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Transgender Quebecers face surgery delays, out-of-province patients get faster care
Quebec’s capped funding limits publicly funded gender-affirming surgeries to about 1,200 patients waiting, with some facing up to four-year waits, advocates say.
- A private clinic in Montreal receives less funding from Quebec for gender-affirming surgeries, delaying waits for Quebec residents while out-of-province patients get faster care.
- More than 1,200 Quebec patients were awaiting surgery at the end of 2025, with potential 4-year waits for vaginoplasties and 3 years for mastectomies if funding isn't increased.
- An advocacy group says the situation is outrageous, with the clinic able to better serve non-Quebecers due to other provinces' adequate funding systems.
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Transgender Quebecers face surgery delays, out-of-province patients get faster care - Montreal
Fraser Place says gender-affirming surgery will allow him to feel comfortable in his body. But the 26-year-old Montrealer says that sense of comfort feels excruciatingly far away.
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Transgender Quebecers face surgery delays, out-of-province patients get faster care
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Total News Sources26
Leaning Left17Leaning Right0Center5Last UpdatedBias Distribution77% Left
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- 77% of the sources lean Left
77% Left
L 77%
C 23%
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