Is same-sex marriage legal in Canada?
Marriage legal
Same-sex marriage is legally performed and recognized.
Canada is one of 57 countries classified “Marriage legal” for same-sex marriage — 38% of the 152 with data. (Also searched as gay marriage.)
Source
- Last checked
- 15 September 2026
- How it was classified
- Read directly from the source’s own table, without interpretation.
Nearby countries
- United States
- Marriage legal Same-sex marriage is legally performed and recognized.
- Saint Pierre and Miquelon
- Marriage legal Same-sex marriage is legally performed and recognized.
- Greenland
- Marriage legal Same-sex marriage is legally performed and recognized.
- Bermuda
- Civil unions Same-sex couples can enter a civil union or registered partnership, but not marry.
- Iceland
- Marriage legal Same-sex marriage is legally performed and recognized.
- Mexico
- Marriage legal Same-sex marriage is legally performed and recognized.
Other laws in Canada
- Same-Sex Activity
- Legal
- Age of Consent
- 16–17
- Sex Work
- Buying illegal (Nordic model)
- Divorce
- Heavily restricted
- Non-Binary Recognition
- Recognized
- Same-Sex Adoption
- Joint adoption legal
- Incest Laws
- Criminal offense
- Marriage Age
- 18+
A visual reference compiled from Wikipedia’s law-by-country articles, not legal advice. Laws change and summaries simplify — check a primary source before relying on anything here.