Between December 2006 and November 2009, Planned Parenthood Toronto collected over 1,200 surveys and spoke with 118 youth and 80 of their service providers. This sample is the largest community-based sample of its kind in Toronto, Canada’s most diverse urban center. Through these surveys they found that:

• pregnancy rates are higher for LGBTQ youth than for heterosexual youth
• 50% of youth who identified as ‘questioning’ their sexual orientation are newcomers or
  immigrants to Canada
• LGBTQ youth engage in riskier sex and higher rates of alcohol and drug use than
  heterosexual youth
• LGBTQ and questioning youth still encounter problems when accessing sexual health
  services
• LGBTQ issues are invisible in sexual health education in schools