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Table 2-3
Deaths by geography — Subject to autopsy

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Subject to autopsy
Place of residence Total, deaths Death subject to autopsy Death not subject to autopsy Unknown whether death subject to autopsy
  number percent number percent number percent
Canada 235,217 13,403 5.7 215,322 91.5 6,492 2.8
Newfoundland and Labrador 4,505 288 6.4 4,096 90.9 121 2.7
Prince Edward Island 1,147 184 16.0 945 82.4 18 1.6
Nova Scotia 8,353 1,110 13.3 7,238 86.7 5 0.1
New Brunswick 6,324 633 10.0 4,853 76.7 838 13.3
Quebec 56,521 3,357 5.9 51,263 90.7 1,901 3.4
Ontario 87,340 1,798 2.1 85,525 97.9 17 0.0
Manitoba 9,958 1,041 10.5 6,744 67.7 2,173 21.8
Saskatchewan 9,062 747 8.2 8,267 91.2 48 0.5
Alberta 20,202 1,646 8.1 18,025 89.2 531 2.6
British Columbia 31,308 2,513 8.0 27,971 89.3 824 2.6
Yukon 192 30 15.6 159 82.8 3 1.6
Northwest Territories 174 36 20.7 131 75.3 7 4.0
Nunavut 129 18 14.0 105 81.4 6 4.7
Unknown 2 2 100.0 0 0.0 0 0.0
Source(s):
Statistics Canada, Canadian Vital Statistics, Death Database (CANSIM table 102-0510).