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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  • 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: 2026-07-09
  • 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: 2026-07-09
  • 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: 2026-07-09
  • 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: 2026-07-09
  • 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: 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. Geographic variation in female breast cancer incidence and mortality in Canada
    Articles and reports: 82-003-X202600500001
    Description: Previous research has found variability in cancer incidence and cancer-related outcomes according to place of residence. This study examined geographic variability in the incidence and mortality of breast cancer among females in Canada, using data from the 2021 Canadian Cancer Registry (breast cancer incidence) and the Canadian Vital Statistics – Death database (breast cancer mortality). Age-standardized incidence rates (ASIRs) and age-standardized mortality rates (ASMRs) per 100,000 females per year and their rate ratios were calculated, as well as age group-specific and age-standardized stage-specific incidence rates, and examined across provinces and territories, community sizes, and peer groups (i.e., clusters of health regions with similar socioeconomic and demographic characteristics).
    Release date: 2026-05-20
  • 8. 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: 2026-05-20
  • 9. Socioeconomic characteristics of Indigenous adults reconvicted after release from provincial custody, 2016/2017
    Articles and reports: 85-002-X202600100008
    Description: This Juristat article explores the relationship between socioeconomic characteristics and reconvictions among Indigenous adults released from full-time provincial custody in 2016/2017, in the provinces of Nova Scotia, Ontario, Saskatchewan, Alberta, and British Columbia. The study examines pre-release socioeconomic characteristics, including education, employment, income, family composition, emergency healthcare, geographic location, and neighbourhood characteristics, to identify possible links between these factors and the likelihood of reconviction for a crime.
    Release date: 2026-05-14
  • 10. Socioeconomic characteristics and reconviction patterns of Indigenous adults released from provincial custody 2016/2017
    Stats in brief: 11-001-X202613440427
    Description: Release published in The Daily – Statistics Canada’s official release bulletin
    Release date: 2026-05-14
Data (157)

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  • 81. Health-adjusted life expectancy, by sex, inactive Archived
    Table: 13-10-0370-01
    Geography: Canada, Province or territory
    Frequency: Occasional
    Description: Health-adjusted life expectancy and life expectancy rates, at birth and at age 65, by sex, three-year average, by income quintiles.
    Release date: 2019-09-05
  • 82. Life expectancy, at birth and at age 65, by sex, three-year average, Canada, provinces, territories, health regions and peer groups
    Table: 13-10-0389-01
    Geography: Canada, Province or territory, Health region, Local health integration network, Public health unit
    Frequency: Occasional
    Description:

    Life expectancy is the number of years a person would be expected to live, starting from birth (for life expectancy at birth) or at age 65 (for life expectancy at age 65), on the basis of the mortality statistics for a given observation period. Life expectancy is a widely used indicator of the health of a population. Life expectancy measures quantity rather than quality of life.

    Release date: 2019-05-30
  • 83. Contribution of selected causes of death to changes (over 1, 5, 10 years) in life expectancy at birth, by sex
    Table: 13-10-0432-01
    Geography: Canada, Province or territory
    Frequency: Occasional
    Description:

    Life expectancy at birth is decomposed by selected causes of death, including certain types of cancers, infectious diseases, circulatory diseases, respiratory diseases, and external causes. External causes include drug poisoning deaths, falls and transportation accidents. Changes in mortality rates for a given cause of death change over time and contribute to the overall change in life expectancy.

    Release date: 2019-05-30
  • 84. Contribution of drug poisoning deaths to changes (over 1 and 5 years) in life expectancy at birth, by sex
    Table: 13-10-0434-01
    Geography: Canada, Province or territory, Health region, Local health integration network
    Frequency: Occasional
    Description:

    Life expectancy at birth, at the health region level, is decomposed by drug overdose deaths. Changes in mortality rates for a given cause of death change over time and contribute to the overall change in life expectancy.

    Release date: 2019-05-30
  • 85. Contribution of age specific death rates to changes (over 1, 5, 10 years) in life expectancy at birth, by sex
    Table: 13-10-0437-01
    Geography: Canada, Province or territory
    Frequency: Occasional
    Description:

    Life expectancy at birth is decomposed by age specific death rates, which can change over time and contribute to the overall change in life expectancy.

    Release date: 2019-05-30
  • 86. Contribution of selected causes of death to differences in life expectancy at birth between males and females
    Table: 13-10-0446-01
    Geography: Canada, Province or territory
    Frequency: Occasional
    Description:

    The differences between males and females in life expectancy at birth are decomposed by selected causes of death. Changes in mortality rates for a given cause of death change over time and contribute to the overall change in life expectancy.

    Release date: 2019-05-30
  • 87. Contribution of potentially avoidable causes of death to changes (over 1 and 5 years) in life expectancy at birth, by sex
    Table: 13-10-0516-01
    Geography: Canada, Province or territory, Health region, Local health integration network
    Frequency: Occasional
    Description:

    Life expectancy at birth is decomposed by potentially avoidable causes of death. Changes in mortality rates for a given cause of death change over time and contribute to the overall change in life expectancy.

    Release date: 2019-05-30
  • 88. Preventable and treatable mortality by remoteness
    Table: 13-10-0390-01
    Geography: Canada
    Frequency: Occasional
    Description:

    Treatable and avoidable deaths, by remoteness, that could potentially have been prevented through primary prevention efforts. Mortality from preventable causes is a subset of potentially avoidable mortality.

