- Homosexuality
- ⚢✔ Legal
- Gay Marriage
- ⚭✔ Legal
- Censorship
- ✔ No censorship
- Changing Gender
- ✔ Legal, surgery not required
- Non-binary gender recognition
- ✔ Recognized
- Discrimination
- ✔ Illegal
- Employment Discrimination
- ✔ Sexual orientation and gender identity
- Housing Discrimination
- ✔ Sexual orientation and gender identity
- Adoption
- ✔ Legal
- Military
- ✔ Legal
- Donating Blood
- ✔ Legal
- Conversion Therapy
- ✔ Banned
- Age of Consent
- ✔ Equal
Suggest Public Opinion Data
By The Numbers
60%
of Albertans would be okay with a family member marrying someone of the same-sex
(Fondation Émergence, 2020)
73%
of Albertans believe same-sex parents are as good as opposite-sex parents
(Fondation Émergence, 2014)
52%
of Albertans agree legalization of same-sex marriage is a good thing
63%
of Albertans would attend a same-sex marriage if invited
(Fondation Émergence, 2011)
History
Homosexual activity in Alberta is legal.
Current status
Since Jan 1, 1969
Since Jan 1, 1969
Legal
under the criminal law amendment act.
Same-sex marriage in Alberta is legal.
Current status
Since Jul 20, 2005
Since Jul 20, 2005
Legal
The Civil Marriage Act was passed at a federal level, overriding provincial marriage law.
Censorship of LGBT Issues in Alberta is no censorship.
Current status
No censorship
In Alberta, there are no laws restricting the discussion or promotion of LGBTQ+ topics.
Right to change legal gender in Alberta is legal, surgery not required.
Current status
Since Apr 23, 2014
Since Apr 23, 2014
Legal, surgery not required
Application requires a letter from a psychiatrist, a commissioned for oaths letter from the applicant, and $20. The Vital Statistics Act's surgical requirement was defeated in court.
Legal recognition of non-binary gender in Alberta is recognized.
Current status
Since Jun 8, 2018
Since Jun 8, 2018
Recognized
Residents of Alberta can ask for an X gender marker on their IDs and birth certificates.
LGBT discrimination in Alberta is illegal.
Current status
Since Mar 10, 2015
Since Mar 10, 2015
Illegal
In Bill 10, a bill ensuring the right of students to form gay-straight alliances in Alberta schools, amendments were added before it was passed adding protection of sexual orientation, gender identity, and gender expression to the Alberta Bill of Rights. Bill 10 goes into effect on June 1, 2015.
The Alberta Human Rights Act has not yet been explicitly modified to include gender identity and gender expression, though they continue to be read in implicitly by the Alberta Human Rights Commission.
The Alberta Human Rights Act has not yet been explicitly modified to include gender identity and gender expression, though they continue to be read in implicitly by the Alberta Human Rights Commission.
Illegal in some contexts
There remains no explicit protection of transgender people under the Act, though the Alberta Human Rights Commission reads in transgender rights under "gender".
LGBT employment discrimination in Alberta is sexual orientation and gender identity.
Current status
Since Oct 1, 2017
Since Oct 1, 2017
Sexual orientation and gender identity
Since June 1, 2015. Also under Bill C-16. As well there is a hate crime unit investigating complaints.
Sexual orientation only
Sexual orientation has been explicitly protected since 2009 in the Alberta Human Rights Act. Gender identity is read-in by the Alberta Human Rights Commission under "gender" though it is not explicit in the Act, however a lengthy tribunal process makes this implicit protection inaccessible to many Albertans.
LGBT housing discrimination in Alberta is sexual orientation and gender identity.
Current status
Since Oct 1, 2017
Since Oct 1, 2017
Sexual orientation and gender identity
Under the Bill 7 of Alberta legislature. As well under Bill C-16.
Sexual orientation only
Sexual orientation is officially a protected group. While not explicit in the law, the Alberta Human Rights Commission reads in transgender rights under "gender", but lengthy tribunal process makes this implicit protection inaccessible to many Albertans.
Same-sex adoption in Alberta is legal.
Current status
Legal
under the albert human rights code.
Serving openly in military in Alberta is legal.
Current status
Legal
Federal jurisdiction.
Conversion therapy in Alberta is banned.
Current status
Banned
Banned in all of Canada
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