If you're an LGBTQ2+ Canadian considering adoption, you're part of a growing and vibrant community. Since 2005, when same-sex marriage became legal across the country, the number of LGBTQ2+ families in Canada has significantly increased. While the environment for LGBTQ2+ adoption has greatly evolved, there are still specific considerations and challenges you may encounter.

International adoption can be a costly and complex process. You will need to manage your local provincial requirements, as well as the requirements of the adoption authority of the country where the child lives.

A private domestic adoption is an adoption that is facilitated by either a licensed private adoption agency or an individual.

Public adoptions are adoptions of children in the permanent care of children’s aid societies, known as children in extended society care. 

Adoption is a legal process where a family permanently takes on the responsibility of raising a child or youth when they cannot remain with their birth parents.

Understanding that federal and provincial laws may impact your family-building journey is important. We’ll cover the Assisted Human Reproduction Act, SC 2004, c.2, legal parentage, and surrogacy and donor agreements.