Criminal Code (R.S.C., 1985, c. C-46)

Marginal note:Definition of conversion therapy

320.101 In sections 320.102 to 320.104, conversion therapy means a practice, treatment or service designed to

• (a) change a person’s sexual orientation to heterosexual;

• (b) change a person’s gender identity to cisgender;

• (c) change a person’s gender expression so that it conforms to the sex assigned to the person at birth;

• (d) repress or reduce non-heterosexual attraction or sexual behaviour;

• (e) repress a person’s non-cisgender gender identity; or

• (f) repress or reduce a person’s gender expression that does not conform to the sex assigned to the person at birth.

For greater certainty, this definition does not include a practice, treatment or service that relates to the exploration or development of an integrated personal identity — such as a practice, treatment or service that relates to a person’s gender transition — and that is not based on an assumption that a particular sexual orientation, gender identity or gender expression is to be preferred over another.