Statistics Canada published a new article based on 2021 Census data: Socioeconomic outcomes of transgender and non-binary people in Canada. The article uses age-standardized statistics to provide a sociodemographic portrait of the transgender and non-binary populations in Canada. Examining poverty rates and employment income of transgender men, transgender women and non-binary people, compared with cisgender men, the article also explores other characteristics such as education, work activity, occupation, housing, living arrangements, disability, Indigenous identity, and racialized/immigrant status.

According to Statistics Canada, gender diverse adults were considerably younger on average, had higher disability rates, worked fewer hours and tended to be employed in lower-paid occupations than cisgender men. Statistics Canada reported that age-standardized poverty rates were highest for non-binary people (17.8%), followed by transgender women (11.1%) and transgender men (10.5%). The report noted that among full-time, full-year employees aged 25 to 64 years, unadjusted earnings were highest for cisgender men ($81,900), and lower for transgender men ($68,900), cisgender women ($67,800), non-binary people ($66,000) and transgender women ($64,300).

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