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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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  • 1. Health Indicators
    Journals and periodicals: 82-221-X
    Geography: Canada
    Description:

    Over 80 indicators measure the health of the Canadian population and the effectiveness of the health care system. Designed to provide comparable information at the health region and provincial/territorial levels, these data are produced from a wide range of the most recently available sources.

    This Internet publication is produced by Statistics Canada and the Canadian Institute for Health Information.

    Release date: 2020-07-30
  • 2. Provisional death counts and excess mortality January 2019 to May 2020
    Stats in brief: 11-001-X202020623843
    Description: Release published in The Daily – Statistics Canada’s official release bulletin
    Release date: 2020-07-24
  • 3. Weekly death counts: Interactive tool
    Data Visualization: 71-607-X2020017
    Description:

    The dashboard presents data that are relevant for monitoring the impacts of COVID-19 on mortality in Canada. It includes the latest weekly death data and historical weekly death data back to 2015 from the Canadian Vital Statistics: Death database (CVS:D). The CVS:D is an administrative survey that collects demographic and medical (cause of death) information from all provincial and territorial vital statistics registries on all deaths in Canada.

    With this tool, data users can explore current and historical weekly trends of deaths for each province and territory. Key variables such as age group and sex are also presented in interactive charts.

    The interactive tool allows users to examine excess deaths by comparing the trend in weekly deaths in 2020 to the trends in weekly deaths in previous years.

    Release date: 2020-07-24
  • 4. 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: 2020-07-24
  • 5. Previous releases and revisions to 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: 2020-07-24
  • 6. Selected grouped causes of death, by month
    Table: 13-10-0785-01
    Geography: Canada, Province or territory
    Frequency: Occasional
    Description:

    This table provides Canadians and researchers with provisional data to monitor monthly 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: 2020-07-03
  • 7. Health Fact Sheets
    Journals and periodicals: 82-625-X
    Geography: Canada
    Description:

    Health fact sheets will include short, focused, single-theme analysis documents. Over the course of the series, analysis will include topics on: Health conditions, lifestyle, well-being, disability, prevention and detection of disease, deaths, pregnancy and birth, health care services and environmental factors.

    Release date: 2020-06-24
  • 8. Quarterly Demographic Estimates
    Table: 91-002-X
    Description:

    This publication presents quarterly estimates of population for Canada, provinces and territories as well as statistics on the following components of population change: births, deaths, immigration, emigration, returning emigration, net temporary emigration, net non-permanent residents and interprovincial migration, the latter by origin and destination. The Quarterly Demographic Estimates publication contains the most recent estimates as well as a quarterly historical series. It also contains highlights and analysis of the most current demographic trends, as well as a brief description of the concepts, methods and data quality of the estimates.

    Release date: 2020-06-18
  • 9. Estimates of the components of natural increase, quarterly
    Table: 17-10-0059-01
    (formerly: CANSIM 053-0001)
    Geography: Canada, Province or territory
    Frequency: Quarterly
    Description: Components of natural increase, quarterly: births and deaths.
    Release date: 2020-06-18
  • 10. Social isolation and mortality among Canadian seniors
    Articles and reports: 82-003-X202000300003
    Description:

    This study examines an objective and a subjective measure of social isolation and their associations with mortality for Canadian seniors aged 65 or older.

    Release date: 2020-06-17
Data (131)

Data (131) (0 to 10 of 131 results)

  • 1. Weekly death counts: Interactive tool
    Data Visualization: 71-607-X2020017
    Description:

    The dashboard presents data that are relevant for monitoring the impacts of COVID-19 on mortality in Canada. It includes the latest weekly death data and historical weekly death data back to 2015 from the Canadian Vital Statistics: Death database (CVS:D). The CVS:D is an administrative survey that collects demographic and medical (cause of death) information from all provincial and territorial vital statistics registries on all deaths in Canada.

    With this tool, data users can explore current and historical weekly trends of deaths for each province and territory. Key variables such as age group and sex are also presented in interactive charts.

    The interactive tool allows users to examine excess deaths by comparing the trend in weekly deaths in 2020 to the trends in weekly deaths in previous years.

    Release date: 2020-07-24
  • 2. 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: 2020-07-24
  • 3. Previous releases and revisions to 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: 2020-07-24
  • 4. Selected grouped causes of death, by month
    Table: 13-10-0785-01
    Geography: Canada, Province or territory
    Frequency: Occasional
    Description:

    This table provides Canadians and researchers with provisional data to monitor monthly 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: 2020-07-03
  • 5. Quarterly Demographic Estimates
    Table: 91-002-X
    Description:

    This publication presents quarterly estimates of population for Canada, provinces and territories as well as statistics on the following components of population change: births, deaths, immigration, emigration, returning emigration, net temporary emigration, net non-permanent residents and interprovincial migration, the latter by origin and destination. The Quarterly Demographic Estimates publication contains the most recent estimates as well as a quarterly historical series. It also contains highlights and analysis of the most current demographic trends, as well as a brief description of the concepts, methods and data quality of the estimates.

