Vital Statistics - Death Database

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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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  • 241. Premature mortality in health regions with high Aboriginal populations Archived
    Articles and reports: 82-003-X20030016765
    Geography: Canada
    Description:

    This article examines the rate of potential years of life lost--a measure used to quantify premature mortality in differing health regions. The rate was considerably higher in health regions with large proportions of Aboriginal residents, compared with other health regions. Much of this difference was attributable to injuries in the high-Aboriginal regions; notably, suicides and motor vehicle accidents.

    Release date: 2004-01-21
  • 242. Vital Statistics Compendium Archived
    Table: 84-214-X
    Description:

    This compendium of vital statistics includes summary data on births, deaths, marriages and divorces. The introduction covers the data sources, data quality, and methods pertaining to each event, and includes a glossary defining the terms used. The first chapter is a brief overview of vital statistics for 1996. Subsequent chapters treat marriage, divorce, birth, fetal and infant mortality, total mortality, causes of death, vital statistics by census division, and international comparisons. Most charts and tables show Canada data for 1986 though 1996, while the charts and tables for causes of death show Canada data for 1979 through1996. Data for the provinces and territories are usually shown for 1995 and 1996. Appendices include population denominator data, age-standardized mortality rate (ASMR) calculation methods, and leading causes of death methodology.

    Release date: 1999-11-25
  • 243. Validation Study for a Record Linkage of Births and Infant Deaths in Canada Archived
    Journals and periodicals: 84F0013X
    Geography: Canada, Province or territory
    Description:

    This study was initiated to test the validity of probabilistic linkage methods used at Statistics Canada. It compared the results of data linkages on infant deaths in Canada with infant death data from Nova Scotia and Alberta. It also compared the availability of fetal deaths on the national and provincial files.

    Release date: 1999-10-08
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  • 1. 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: 2026-07-09
  • 2. 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: 2026-07-09
  • 3. 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: 2026-07-09
  • 4. 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: 2026-07-09
  • 5. 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: 2026-07-09
  • 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: 2026-06-17
  • 7. Reconviction rates among adults sentenced to provincial custody or community supervision by type of correctional supervision
    Table: 35-10-0230-01
    Geography: Province or territory
    Frequency: Annual
    Description: Proportion of adults convicted of a new offence following a provincial correctional sentence by type of correctional supervision, gender, age, type of offence, and follow-up period, annual.
    Release date: 2026-02-19
  • 8. Reconviction rates among adults sentenced to provincial custody or community supervision by Indigenous identity
    Table: 35-10-0231-01
    Geography: Province or territory
    Frequency: Annual
    Description: Proportion of adults convicted of a new offence following a provincial correctional sentence by Indigenous identity, type of correctional supervision, type of offence, and follow-up period, annual.
    Release date: 2026-02-19
  • 9. Reconviction rates among adults sentenced to provincial custody or community supervision by racialized group
    Table: 35-10-0232-01
    Geography: Province or territory
    Frequency: Annual
    Description: Proportion of adults convicted of a new offence following a provincial correctional sentence by racialized group, type of correctional supervision, type of offence, and follow-up period, annual.
    Release date: 2026-02-19
  • 10. Reconviction rates among adults sentenced to provincial custody or community supervision by type of index offence
    Table: 35-10-0233-01
    Geography: Province or territory
    Frequency: Annual
    Description: Proportion of adults convicted of a new offence following a provincial correctional sentence by type of index offence, type of reconviction offence, type of correctional supervision, and follow-up period, annual.
    Release date: 2026-02-19
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  • 31. Trends in paediatric cancer survival in Canada, 1992 to 2017 Archived
    Articles and reports: 82-003-X202100200001
    Description: This study describes survival, improvement in survival over time and conditional survival for paediatric cancer patients in Canada.
    Release date: 2021-02-17
  • 32. Snowmobile fatalities in Canada, 2013 to 2019 Archived
    Stats in brief: 11-627-M2021002
    Description: This is an infographic about snowmobiling deaths. The results shown are based on data from the Canadian Coroner and Medical Examiner Database and the Canadian Vital Statistics: Death Database.
    Release date: 2021-01-22
  • 33. COVID-19 death comorbidities in Canada Archived
    Stats in brief: 45-28-0001202000100087
    Description:

    Using the latest data from the Vital Statistics - Death Database, this article presents information about the most common comorbid conditions in COVID-19 deaths, as well as the extent to which these conditions differ by age groups. Comorbidities are defined as chronic and acute conditions, diseases, disorders, and complications appearing on the medical certificate of cause of death where COVID-19 was involved in the death.

    Release date: 2020-11-16
  • 34. COVID-19 mortality rates in Canada’s ethno-cultural neighbourhoods Archived
    Stats in brief: 45-28-0001202000100079
    Description:

    This article examines the differences in COVID-19 related mortality rates across different ethno-cultural neighbourhoods in Canada. The differences in age-standardized mortality rates by proportion of population groups designated as visible minorities are compared for Canada and selected provinces and census metropolitan areas to understand whether or not communities with higher proportion of population designated as visible minorities are reporting higher COVID-19 related mortality rates.

    Release date: 2020-10-28
  • 35. Associations between the receipt of inpatient palliative care and acute care outcomes: A retrospective study Archived
    Articles and reports: 82-003-X202001000001
    Description: The present study examines the receipt of inpatient palliative care and its association with location of death, as well as with admission to intensive care units and use of alternate level of care beds in hospital in the last 30 days of life.
    Release date: 2020-10-21
  • 36. Excess mortality in Canada during the COVID-19 pandemic Archived
    Stats in brief: 45-28-0001202000100076
    Description:

    COVID-19 has had and continues to have a clear impact on communities and families across the country. Many have lost family members and friends to the pandemic. In terms of lives lost, the toll of the COVID-19 pandemic should account for both the direct and indirect effects of the virus. Excess mortality, which occurs when there are more deaths during a period of time than what would be typical for that period, is one key measure that accounts for these effects. Statistics Canada used provisional data on deaths in Canada to produce provisional death estimates, which have been adjusted to account for the incomplete nature of the data due to reporting delays. These are in turn used with a measure of the number of deaths that would be expected to be observed were there no pandemic to produce an estimate of excess mortality. The provincial and territorial results are discussed.

    Release date: 2020-08-28
  • 37. 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
  • 38. Social isolation and mortality among Canadian seniors Archived
    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
  • 39. Life tables 2016/2018 Archived
    Stats in brief: 11-001-X202002820365
    Description: Release published in The Daily – Statistics Canada’s official release bulletin
    Release date: 2020-01-28
  • 40. Health Reports: Life expectancy differs by education and income levels Archived
    Stats in brief: 11-001-X202001522784
    Description: Release published in The Daily – Statistics Canada’s official release bulletin
    Release date: 2020-01-15
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