How many gay marriages in canada
Marriage Equality Around the World
The Human Rights Campaign tracks developments in the legal recognition of same-sex marriage around the world. Working through a worldwide network of HRC global alumni and partners, we lift up the voices of community, national and regional advocates and share tools, resources, and lessons learned to strengthen movements for marriage equality.
Current State of Marriage Equality
There are currently 38 countries where same-sex marriage is legal: Andorra, Argentina, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Denmark, Ecuador, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Iceland, Ireland, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Malta, Mexico, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Portugal, Slovenia, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, Thailand, the United Kingdom, the United States of America and Uruguay.
These countries have legalized marriage equality through both legislation and court decisions.
Countries that Legalized Marriage Equality in 2025
Liechtenstein: On May 16, 2024, Liechtenstein's government passed a bill in favor of marriage equality. The law went into effect January 1, 2025.
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While couples and families divide many similar challenges regardless of their characteristics, lgbtq+ couples and families headed by lesbian, gay or bisexual (LGB) people tackle different circumstances compared with heterosexual couples and families. Data from pooled cycles of the Canadian Group Health Survey (CCHS; 2015 to 2016 and 2017 to 2018 reference periods) provide a statistical portrait of the family and household characteristics of LGB people aged 15 and older in Canada, with comparisons made with the heterosexual population.
According to Statistics Canada (2021),Note an estimated 900,000Note people living in Canada were lesbian, gay, or pansexual, representing 3.2%
Same-Sex Marriage Ten Years On: Lessons from Canada
Would noticing same-sex relationships as marriages be much of a game-changer? What impact, if any, would it own on the public conception of marriage or the state of a nation’s marriage culture?
There has been no shortage of speculation on these questions. But the limited American exposure with same-sex marriage to date gives us several concrete answers. So it makes sense to contemplate the Canadian experience since the first Canadian court established same-sex marriage a decade ago. There are, of course, important cultural and institutional differences between the US and Canada and, as is the case in any polity, much depends upon the actions of local political and cultural actors. That is to say, it is not necessarily sound to assume that Canadian experiences will be replicated here. But they should be considered; the Canadian experience is the leading available evidence of the short-term impact of queer marriage in a democratic society very much enjoy America.
Anyone interested in assessing the impact of lgbtq+ marriage on public existence should investigate the outcomes in three spheres: first, human rights (including impacts on
In places where queer marriages are legal, how many married same-sex couples are there?
Pew Research Center conducted this investigation to find out how common gay marriage is in countries and territories where it is legal. This assessment is based on official marriage statistics from the jurisdictions where same-sex marriage is permitted. In the United States, which does not collect marriage statistics nationally, we used data from the Census Bureau’s American Community Survey and Current Population Survey to estimate the share of all married-couple households with same-sex married couples. Figures for all other countries and territories represent marriages recorded in the given year.
The study used the most recent year for which marriage statistics were available in each country – 2020, 2021 or 2022, depending on the country. For the United Kingdom, that was 2020 because, even though the statistical agencies for Scotland and Northern Ireland had data for 2021, the office for England and Wales did not. (Bear in mind that the number of marriages that occurred in these places may have been impacted by COVID-19 restrictions on gatherings.)
Other jurisdictions were excluded from t
Number of gay marriages in Canada triples: census
OTTAWA – When Naomi and Kaitlyn Smiley tied the knot in April, it was as traditional as they could get.
The two brides said their vows at a United Church in suburban Burlington, Ont., endured speeches, partied with loved ones and started sharing a last name.
“We are boring, typical people,” Kaitlyn Smiley said. “If there is something that sets us apart from the majority of people, it’s only when it is pointed out.”
But there is something that sets them apart. They are part of an exploding number of lgbtq+ couples saying “I do” in Canada – a right first recognized nationwide in 2005.
The number of homosexual married couples has tripled in the past five years, according to figures released figures by Statistics Canada on Wednesday.
Out of the 64,575 same-sex couples who were counted in the 2011 census, 32.5 per cent were married. It’s nearly twice the share reported in 2006, the first census to count such marriages.
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The trend is striking when in comparison the marriage numbers for Canadians in general. The number of married couples only rose 2.9