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  • 1. Provisional Deaths in Canada Dashboard
    Data Visualization: 71-607-X2024004
    Description: This dashboard presents data that are relevant for monitoring mortality in Canada. The interactive visualization within the dashboard features insights on weekly death trends from the Canadian Vital Statistics - Death (CVSD) database.
    Release date: 2025-07-10
  • 2. Provisional weekly death counts, by age group and sex
    Table: 13-10-0768-01
    Geography: Canada, Province or territory
    Frequency: Weekly
    Description: This table provides Canadians and researchers with provisional data to monitor weekly death trends by age and sex in Canada. Given the delays in receiving the data from the provincial and territorial vital statistics offices, these data are considered provisional. Data in this table will be available by province and territory.
    Release date: 2025-07-10
  • 3. Previous releases and revisions to provisional weekly death counts
    Table: 13-10-0783-01
    Geography: Canada, Province or territory
    Frequency: Weekly
    Description:

    This table provides Canadians and researchers with provisional data to monitor weekly death trends in Canada. Given the delays in receiving the data from the provincial and territorial vital statistics offices, these data are considered provisional. Data in this table will be available by province and territory.

    Release date: 2025-07-10
  • 4. Provisional weekly death counts, by selected grouped causes of death
    Table: 13-10-0810-01
    Geography: Canada, Province or territory
    Frequency: Weekly
    Description:

    This table provides Canadians and researchers with provisional data to monitor weekly death trends by selected grouped causes of death in Canada. Given the delays in receiving the data from the provincial and territorial vital statistics offices, these data are considered provisional. Data in this table will be available by province and territory.

    Release date: 2025-07-10
  • 5. Provisional weekly age-standardized mortality rates, by sex
    Table: 13-10-0879-01
    Geography: Canada, Province or territory
    Frequency: Weekly
    Description: The table displays weekly age standardized mortality rates for every province in Canada (excluding territories), by sex, since 2019. The standardization is done using the 2011 Canadian population.
    Release date: 2025-07-10
  • 6. Estimates of the components of natural increase, quarterly
    Table: 17-10-0059-01
    Geography: Canada, Province or territory
    Frequency: Quarterly
    Description: Components of natural increase, quarterly: births and deaths.
    Release date: 2025-06-18
  • 7. Understanding mortality differentials of Black adults in Canada
    Articles and reports: 82-003-X202500400001
    Description: Prior analyses using national population-based cohorts such as the Canadian Census Health and Environment Cohorts identified elevated mortality risks among Black adults, compared with White adults in Canada. These mortality risks, such as those from HIV/AIDS, prostate cancer, diabetes, cerebrovascular diseases, and various cancers, were differentially higher among Black adults despite accounting for social determinants of health. This study seeks to delve deeper in understanding the paths that contribute to the differential mortality patterns observed in the previous study, particularly for the outcomes that showed substantial increased risk for both Black males and females.
    Release date: 2025-04-16
  • 8. Coroner and medical examiner investigated deaths and mortality rates, by age group
    Table: 13-10-0386-01
    Geography: Canada, Province or territory
    Frequency: Occasional
    Description:

    Number of coroner and medical examiner investigated deaths, mortality rates, and percentage of coroner and medical examiner investigated deaths per all deaths, by age group, 2006 to most recent year.

    Release date: 2025-03-04
  • 9. Coroner and medical examiner investigated deaths and mortality rates, by sex
    Table: 13-10-0387-01
    Geography: Canada, Province or territory
    Frequency: Occasional
    Description:

    Number of coroner and medical examiner investigated deaths, mortality rates, and percentage of coroner and medical examiner investigated deaths per all deaths, by sex, 2006 to most recent year.

    Release date: 2025-03-04
  • 10. Changes in life expectancy at birth during the COVID-19 pandemic and contributions by cause of death in British Columbia, Canada
    Articles and reports: 82-003-X202500200001
    Description: Studies have shown that excess all-cause mortality during the COVID-19 pandemic caused declines of life expectancy at birth (LE0) in most countries around the world, after decades of improvement prior to the pandemic. However, those studies rarely examined the contributions from specific causes of death other than COVID-19. This study aimed to quantify the changes from 2019 to each year during the pandemic and the contributions from COVID-19, unregulated drug toxicity, and other causes of death in British Columbia, Canada.
    Release date: 2025-02-19
Data (52)

Data (52) (0 to 10 of 52 results)

