the second highest in Canada after Yellowknife in the Northwest Territories. Men in same-sex couples accounted for 0.7% of men in couples. Religious performance In July 2019, the synod of the Anglican Church of Canada passed a resolution known as "A Word to the Church", allowing its dioceses to choose whether to perform same-sex marriages. The canons of the Diocese of Yukon do not explicitly prohibit same-sex marriages, and one of the only mentions to marriage defines it as being "between two people". The former bishop, Larry Robertson, who retired in 2019, was vocally opposed to same-sex marriage. See also Same-sex marriage in Canada LGBT rights in Canada Notes References External links Dunbar & Edge v. Yukon (Government of) & Canada (A.G.), 2004 YKSC 54 (CanLII) – text of the ruling Yukon Yukon law 2004 in LGBT history