Number of deaths and mortality rates, by age group, sex, and place of residence, 1991 to most recent year.

In 2022, the death rate in Canada increased by 0.4 deaths per 1,000 inhabitants (+4.88 percent) compared to 2021. Therefore, the death rate in Canada reached a peak in 2022 with 8.6 deaths per 1,000 inhabitants. The crude death rate is the annual number of deaths divided by the total population, expressed per 1,000 people.Find more statistics on other topics about Canada with key insights such as infant mortality rate, total fertility rate, and life expectancy of women at birth.

Rank, number of deaths, percentage of deaths, and age-specific mortality rates for the leading causes of death, by age group and sex, 2000 to most recent year.

This statistic displays the age-standardized death rate in Canada from 2000 to 2023, including all causes. In 2007, around 714 out of 100 thousand Canadians died from any cause. In 2023, the death rate stood at nearly 814 per 100,000. Death rates in CanadaCardiovascular disease and cancer are two of the most common causes of death in Canada and among other developed countries. In Canada major cardiovascular diseases accounted for around 192 deaths per 100,000 population in 2023 and cancer accounted for around 211 deaths per 100,000 population. The overall death rate in Canada has steadily increased since 2010, but saw greater increases in the years 2020 to 2022, in part due to the COVID-19 pandemic. In 2021, COVID-19 was the fourth leading cause of death in Canada, accounting for around five percent of all deaths that year. Life expectancy in CanadaBetween 1970 and 2019, Canada’s life expectancy at birth increased by 9.2 years. The life expectancy in Canada as of 2021 was at almost 82 years of age, one year above the average life expectancy for OECD countries. As is common around the world, the life expectancy for women in Canada is higher than that of men, with Canadian women expected to live an average of over four years longer than their male counterparts.

Between July 1, 2022 and June 30, 2023, there were around 330,380 deaths reported in Canada. Overall, the annual number of deaths recorded in Canada experienced an increase between 2001 and 2023.

Number of deaths and age-specific mortality rates for selected grouped causes, by age group and sex, 2000 to most recent year.

Number and percentage of deaths, by month and place of residence, 1991 to most recent year.

In 2023, the age-specific mortality rate of complications of medical and surgical care at all ages in Canada increased by 0.1 deaths (+14.29 percent) compared to 2022. With 0.8 deaths, the age-specific mortality rate thereby reached its highest value in the observed period.

Number and percentage of deaths, by place of death (in hospital or non-hospital), 1991 to most recent year.

In 2024, about 179,943 males died in Canada. This is compared to approximately 164,650 females who died in the same year.

Provisional estimates of excess mortality, adjusted numbers of deaths, and expected numbers of deaths to monitor weekly death trends in Canada. Given the delays in receiving the data from the provincial and territorial vital statistics offices, death data have been adjusted to account for undercoverage. Data in this table will be available by province and territory.

Number and percentage of deaths, by age group, sex, and place of residence, 1991 to most recent year.

This table contains 52020 series, with data for years 1996 - 1996 (not all combinations necessarily have data for all years). This table contains data described by the following dimensions (Not all combinations are available): Geography (170 items: Canada; Newfoundland and Labrador; Health and Community Services St. John's Region; Newfoundland and Labrador; Health and Community Services Eastern Region; Newfoundland and Labrador ...), Sex (3 items: Both sexes; Males; Females ...), Selected causes of death (ICD-9) (17 items: Total; all causes of death; All malignant neoplasms (cancers);Lung cancer; Colorectal cancer ...), Characteristics (6 items: Number of deaths; Low 95% confidence interval; number of deaths; Mortality; High 95% confidence interval; number of deaths ...).

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.

UNICEF's country profile for Canada, including under-five mortality rates, child health, education and sanitation data.

Number of infant deaths and infant mortality rates, by age group (neonatal and post-neonatal), 1991 to most recent year.

In 2023, about 0.1 out of 100,000 Canadians died from pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium. In 2000, the death rate stood at zero. This statistic displays the age-standardized death rates in Canada, from 2000 to 2023, for pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium.

In 2023, accidents were the third leading cause of death in Canada, with a death rate of 51.4 per 100,000 population. However, the leading causes of death in Canada are by far cancer and heart disease, accounting for a combined 44 percent of all deaths. This statistic displays the death rates for the leading causes of death in Canada in 2023.

Canada CA: Mortality Rate: Under-5: Female: per 1000 Live Births data was reported at 4.500 Ratio in 2022. This records a decrease from the previous number of 4.600 Ratio for 2021. Canada CA: Mortality Rate: Under-5: Female: per 1000 Live Births data is updated yearly, averaging 7.100 Ratio from Dec 1960 (Median) to 2022, with 63 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 28.600 Ratio in 1960 and a record low of 4.500 Ratio in 2022. Canada CA: Mortality Rate: Under-5: Female: per 1000 Live Births data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Canada – Table CA.World Bank.WDI: Social: Health Statistics. Under-five mortality rate, female is the probability per 1,000 that a newborn female baby will die before reaching age five, if subject to female age-specific mortality rates of the specified year.;Estimates developed by the UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (UNICEF, WHO, World Bank, UN DESA Population Division) at www.childmortality.org.;Weighted average;Given that data on the incidence and prevalence of diseases are frequently unavailable, mortality rates are often used to identify vulnerable populations. Moreover, they are among the indicators most frequently used to compare socioeconomic development across countries. Under-five mortality rates are higher for boys than for girls in countries in which parental gender preferences are insignificant. Under-five mortality captures the effect of gender discrimination better than infant mortality does, as malnutrition and medical interventions have more significant impacts to this age group. Where female under-five mortality is higher, girls are likely to have less access to resources than boys. Aggregate data for LIC, UMC, LMC, HIC are computed based on the groupings for the World Bank fiscal year in which the data was released by the UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation. This is a sex-disaggregated indicator for Sustainable Development Goal 3.2.1 [https://unstats.un.org/sdgs/metadata/].

Estimated annual number of deaths by 5-year age groups and gender for Canada, provinces and territories.