Sexual behaviour — can I give blood? (Canadian Blood Services)
What is the waiting period for Sexual behaviour — can I give blood? (Canadian Blood Services)?
For Sexual behaviour, waiting period is 3 months; condition is after anal sex with a new partner or multiple sexual partners; outcome is temporary deferral; blood service is Canadian Blood Services, recorded from its source on 2026-08-06.
All donors are asked about sexual behaviour. Donors must wait three months after anal sex with a new partner or multiple sexual partners.
— blood.ca, retrieved 2026-08-06
3 months
How long you must wait before donating (or the age/weight bound), exactly as this blood service prints it — the passage it comes from is quoted on the record page. National services genuinely disagree on the same criterion; check the service you would donate with.
- Criterion
- Sexual behaviour verified
- Blood service
- Canadian Blood Services our reading
- Waiting period
- 3 months
- Condition
- after anal sex with a new partner or multiple sexual partners verified
- Outcome
- temporary deferral our reading
Values marked our reading are our classification of what the source says — the source does not print them in those words. The quote below is the evidence for each one; judge it yourself.
Source
- blood.cahttps://www.blood.ca/en/blood/am-i-eligible-donate-blood/eligibility