  • 1. Provisional Deaths in Canada Dashboard
    Data Visualization: 71-607-X2024004
    Description: This dashboard presents data that are relevant for monitoring mortality in Canada. The interactive visualization within the dashboard features insights on weekly death trends from the Canadian Vital Statistics - Death (CVSD) database.
    Release date: 2025-07-10
  • 2. Provisional weekly death counts, by age group and sex
    Table: 13-10-0768-01
    Geography: Canada, Province or territory
    Frequency: Weekly
    Description: This table provides Canadians and researchers with provisional data to monitor weekly death trends by age and sex in Canada. Given the delays in receiving the data from the provincial and territorial vital statistics offices, these data are considered provisional. Data in this table will be available by province and territory.
    Release date: 2025-07-10
  • 3. Previous releases and revisions to provisional weekly death counts
    Table: 13-10-0783-01
    Geography: Canada, Province or territory
    Frequency: Weekly
    Description:

    This table provides Canadians and researchers with provisional data to monitor weekly death trends in Canada. Given the delays in receiving the data from the provincial and territorial vital statistics offices, these data are considered provisional. Data in this table will be available by province and territory.

    Release date: 2025-07-10
  • 4. Provisional weekly death counts, by selected grouped causes of death
    Table: 13-10-0810-01
    Geography: Canada, Province or territory
    Frequency: Weekly
    Description:

    This table provides Canadians and researchers with provisional data to monitor weekly death trends by selected grouped causes of death in Canada. Given the delays in receiving the data from the provincial and territorial vital statistics offices, these data are considered provisional. Data in this table will be available by province and territory.

    Release date: 2025-07-10
  • 5. Provisional weekly age-standardized mortality rates, by sex
    Table: 13-10-0879-01
    Geography: Canada, Province or territory
    Frequency: Weekly
    Description: The table displays weekly age standardized mortality rates for every province in Canada (excluding territories), by sex, since 2019. The standardization is done using the 2011 Canadian population.
    Release date: 2025-07-10
  • 6. Estimates of the components of natural increase, quarterly
    Table: 17-10-0059-01
    Geography: Canada, Province or territory
    Frequency: Quarterly
    Description: Components of natural increase, quarterly: births and deaths.
    Release date: 2025-06-18
  • 7. Coroner and medical examiner investigated deaths and mortality rates, by age group
    Table: 13-10-0386-01
    Geography: Canada, Province or territory
    Frequency: Occasional
    Description:

    Number of coroner and medical examiner investigated deaths, mortality rates, and percentage of coroner and medical examiner investigated deaths per all deaths, by age group, 2006 to most recent year.

    Release date: 2025-03-04
  • 8. Coroner and medical examiner investigated deaths and mortality rates, by sex
    Table: 13-10-0387-01
    Geography: Canada, Province or territory
    Frequency: Occasional
    Description:

    Number of coroner and medical examiner investigated deaths, mortality rates, and percentage of coroner and medical examiner investigated deaths per all deaths, by sex, 2006 to most recent year.

    Release date: 2025-03-04
  • 9. Deaths, by place of residence and place of occurrence
    Table: 13-10-0707-01
    Geography: Canada, Province or territory
    Frequency: Annual
    Description:

    Number of deaths, by place of residence and place of occurrence, 1991 to most recent year.

    Release date: 2025-02-19
  • 10. Deaths, by month
    Table: 13-10-0708-01
    Geography: Canada, Province or territory
    Frequency: Annual
    Description:

    Number and percentage of deaths, by month and place of residence, 1991 to most recent year.

    Release date: 2025-02-19
Analysis (75)

Analysis (75) (0 to 10 of 75 results)

