More than half of Canadians said they would define a person as male or female, according to a poll conducted by the Angus Reid Institute (ARI). .One-third of Canadians find this insufficient, according to the Tuesday poll. ARI said people who find the gender binary is too limiting are more likely to be female (40%) than male (26%), and those identifying as non-binary support this idea the most (73%). .People on the other side of the debate were more likely to be men older than 34 years old, for whom two-thirds say two genders is enough. .ARI went on to say these divisions extend to deeper conversations of gender ideology. For example, what is a woman? .It found one-third of Canadians said a woman is restricted to people born biologically female, but others dispute that definition..Another one-third argued anyone who wants to can identify as a woman and one-fifth said a woman is a person who has female genitals, whether they were born with them or received a gender transition. .When it comes to children, seven-tenths said they would accept and accommodate their child’s wish to change their gender identity, including three-fifths who have children younger than 18..That said, support for starting a child on hormone therapy drops to one-fifth among the general population and that same group of parents. .These responses vary when different ages are presented for the child — eight, 12 and 16 — but majority opposition is consistent. .ARI said 70% of Canadians feel transgender people face significant discrimination in their daily lives. It added another two-thirds say increasing acceptance of transgender people is a sign of social progress for Canada. .That said, Canadians feel there is a media fixation with transgender issues that give this subject too much attention. Three-fifths said this — an increase from 41% who felt this way in 2016. .Asked if a transgender girl should be allowed to play sports with biological girls, Canadians offer differing views..Three-tenths said yes, and three-tenths said no. For two-fifths, it depends on the sport, with contact ones such as wrestling and rugby a source of contention. .The Conservatives voted 87% to 13% to pass a proposal from the Edmonton-Strathcona, AB, EDA about restricting women’s spaces and categories to biological women at the Conservative Convention on September 9. .READ MORE: Conservatives pass anti-woke policy proposals at convention.Canadian sport performance coach Linda Blade said women in Canada need the Conservatives’ help. .“Single-sex female-only spaces are disappearing in this country,” said Blade. .The poll was conducted online from July 26 to 31 among a representative randomized sample of 3,016 Canadian adults who are members of the Angus Reid Forum. It has a margin of error of +/- 1.5 percentage points, 19 times out of 20.