    Release date: 2019-05-15
  • 89. Infant and perinatal mortality, by sex, three-year average, Canada, provinces, territories, health regions and peer groups
    Table: 13-10-0078-01
    Geography: Canada, Province or territory, Health region, Local health integration network, Peer group
    Frequency: Occasional
    Description:

    This table contains 3552 series, with data for years 2000/2002 - 2010/2012 (not all combinations necessarily have data for all years). This table contains data described by the following dimensions (Not all combinations are available): Geography (148 items: Canada; Newfoundland and Labrador; Eastern Regional Integrated Health Authority, Newfoundland and Labrador; Central Regional Integrated Health Authority, Newfoundland and Labrador; ...);  Sex (3 items: Both sexes; Males; Females);  Infant or perinatal mortality (2 items: Infant mortality; Perinatal mortality);  Characteristics (4 items: Number; Rate; Low 95% confidence interval, rate; High 95% confidence interval, rate).

    Release date: 2018-11-29
  • 90. Infant and perinatal mortality, by sex, three-year average, Canada, provinces, territories, census metropolitan areas and metropolitan influence zones
    Table: 13-10-0110-01
    Geography: Canada, Province or territory, Census metropolitan area, Census metropolitan area part, Census metropolitan influenced zone
    Frequency: Occasional
    Description:

    This table contains 3672 series, with data for years 2000/2002 - 2010/2012 (not all combinations necessarily have data for all years). This table contains data described by the following dimensions (Not all combinations are available): Geography (153 items: Canada; Newfoundland and Labrador; Census metropolitan areas and census agglomerations, Newfoundland and Labrador; Census metropolitan areas, Newfoundland and Labrador; ...); Sex (3 items: Both sexes; Males; Females); Infant or perinatal mortality (2 items: Infant mortality; Perinatal mortality); Characteristics (4 items: Number; Rate; Low 95% confidence interval, rate; High 95% confidence interval, rate).

    Release date: 2018-11-29
Analysis (86)

Analysis (86) (40 to 50 of 86 results)

  • 41. Health Reports: Gaps in longevity persist across different population groups in Canada Archived
    Stats in brief: 11-001-X201935222684
    Description: Release published in The Daily – Statistics Canada’s official release bulletin
    Release date: 2019-12-18
  • 42. Circumstances surrounding cycling fatalities in Canada, 2006 to 2017 Archived
    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
  • 43. Lung Cancer in Canada, 2000 to 2016 Archived
    Stats in brief: 11-627-M2019030
    Description:

    This infographic presents a gender-based analysis of lung cancer in Canada by examining incidence, stage at diagnosis, survival and mortality by sex. The data are drawn from the Canadian Cancer Registry (CCR) and the Canadian Vital Statistics Deaths Database (CVSD).

    Release date: 2019-06-03
  • 44. Does geography matter in mortality? An analysis of potentially avoidable mortality by remoteness index in Canada Archived
    Articles and reports: 82-003-X201900500001
    Description: This study uses the new remoteness index (RI) classification, which assigns a value to each census subdivision (CSD) and measures the relative remoteness of Canadian communities on the basis of their size and their proximity to surrounding population centres, to distinguish rural and remote areas from urban areas in Canada. The Canadian Vital Statistics-Death Database (2011 to 2015), and the 2016 Census of Population are also used in this study to examine major causes of both preventable and treatable mortality by relative remoteness of Canadian communities. It explores the interrelationship between remoteness and avoidable mortality while taking into account three important variables: average household income after-tax, the proportion of postsecondary graduates and the proportion of Aboriginal population by CSD.
    Release date: 2019-05-15
  • 45. Health Reports: Does geography matter in mortality? An analysis of potentially avoidable mortality by remoteness index in Canada Archived
    Stats in brief: 11-001-X201913521083
    Description: Release published in The Daily – Statistics Canada’s official release bulletin
    Release date: 2019-05-15
  • 46. Recent trends in prostate cancer in Canada Archived
    Articles and reports: 82-003-X201900400002
    Description: Prostate cancer is the most common type of cancer in Canadian men. This study reports on trends in prostate cancer incidence, mortality, and stage at diagnosis in Canada from 1992 to 2015. It builds on previous Statistics Canada work by providing an up-to-date and in-depth analysis of trends in prostate cancer incidence, mortality and stage at diagnosis over time and by age group, including the impact of the updated (2014) Canadian prostate cancer screening guidelines. Data are from Statistics Canada's Canadian Cancer Registry and the Canadian Vital Statistics - Death Database Statistics Canada.
    Release date: 2019-04-17
  • 47. Multiple sclerosis: Prevalence and impact Archived
    Articles and reports: 82-003-X201800154902
    Description:

    This study examines the prevalence of multiple sclerosis and its impact on Canadians in private households and in long-term care facilities.

    Release date: 2018-01-17
  • 48. Birth outcomes among First Nations, Inuit and Métis populations Archived
    Articles and reports: 82-003-X201701154886
    Description:

    This study examines perinatal outcomes among First Nations, Inuit and Métis. The objective is to describe and compare rates of preterm birth, small-for-gestational age birth, large-for-gestational age birth, stillbirth and infant mortality in the three Indigenous groups and the non-Indigenous population.

    Release date: 2017-11-15
  • 49. High use of acute care hospital services at age 50 or older Archived
    Articles and reports: 82-003-X201700954855
    Description:

    This analysis classifies people aged 50 or older as high hospital users, non-high users, or not hospitalized and compares the socioeconomic characteristics, health outcomes, health behaviours, and hospital experiences of the three groups.

    Release date: 2017-09-20
  • 50. Mortality trends in Canada, 2013 Archived
    Stats in brief: 11-627-M2017022
    Description:

    The year 2013 had 252,338 deaths as compared to 380,323 births. Key statistics about those deaths are presented in this infographic, Mortality Trends in Canada, 2013. These include the percentage of deaths at age 65 and age 85, the seasonality of deaths, the life expectancy at birth and difference between male and female, as well as an analysis of infant mortality.

    Release date: 2017-07-12
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