    Release date: 2020-06-18
  • 6. Estimates of the components of natural increase, quarterly
    Table: 17-10-0059-01
    (formerly: CANSIM 053-0001)
    Geography: Canada, Province or territory
    Frequency: Quarterly
    Description: Components of natural increase, quarterly: births and deaths.
    Release date: 2020-06-18
  • 7. Death counts, by week, inactive Archived
    Table: 13-10-0779-01
    Geography: Canada, Province or territory
    Frequency: Occasional
    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: 2020-05-13
  • 8. Life Tables, Canada, Provinces and Territories
    Table: 84-537-X
    Description:

    This electronic publication contains life tables comprising life expectancy and related estimates by age and sex for Canada, the provinces and territories. Detailed estimates (by single year of age) have been produced for Canada and all of the provinces, except Prince Edward Island. Abridged estimates (by five-year age group) have been produced for Prince Edward Island and the three territories separately.

    Release date: 2020-01-28
  • 9. Life expectancy and other elements of the life table, Canada, all provinces except Prince Edward Island
    Table: 13-10-0114-01
    Geography: Canada, Province or territory
    Frequency: Annual
    Description:

    This table contains mortality indicators for Canada and all provinces except Prince Edward Island for the period from 1980/1982 to 2014/2016. Complete mortality tables are available for men, women and both sexes combined. For Prince Edward Island, Yukon, the Northwest Territories and Nunavut, abridged life tables by 5-year age groups can be found in table 13-10-0140-01.

    Release date: 2020-01-28
  • 10. Life expectancy and other elements of the life table, Prince Edward Island and the territories
    Table: 13-10-0140-01
    Geography: Province or territory
    Frequency: Annual
    Description:

    This table contains mortality indicators for Prince Edward Island and the territories for the period from 1980/1982 to 2014/2016. Abridged mortality tables, by 5-year age groups, are available for men, women and both sexes combined. Complete life tables, by single years of age, are available for Canada as a whole and for all provinces except Prince Edward Island. The complete life tables can be found in table 13-10-0114-01.

    Release date: 2020-01-28
Analysis (54)

Analysis (54) (0 to 10 of 54 results)

  • 1. Health Indicators
    Journals and periodicals: 82-221-X
    Geography: Canada
    Description:

    Over 80 indicators measure the health of the Canadian population and the effectiveness of the health care system. Designed to provide comparable information at the health region and provincial/territorial levels, these data are produced from a wide range of the most recently available sources.

    This Internet publication is produced by Statistics Canada and the Canadian Institute for Health Information.

    Release date: 2020-07-30
  • 2. Provisional death counts and excess mortality January 2019 to May 2020
    Stats in brief: 11-001-X202020623843
    Description: Release published in The Daily – Statistics Canada’s official release bulletin
    Release date: 2020-07-24
  • 3. Health Fact Sheets
    Journals and periodicals: 82-625-X
    Geography: Canada
    Description:

    Health fact sheets will include short, focused, single-theme analysis documents. Over the course of the series, analysis will include topics on: Health conditions, lifestyle, well-being, disability, prevention and detection of disease, deaths, pregnancy and birth, health care services and environmental factors.

    Release date: 2020-06-24
  • 4. Social isolation and mortality among Canadian seniors
    Articles and reports: 82-003-X202000300003
    Description:

    This study examines an objective and a subjective measure of social isolation and their associations with mortality for Canadian seniors aged 65 or older.

    Release date: 2020-06-17
  • 5. Annual Demographic Estimates: Subprovincial Areas
    Journals and periodicals: 91-214-X
    Description:

    This publication presents annual estimates of population for subprovincial areas of Canada, such as census metropolitan areas (CMAs), census agglomerations (CAs), economic regions (ERs) and census divisions (CDs). The following components of population change are also presented: births, deaths, immigration, emigration, returning emigration, net temporary emigration, net non-permanent residents and interprovincial and intraprovincial migration. The estimates are based on the most recent census of population results available at the time of publication, which have been adjusted for census net undercoverage (including adjustment for incompletely enumerated Indian reserves). This publication also contains highlights and an analysis of the most recent demographic trends, as well as a description of the concepts, methods and data quality of the estimates.

    Release date: 2020-02-13
  • 6. Life tables 2016/2018
    Stats in brief: 11-001-X202002820365
    Description: Release published in The Daily – Statistics Canada’s official release bulletin
    Release date: 2020-01-28
  • 7. Health Reports: Life expectancy differs by education and income levels
    Stats in brief: 11-001-X202001522784
    Description: Release published in The Daily – Statistics Canada’s official release bulletin
    Release date: 2020-01-15
  • 8. Health Reports: Gaps in longevity persist across different population groups in Canada
    Stats in brief: 11-001-X201935222684
    Description: Release published in The Daily – Statistics Canada’s official release bulletin
    Release date: 2019-12-18
  • 9. Annual Demographic Estimates: Canada, Provinces and Territories
    Journals and periodicals: 91-215-X
    Description:

    This publication presents annual estimates of the total population and annual estimates by age and sex for Canada, provinces and territories. It also presents estimates of the following components of population change: births, deaths, immigration, emigration, returning emigration, net temporary emigration, net non-permanent residents and inter-provincial migration, the latter by origin and destination. As in the case of population estimates, the components are also available for the total population and by age and sex.

    The Annual demographic estimates - Canada, provinces and territories publication contains the most recent estimates as well as an annual historical series. It also contains highlights and analysis of the most current demographic trends, as well as a brief description of the concepts, methods and data quality of the estimates.

    Release date: 2019-09-30
  • 10. Circumstances surrounding cycling fatalities in Canada, 2006 to 2017
    Articles and reports: 82-625-X201900100009
    Description:

    This is a Health fact sheet about cycling deaths. The results shown are based on data from the Canadian Vital Statistics: Death Database and the Canadian Coroner and Medical Examiner Database.

    Release date: 2019-07-31
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