Most Canadians Think Transgender Inmates Should Not Be in Women’s Prisons: Poll

A file photo of patches on the arm and shoulder of a corrections officer at the Fraser Valley Institution for Women in Abbotsford, B.C., on Oct. 26, 2017. Darryl Dyck/The Canadian Press

Almost 80 percent of Canadians think it is important to maintain single-sex housing in prisons, according to a poll released Feb. 2 by the Macdonald-Laurier Institute (MLI).

Since 2018, however, prisoners in Canada have been housed in men’s or women’s federal prisons based on their self-identified gender.