I am from Vancouver. British Columbia did not do this. Alberta is still the only Canadian jurisdiction with a medical restriction on puberty blockers and cross-sex hormones for minors.
On 11 December 2025 the Protecting Alberta’s Children Statutes Amendment Act — Bill 9 — received Royal Assent and took effect that day. Alberta’s official page: the Act invokes the notwithstanding clauses in the Canadian Charter, the Alberta Bill of Rights, and the Alberta Human Rights Act so the courts cannot strike down three existing laws.
What those laws actually say, on that same page:
1. Sections of the Health Professions Act that prohibit gender-reassignment surgery for children under 18 and puberty blockers and hormone treatments for the purpose of gender reassignment to children under 16. 2. Education Act rules on parental notice and consent when a student wants a new name or pronouns for gender-identity reasons, and parental opt-in for teaching on gender identity, sexual orientation, or human sexuality. 3. The Fairness and Safety in Sport Act — amateur women’s and girls’ sport limited to those born female.
Bill 9 does not mean Alberta banned all medical interventions under 18. The hormone and blocker prohibition it shields is the under-16 rule. The 16- and 17-year-old exceptions in Ministerial Order 31/2025 still exist. See the 7 January 2026 hormone start date.
Egale and Skipping Stone are still in court. The notwithstanding clause is why the law is in force anyway. Saskatchewan’s school pronoun law is. Ottawa has not banned this.
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