumcision in the 21st century: text improvement.
* The long-term trend in the incidence of circumcision in Canada is down.
* The health insurance plans do not support non-therapeutic circumcision.
* Hospitals do not provide non-therapeutic circumcision.
* The ratio of intact fathers to circumcised fathers is changing toward more intact fathers and fewer circumcised fathers. 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.<ref name="rediger-muller2013" /> This will cause a further decline in the incidence of circumcision.
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The prevalence of circumcision is high higher among older males, but low lower among younger males. As older , mostly circumcised males die and are replaced by younger, mostly intact males, the prevalence of circumcision in Canada is gradually declining. Intact males usually do not want any son to be circumcised,<ref name="brown-brown1987" /> <ref name="rediger-muller2013" /> so the demand for circumcision in Canada is declining.
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