Canadian assisted suicide data suggests over 15,000 chose euthanasia last year

With a slightly higher population than Canada, the state of California also legalized euthanasia in 2016. From 2016 to the beginning of 2023, 3,349 Californians ended their life by euthanasia. In that same time span 44,958 Canadians died by euthanasia.

As we await the federal government’s release of Canada’s 2023 euthanasia data, last week British Columbia released it’s 2023 provincial euthanasia data.

According to the BC Medical Assistance in Dying 2023 report there were 2,767 reported assisted deaths, up by 10 percent from 2,515 in 2022.

It is concerning that “other conditions” represented 32.9 percent of the BC assisted deaths in 2023. Other conditions were reported under these categories:

Autoimmune Condition 2.4%, Chronic Pain 24.8%, Diabetes 9.8%, Frailty 60.5%, Other Comorbidities* 52.1%.

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Canada’s MAiD law does not require that a person be terminally ill. Diabetes, frailty, chronic pain, and autoimmune conditions are usually chronic and not terminal conditions.

The report does not indicate the conditions that comprise “Other Comorbidities” yet the report indicates that mental disorders, as a comorbidity, is within that category.

Euthanasia for mental disorders alone is not permitted in Canada but if a person has a mental disorder and another comorbidity (condition) then the person can qualify to be killed by MAiD.

The report excludes any important information, such as an analysis of questionable deaths or a further examination of why a person actually asked to be killed, rather it only includes their condition.

Canada’s euthanasia statistics

Based on the data from Ontario, Quebec, British Columbia, Manitoba, Alberta, and Nova Scotia, I now predict that there were approximately 15,280 Canadian euthanasia deaths in 2023. Here is how I came to that prediction:

CBC Radio Canada published an article on March 9, 2024, stating that there was a 17 percent increase in Québec euthanasia deaths with 5,686 reported deaths representing 7.3 percent of all deaths, which is the highest rate in the world in 2023. The Radio Canada report was based on the Quebec euthanasia deaths between January 1 and December 31, 2023.

The Office of the Chief Coroner of Ontario released the December 2023 MAiD data indicating that there were 4,641 reported euthanasia deaths in 2023, which was up by 18 percent from 3,934 reported euthanasia deaths in 2022.

Alberta Health Services reports that there were 977 reported assisted suicide deaths in 2023, which was up by more than 18 percent from 836 reported assisted deaths in 2022.

The Nova Scotia Medical Assistance in Dying data indicates that there were 342 reported assisted deaths in 2023, which was up by more than 25 percent from 272 in 2022.

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An article published by Global news, which may only be preliminary data, indicated that there were 236 reported Manitoba assisted deaths in 2023, which was up by 6 percent from 223 in 2022.

The BC Medical Assistance in Dying 2023 report stated that there were 2,767 reported assisted deaths, up 10 percent from 2,515 in 2022.

According to the data from Ontario, Québec, Alberta, Nova Scotia, Manitoba, and British Columbia, there were 14,413 assisted deaths in 2023 (in those provinces) which is up by 15.4 percent from 12,490 assisted deaths in 2022 (in those provinces). Since the total number of Canadian assisted deaths in 2022 was 13,241, I can predict that there were approximately 15,280 Canadian assisted deaths in 2023.

Reprinted with permission from the Euthanasia Prevention Coalition.

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The order ensures “that no Federal Government officer, employee, or agent engages in or facilitates any conduct that would unconstitutionally abridge the free speech of any American citizen.”

It also ensures “that no taxpayer resources are used to engage in or facilitate any conduct that would unconstitutionally abridge the free speech of any American citizen” and “identify and take appropriate action to correct past misconduct by the Federal Government related to censorship of protected speech.”

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Twitter, now X, also removed posts under pressure from the Biden administration before Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk bought the social media platform in 2022.

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