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Nov 27, 2023 · 2023-11-27. There were 334,623 deaths in Canada in 2022, an increase of 7.3% from 2021. This increase was noted across all provinces and territories, except Nunavut. For the third year in a row, Canadians' life expectancy at birth fell, from 81.6 years in 2021 to 81.3 years in 2022.
Deaths, 2022. Released at 8:30 a.m. Eastern time in The Daily, Monday, November 27, 2023. There were 334,623 deaths in Canada in 2022, an increase of 7.3% from 2021. This increase was noted across all provinces and territories except Nunavut.
To provide more up-to-date information on deaths, provisional death counts for the 2022 and 2023 reference years have been adjusted to account for reporting delays. Weekly death rates reported by geography, age-standardized and both sexes. As Canada's population grows and ages, the number of deaths is expected to increase from year to year.
2022 was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar, the 2022nd year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 22nd year of the 3rd millennium and the 21st century, and the 3rd year of the 2020s decade.
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This is an administrative survey that collects demographic and medical (cause of death) information annually and monthly from all provincial and territorial vital statistics registries on all deaths in Canada. Prior to 2010, some annual data were also collected on Canadian residents who die in American states. Starting with the reference year 2010,...
Target population
The conceptual universe of the monthly provisional Death database is deaths occurring in Canada of Canadian residents and non-residents. The target population of the monthly provisional Death database is deaths occurring in Canada of Canadian residents and non-residents. The actual (survey) population of the monthly provisional Death database is deaths occurring in Canada of Canadian residents and non-residents in Canada.
Instrument design
This methodology does not apply.
Sampling
This survey is a census with a cross-sectional design. No sampling is done.
Due to improvements in methodology and timeliness, the duration of data collection for annual data has been shortened compared to previous years. As a result, there may have been fewer deaths captured by the time of release. The 2016 to 2019 data are therefore considered preliminary. 2017, 2018 and 2019 death data for Yukon are not available. The d...
GlossaryEstimation of excess mortalityAs Canada's population grows and ages, the number of deaths is expected to increase from year to year. The Canadian Vital Statistics Death (CVS-D) database is the authoritative source for cause of death data in Canada.
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Feb 15, 2024 · This statistic displays the age-standardized death rate in Canada from 2000 to 2022, including all causes. In 2007, around 714 out of 100 thousand Canadians died from any cause. In 2021, the...
