Alberta

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Medical care for minorsRestricted

Alberta bans puberty blockers and cross-sex hormones for gender reassignment under 16. At 16 and 17, a child may still start them if a parent or guardian, a physician, and a psychologist all approve. A minor who had already started, and a minor with a disorder of sex development, are excepted. Sex-reassignment surgery has been banned for anyone under 18 since December 2024.

Health Professions Act; Ministerial Order 31/2025

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Ministerial Order 31/2025

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Public coveragePrescribing limit, not a drug list

The limit is on prescribers. They may not prescribe puberty blockers or cross-sex hormones for gender reassignment to a child under 16. At 16 and 17, a parent or guardian, a physician, and a psychologist must all approve. It is not a separate public drug-plan list.

Ministerial Order 31/2025

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SportsGirls' sport by sex at birth, from 12

From 1 September 2025, a girls' or women's division for athletes 12 and older is limited to athletes whose sex at birth is female. Sex at birth means the sex on the birth registration.

Fairness and Safety in Sport Act; Alta. Reg. 124/2025

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Fairness and Safety in Sport Regulation, Alta. Reg. 124/2025

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Schools — names and pronounsParents told; consent under 16

If a student asks staff to use a new name or pronouns tied to gender identity, the school must tell the parent. For a student under 16, staff may not use that name or those pronouns unless the parent agrees.

Education Act, s. 33.2 (Education Amendment Act, 2024)

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Education Act (King's Printer)

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Schools — curriculumParents must opt in

A school needs a parent's opt-in before it teaches gender identity, sexual orientation, or human sexuality.

Education Act, s. 58.11

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Education Act (King's Printer)

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Sex definitionSex at birth, for sport

For girls' and women's sport, sex at birth means the sex written on the birth registration. Alberta has no general law that defines male and female for every other purpose.

Fairness and Safety in Sport Regulation, Alta. Reg. 124/2025

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ID documentsBirth record can show M, F, or X

Alberta can change the sex marker on a birth record to M, F, or X.

Alberta Vital Statistics — sex indicator amendment

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AdultsSurgery banned under 18

Sex-reassignment surgery is banned under 18. The limits on puberty blockers and cross-sex hormones apply under 16. At 16 and 17 there is a separate approval route.

Government of Alberta — supporting minors

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PrisonsMales can be housed in women's prisons

A male who identifies as a woman can be housed in a women's federal prison, even if his body is male and his identification still says male, unless a health or safety problem cannot be resolved. A federal count of 99 gender-diverse prisoners, from December 2017 to March 2020, found that 62 percent were males who identify as women. At the end of that count, 67 percent of that group were still in men's prisons. The federal women's prison in Alberta is Edmonton Institution for Women.

CSC Commissioner's Directive 100 (in effect 9 May 2022); CSC research report R-442

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CSC research report R-442

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LitigationBill 9 in force

Bill 9, which received royal assent on 11 December 2025, says Alberta's medical, school, and sport rules for children apply even where the Charter of Rights would otherwise limit them.

Bill 9 (2025)

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Key dates2024 to 2026

Sex-reassignment surgery on minors was prohibited in December 2024. The sport law took effect on 1 September 2025. Bill 9 received royal assent on 11 December 2025. The order for 16- and 17-year-olds took effect on 7 January 2026.

Government of Alberta

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L’Alberta fait partie du Canada. C’est l’Alberta, pas Ottawa, pas la Colombie-Britannique. Voir Canada. Cette fiche ne rend pas le Canada Interdit.

Médical. La restriction de l’Alberta sur les bloqueurs de puberté et les hormones du sexe opposé ne vise que les enfants de moins de 16 ans. La Health Professions Act interdit ces prescriptions pour la réassignation de genre avant 16 ans. Les 16 et 17 ans peuvent encore les commencer si un parent ou un tuteur légal, un médecin et un psychologue approuvent tous, en vertu du Ministerial Order 31/2025 (en vigueur le 7 janvier 2026). Un mineur qui avait déjà commencé, et un mineur ayant un trouble du développement sexuel, sont aussi exceptés. La chirurgie de réassignation sexuelle sur les mineurs de moins de 18 ans est interdite depuis décembre 2024. L’Alberta n’a pas interdit toutes les interventions médicales avant 18 ans.

Une injonction du tribunal a brièvement arrêté les règles sur les hormones. Le Bill 9 (sanction royale le 11 décembre 2025) a utilisé la disposition de dérogation. La loi est en vigueur. Egale Canada et Skipping Stone sont encore devant les tribunaux. C’est la situation, pas la levée de l’interdiction.

Écoles. La Education Amendment Act, 2024 (anciennement Bill 27 ; sanction royale le 5 décembre 2024) exige un avis aux parents si un élève de moins de 18 ans demande un nom ou des pronoms liés à l’identité de genre, et le consentement parental avant que le personnel les utilise pour les élèves de moins de 16 ans. Elle fait aussi passer l’enseignement sur l’identité de genre / l’orientation sexuelle / la sexualité humaine à une adhésion explicite des parents, avec l’approbation du ministre pour ces ressources. Les dispositions scolaires restantes ont pris effet le 1er septembre 2025. Le Bill 9 maintient en vigueur ces dispositions scolaires de l’Education Act. C’est une Restriction scolaire.

Ministerial Order 31/2025 · texte législatif du Bill 9

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