Recognition (Canada)

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Recognition (Canada). This article gives information on recognition of nonbinary gender identities in Canadian services and businesses.

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Colours:

• green (#9f9) is not asking at all
• blue (#9ff) is free form field
• yellow (#ffb) is "asks, but optional" or has option for "None", "prefer not to state", etc.
• purple (#f9d) is for mandatory selection which attempts to include other possibilities (such as "other")
• red (#f99) is mandatory selection, allowing only female or male (or for title, only things such as "Dr.")
• white background is some other situation (describe)

Fields:

• title is for title selection
• gender is for explicit gender (or "sex") selection

Finance

Company	Title	Gender	Notes
CIBC (personal banking)	Optional: Mr, Mrs, Ms, Miss, Other	Doesn't ask
Bank of Montreal (personal banking)	Optional: Mr, Mrs, Miss, Ms, Dr	Doesn't ask
PC Financial (personal banking)	Mandatory: Mr, Mrs, Miss, Ms, Dr, Other	Doesn't ask
TD Canada Trust (personal banking)	Mandatory: Dr, Miss, Mr, Mrs, Ms	Doesn't ask	Agents at the bank cannot fix this problem. The computer system will not allow the title field to be deleted or left blank. A branch manager gave information about how to elevate the concern to 'head office' and that was done on 2015-07-02. As of letter written July 17, 2005 from TD Vice President (Community Relations) Scott Mullin, "A review across TD was undertaken and unfortunately due to the interdependencies of various technology systems, we are unable to immediately remove your title [...] However, we recognize the importance of the issue you have raised, and will be conducting further investigations to explore possible solutions to this issue. Please be assured that we are taking your concern very seriously."
Royal Bank (personal banking)	Mandatory: Mr, Mrs, Ms, Miss, Dr, Rev, Sr	Doesn't ask
Tangerine (personal banking)	Mandatory: with options such as Dr, Rev, Fr, etc.	Doesn't ask
Scotiabank (personal banking)	Mandatory: Mr, Ms, Mrs, Miss, Dr	Mandatory: Female, Male

Utilities

Company	Title	Gender	Notes
Toronto Hydro	Doesn't ask	Doesn't ask
Teksavvy (Internet)	Doesn't ask	Doesn't ask
Beanfield Metroconnect (Internet)	Doesn't ask	Doesn't ask

Loyalty Programmes

Company	Title	Gender	Notes
PC Plus (President's Choice)	Doesn't ask	Doesn't ask
Vicinity	Doesn't ask	Doesn't ask	division of Rogers
Via Préférence	Optional: Miss, Ms, Mrs, Mr, Dr	Doesn't ask
Shoppers Optimum	Doesn't ask	Mandatory: Female, Male	programme is known to be extremely gender-centric
Air Miles	Optional: Dr, M, Mme, Mlle, Mr, Mrs, Ms, Miss	Mandatory: Female, Male
Aeroplan	Mandatory: many choices like "Rev", "Hon", etc.	Mandatory: Male, Female

Insurance

Company	Title	Gender	Notes
PC Insurance (Home)	Has "None/Other" option in dropdown	Doesn't ask	"Using a nickname for your first name is ok"
State Farm (Home)	Doesn't ask	Doesn't ask
TD Insurance (Home)	Doesn't ask	Mandatory: Male, Female	also has mandatory field for marital status

Cultural Memberships

Company	Title	Gender	Notes
Art Gallery of Hamilton	Optional: Mr, Ms, Mrs, Miss, Dr, Hon, Prof	Doesn't ask
Art Gallery of Ontario	Optional: Mr, Mrs, Ms, Miss, Dr, other	Doesn't ask
Royal Ontario Museum	Mandatory: Mr, Mrs, Mis, Miss, Dr, other	Doesn't ask
Ontario Science Centre	Doesn't ask	Doesn't ask
Science North	Doesn't ask	Doesn't ask

Misc

Company	Title	Gender	Notes
PRESTO card registration	Doesn't ask	Doesn't ask
Bike Share Toronto	Doesn't ask	Mandatory: Male, Female	2015-07-01: sent email inquiry about removing gender field. On 2015-09-08 received reply from General Manager Scott Hancock saying that upgrades are planned for October (but may be disrupted by other business) and requesting feedback on a new sign-up form.
Toronto Green P (parking)	Doesn't ask	Doesn't ask
Toronto Public Library	Doesn't ask	Must sign up in person and they will guess your gender and enter it. They have an "N/A" option on their screen and you can request it.

See also

• Recognition (UK)
• Recognition (USA)