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We assessed the proportion of individuals being ever engaged in HIV care [defined as having any recorded antiretroviral therapy (ART) regimen and\/or viral load], current ART use, and most recent viral load (suppressed [&lt;200 copies\/ml] vs. unsuppressed) overall and compared across subgroups using \u03c7<jats:sup>2<\/jats:sup> tests.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Results<\/jats:title><jats:p>All TWLWH in our sample [100.0%, 95% confidence interval (CI): 95.8\u2013100.0%] were engaged in HIV care; most (93.0%, 95% CI: 85.4\u201397.4%) were currently using ART and most (93.4%, 95% CI: 85.3\u201397.8%) with complete data (<jats:italic>n<\/jats:italic>\u00a0=\u00a071\/76) were virally suppressed. A higher proportion of trans women of colour (100.0%) reported current ART use compared with white trans women (76.9%, <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\u00a0=\u00a00.017). A higher proportion of those with no documented history of injection drug use (IDU; 96.6%) were virally suppressed compared with those with a history of IDU (66.7%, <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\u00a0=\u00a00.022). Although not statistically significant, 96.2% of those currently reporting feminizing hormone use were virally suppressed, compared with 85.0% of those not reporting use (<jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\u00a0=\u00a00.202).<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Conclusions<\/jats:title><jats:p>Once engaged in HIV care, TWLWH in Canada appear to have excellent ART use and viral suppression. 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