EPC predicts that there were approximately 16,500 Canadian euthanasia deaths in 2024 representing 5% of all deaths.
Alex Schadenberg
Executive Director, Euthanasia Prevention Coalition
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Based on the 2024 data from Ontario, Québec and Alberta, EPC predicts that there were approximately 16,500 Canadian euthanasia deaths in 2024 representing 5% of all deaths. As of December 31, 2024 there were almost 77,000 reported Canadian euthanasia deaths.
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The Office of the Chief Coroner of Ontario released the December 2024
MAiD data which indicated that there were 4,957 reported euthanasia deaths in 2024 which is up from 4,641 in 2023. Ontario represents almost 40% of Canada's population.
The data indicates that, as of December 31, 2024, there have been 23,333 Ontario euthanasia deaths since legalization. Alliston Ontario had a population of 23,253 in 2021.
In 2023 Québec had the highest euthanasia rate in the world at 7.3% of all deaths.
As of December 31, 2024, there were 26,421 Québec euthanasia deaths since legalization. The City of Saint-Georges Québec had a population of 27,402 in 2021.
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By combining Ontario, Quebec and Alberta data, there was a 7.3% increase in euthanasia deaths in 2024. Since the three provinces represent around 75% of Canada's population I estimate that there were at least 16,500 Canadian euthanasia deaths in 2024.
The Chief Coroner of Ontario has attempted to institute greater oversight in Ontario. Greater oversight may have led to a slowing euthanasia growth rate.
In October 2024 the Chief Coroner of Ontario released the Ontario MAiD Death Review Committee report indicating that between 2018 and 2023 there were euthanasia deaths driven by homelessness, fear and isolation and that poor people are at risk of coercion and Canadians with disabilities are needlessly dying by euthanasia. The data from the report indicated that there were at least 428 non-compliant euthanasia deaths between 2018 and 2023 and 25% of the euthanasia providers violated the law.Alberta has had the case of the 27-year-old autistic woman, who was approved and scheduled to die by euthanasia on February 1, 2024 until her father challenged the euthanasia approval in court. There was also a case of a Calgary man who couldn't get experimental treatment for cluster headaches but could get approved for euthanasia.
Alberta's Justice Ministry held a consultation on changes to the application of euthanasia in their province. The final decision has not been released yet.
Similar to last year, the Euthanasia Prevention Coalition is working to obtain the provincial euthanasia data to provide insight into Canada's experience with killing.
3 comments:
At one point, you refer to the number of "reported deaths." Now, I'm wondering if there has been assisted suicide happening (in the same or different ways) without it being reported. What are your thoughts about this?
I am suggesting that based on the self reporting system that it is likely that euthanasia is under reported in Canada as it is also under reported in the Netherlands and Belgium.
There Is Definitely Under-Reporting!!! The Mentioning And Discussing Of The "Self-Reporting System" Is Very Important Because There Are A Lot Of Physicians, Nurses, Specialists & Other Medical Staff Who In All Interactions With Patients Have The "Self-Reporting System" WHICH IS NOT RELIABLE SYSTEM BECAUSE EVEN IN OTHER CASES OUTSIDE OF EUTHANASIA & ASSISTED SUICIDE THEY ACTIVELY "KILL VULNERABLE PATIENTS AS WELL" AND DO SUCH IN A WAY WITH INCORRECT DOCUMENTATION AS THEY CAN BECAUSE THEY ARE THE ONES AND ONLY THEMSELVES WHO "REPORT/DOCUMENT" SO THERE IS STILL KILLING AND ABUSE GOING ON WITHOUT THOSE TERMS OF "EUTHANASIA/ASSISTED SUICIDE" MEANING THAT THEY CAN AND DO ADMINISTER PHYSIOLOGICALLY DAMAGING GARBAGE PHARMACEUTICAL PRODUCTS AS THEY ARE NOT HELD LIABLE FOR DEATH & PERMANENT OR LONG-TERM INJURIES JUST AS THE MANUFACTURERE'S MAKING THE GARBAGE PHARMACEUTICALS & THUS BECAUSE OF THE SELF-REPORTING SYSTEM A LOT OF MEDICAL GURUS CAN & DO ABUSE THE SYSTEM IN A WAY TO ALLOW THEM TO DO THIS ABUSE WITH INCORRECT DOCUMENTATION AS WELL SINCE THEY KNOW THAT IT IS A SELF REPORTING SYSTEM ONLY RELYING ON THEMSELVES FOR ANY INFORMATION WHICH REALLY SHOULD BE REVISED IN LEGISLATION AS WELL BECAUSE PEOPLE UNNECESSARILY BEING ABUSED ALL WHILE THESE EDUCATED PROFESSIONALS ARE ALL MAKING MONEY FOR THE ABUSE & KILLING AND DOING SO WHILE COSTING THE VULNERABLE PATIENTS A LOT OF MONEY FOR GARBAGE PHARMACEUTICALS THAT ARE MOSTLY ALL PHYSIOLOGICALLY DAMAGING AS MORE THAN 90% ARE AND ALSO ABUSING THE HEALTHCARE SYSTEM ALL WHILE ABUSING ALL THE VULNERBALE PATIENTS, FRIENDS & FAMILY MEMBERS WHO ALL SUFFER BECAUSE OF ALL OF THIS UNFAIRLY & UNJUSTLY AS AGAIN IT IS AGAINST NATURAL LAWS TO KILL & ABUSE;
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