Quebec Policy Restricting Gender-Neutral Bathrooms in Schools Enters Into Effect

Quebec Education Minister Bernard Drainville speaks at the opening of a legislature committee on education, on Jan. 30, 2024. The Canadian Press/Jacques Boissinot

Quebec’s new rules banning the construction of shared gender-neutral bathrooms in schools come into effect on May 1.

The government directive requires that all new bathrooms and locker rooms in schools across the province be designated for either boys or girls.