  • 1. Understanding mortality differentials of Black adults in Canada
    Articles and reports: 82-003-X202500400001
    Description: Prior analyses using national population-based cohorts such as the Canadian Census Health and Environment Cohorts identified elevated mortality risks among Black adults, compared with White adults in Canada. These mortality risks, such as those from HIV/AIDS, prostate cancer, diabetes, cerebrovascular diseases, and various cancers, were differentially higher among Black adults despite accounting for social determinants of health. This study seeks to delve deeper in understanding the paths that contribute to the differential mortality patterns observed in the previous study, particularly for the outcomes that showed substantial increased risk for both Black males and females.
    Release date: 2025-04-16
  • 2. Changes in life expectancy at birth during the COVID-19 pandemic and contributions by cause of death in British Columbia, Canada
    Articles and reports: 82-003-X202500200001
    Description: Studies have shown that excess all-cause mortality during the COVID-19 pandemic caused declines of life expectancy at birth (LE0) in most countries around the world, after decades of improvement prior to the pandemic. However, those studies rarely examined the contributions from specific causes of death other than COVID-19. This study aimed to quantify the changes from 2019 to each year during the pandemic and the contributions from COVID-19, unregulated drug toxicity, and other causes of death in British Columbia, Canada.
    Release date: 2025-02-19
  • 3. Fall and drug overdose deaths are main contributors as accidental deaths continue to increase, 2017 to 2022
    Stats in brief: 11-001-X202505033783
    Description: Release published in The Daily – Statistics Canada’s official release bulletin
    Release date: 2025-02-19
  • 4. COVID-19 mortality among First Nations people and Métis in private dwellings in Canada: An analysis of social determinants of health and health inequalities
    Stats in brief: 45-28-0001202400100001
    Description: This article provides insights into the rates of COVID-19 mortality among First Nations peoples and Métis living in private dwellings and the social determinants of COVID-19 mortality among these populations using data from the 2016 Canadian Census Health and Environment Cohorts linked to the Canadian Vital Statistics – Death Database from 2016 to 2021.
    Release date: 2024-07-16
  • 5. Study: COVID-19 mortality among First Nations people and Métis in Canada 2020 and 2021
    Stats in brief: 11-001-X202419838484
    Description: Release published in The Daily – Statistics Canada’s official release bulletin
    Release date: 2024-07-16
  • 6. The impacts of extreme heat events on non-accidental, cardiovascular, and respiratory mortality: An analysis of 12 Canadian cities from 2000 to 2020
    Articles and reports: 82-003-X202400600001
    Description: Extreme heat has significant impacts on mortality. In Canada, past research has analyzed the degree to which non-accidental mortality increases during single extreme heat events; however, few studies have considered multiple causes of death and the impacts of extreme heat events on mortality over longer time periods. This study analyzes the impacts of extreme heat events on nonaccidental, cardiovascular, and respiratory deaths from 2000 to 2020 in 12 of the largest cities in Canada.
    Release date: 2024-06-19
  • 7. Sex differences in COVID-19 deaths in the early months of the pandemic in Canada: An examination with an immigration lens
    Articles and reports: 82-003-X202301100001
    Description: At the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, there was an overrepresentation of males in COVID-19 deaths worldwide, with Canada reporting more female COVID-19 deaths. This study examines the overrepresentation of female COVID-19 deaths in Canada, with an immigration lens. This study also evaluates whether there is a sex difference in COVID-19 deaths by immigrant status in Canada and, if so, for which age groups and in which provinces or census metropolitan areas (CMAs).
    Release date: 2023-11-15
  • 8. Lifetime probability of developing cancer and dying from cancer in Canada, 1997 to 2020
    Articles and reports: 82-003-X202300900002
    Description: According to recent Canadian estimates, over two in five Canadians will likely develop cancer in their lifetime, and one in four is expected to die of it. The lifetime probabilities of developing cancer and dying from cancer are useful summary statistics that describe the impact of cancer within a population. However, there is little information on how lifetime probabilities of developing cancer and dying from cancer have changed over time. This study aims to present detailed lifetime probabilities of developing cancer and dying from cancer by sex and cancer type, and to describe changes in these lifetime probabilities over time among the Canadian population.
    Release date: 2023-09-20
  • 9. Premature and potentially avoidable mortality in Canada, provinces and territories 2011 to 2020 Archived
    Stats in brief: 11-001-X202310836332
    Description: Release published in The Daily – Statistics Canada’s official release bulletin
    Release date: 2023-04-18
  • 10. Mortality inequalities of Black adults in Canada
    Articles and reports: 82-003-X202300200001
    Description: Mortality rates in Canada have been shown to vary by population groups (e.g., Indigenous peoples, immigrants) and social economic status (e.g., income levels). Mortality patterns for some groups, including Black individuals, are not as well known. The objective of this study was to assess cause-specific mortality for Black adults living in Canada. Data are from the 2001, 2006 and 2011 Canadian Census Health and Environment Cohort (CanCHECs).
    Release date: 2023-02-15
Reference (3)

Reference (3) ((3 results))

  • 1. Methods for Constructing Life Tables for Canada, Provinces and Territories
    Surveys and statistical programs – Documentation: 84-538-X
    Geography: Canada
    Description: This electronic publication presents the methodology underlying the production of the life tables for Canada, provinces and territories.
    Release date: 2023-08-28
  • 2. Death clearance overview, 2006 edition Archived
    Surveys and statistical programs – Documentation: 82-225-X20060099205
    Description:

    The Death Clearance Overview document describes the Death Clearance module of the Canadian Cancer Registry, its structure, its function and its role in the operation of the national cancer registry. Inputs and outputs are listed and briefly described, as well as the different steps constituting the Death Clearance process.

    Release date: 2006-07-07
  • 3. Vital Statistics - Death Database
    Surveys and statistical programs – Documentation: 3233
    Description: This is an administrative survey that collects demographic and medical (cause of death) information annually from all provincial and territorial vital statistics registries on all deaths in Canada.
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