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==Canada and circumcision in the 21st century==
Jackie Smith (2002) discussed the growing consensus against non-therapeutic child circumcision, which she called an "anachronism".<ref name="smith2002">{{REFnews
|title=The growing consensus against circumcision
|url=http://www.cirp.org/news/nationalpost08-30-02a/
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}}</ref>
===Third-party payment is not available===
At the beginning of the 21st Century, only the Manitoba Health Insurance Plan (HIP) still paid for non-therapeutic circumcision, however that ended in 2006.<ref name="skeldon2008" />
===The incidence of circumcision varies widely by region===
Saskatchewan had an incidence of circumcision in 2000 and 2001 of 27.6 percent. The Saskatchewan College of Physicians and Surgeons said in 2002 that was much too high and should be reduced substantially. The Registrar, Dr. Dennis Kimble, said, "they [doctors] aren't required to carry out a procedure simply because parents want it done."<ref>{{REFnews
|title=Sask. college wants circumcision rates reduced
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}}</ref>
===The most recent survey was done in 2006-7===
The [https://www.canada.ca/en/public-health.html Public Health Agency of Canada] carried out a survey of mothers' birth experiences in 2006-7. Item 38 was male infant non-therapeutic circumcision. (See pages 224-5.)
The incidence of circumcision in Canada is believed to be one-half or less than that of the [[United States]].
The above referenced survey provides the most recent available statistics on the incidence of non-therapeutic child circumcision in Canada. ===There are various factors pushing the incidence of non-therapeutic circumcision down=== It is likely that the incidence of circumcision has further declined since the survey was taken for the following reasons:
* The long-term trend in the incidence of [[circumcision]] in Canada is down.