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 fa parte del Canada. Questa è l’Alberta, non Ottawa, non la Columbia Britannica. Vedi Canada. Questa scheda non rende il Canada Vietato.

Medicina. La limitazione dell’Alberta sui bloccanti della pubertà e sugli ormoni del sesso opposto vale solo per i bambini sotto i 16 anni. La Health Professions Act vieta quelle prescrizioni per la riassegnazione di genere sotto i 16 anni. Le età 16 e 17 possono ancora iniziarle se un genitore o tutore legale, un medico e uno psicologo le approvano tutti, in base al Ministerial Order 31/2025 (in vigore il 7 gennaio 2026). Restano esclusi anche il minore che aveva già iniziato e il minore con un disturbo dello sviluppo sessuale. La chirurgia di riassegnazione del sesso sui minori sotto i 18 anni è proibita dal dicembre 2024. L’Alberta non ha vietato tutti gli interventi medici sotto i 18 anni.

Un’ingiunzione del tribunale ha fermato per breve tempo le regole sugli ormoni. Il Bill 9 (Royal Assent 11 dicembre 2025) ha usato la clausola notwithstanding. La legge è in vigore. Egale Canada e Skipping Stone sono ancora in tribunale. Questo è lo stato processuale, non la revoca del divieto.

Scuole. L’Education Amendment Act, 2024 (già Bill 27; Royal Assent 5 dicembre 2024) richiede l’avviso ai genitori se uno studente sotto i 18 anni chiede un nome o dei pronomi legati all’identità di genere, e il consenso dei genitori prima che il personale li usi per gli studenti sotto i 16 anni. Sposta anche l’insegnamento su identità di genere / orientamento sessuale / sessualità umana all’opt-in dei genitori, con l’approvazione del ministro di quei materiali. Le restanti disposizioni scolastiche sono entrate in vigore il 1° settembre 2025. Il Bill 9 tiene in vigore quelle parti scolastiche dell’Education Act. È una Limitazione scolastica.

Ministerial Order 31/2025 · testo legislativo del Bill 9

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