People in the same age group make up 21 per cent of the non-LGBTQ population. Only seven per cent of Canada's LGBTQ population is 65 or older. The data, which Statistics Canada has been collecting since 2003, show that Canada's LGBTQ population is skewed heavily toward young people.Īround 30 per cent of LGBTQ Canadians are between the ages of 15 and 24 - an age group that accounts for just 14 per cent of the non-LGBTQ population. That's according to a new report by Statistics Canada which seeks to paint a 'statistical portrait' of the country's LGBTQ population in recognition of Pride month.
Canada is now home to about one million people who identify as members of the LGBTQ community, with people under the age of 25 accounting for a disproportionately large share of the LGBTQ population.
