| IRB | Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada |
| IRCC | Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada |
| JBI | Joanna Briggs Institute |
| LGBT | Lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans |
| LGBTQ | Lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans, queer |
| PCC | Population-Concept-Context |
| PRISMA-ScR | Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses extension for Scoping Reviews |
| SOGIE | Sexual orientation, gender identity and expression |
| UNHCR | United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees |