Suicide Surveillance Indicator Framework:

Suicide, self-harm, and suicide-related behaviours in Canada: Data tool

Interactive data tool providing detailed, disaggregated statistics on suicide and suicide-related behaviours in Canada.

  • Last updated: 2026-04-29

Suicides, blessures auto-infligées et comportements liés au suicide au Canada: Outil de données

Outil de données interactif fournissant des statistiques détaillées et ventilées sur le suicide et les comportements liés au suicide au Canada.

  • Dernière mise à jour : 2026-04-29

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Context

The Suicide Surveillance Indicator Framework (SSIF) Data Tool provides information on suicide and other suicide-related behaviours, along with breakdowns by key demographic and socioeconomic variables.

Quick stats are also available below. They summarize overall rates and estimates for suicide-related measures, and are available in a printer-friendly format (.pdf document)

Contexte

L’outil de données du Cadre d’indicateurs de surveillance du suicide (CISS) fournit des informations sur le suicide et d’autres comportements liés au suicide, ainsi que des ventilations selon des variables démographiques et socioéconomiques clés.

Des statistiques rapides sont également présentées ci-dessous. Elles résument les taux globaux et les estimations des mesures liées au suicide, et sont offertes dans un format imprimable (document .pdf).

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For more information on the interpretation of the data please see the notes below.

Data summary table

Measure Description

Domain Suicide and Self-inflicted Injury Outcomes
Health Indicator Self-inflicted injuries — hospitalizations
Indicator Measure Hospitalizations for self-inflicted injuries
Definition Number of hospital separations that are related to self-inflicted injuries in Canada from April 1st to March 31st of the following year.

The rate is derived from administrative data using the 10th revision of the World Health Organization's International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems (ICD-10-CA) and the Census of Population. It is expressed per 100,000 population.

Data are extracted from the Discharge Abstract Database–Hospital Morbidity Database (DAD-HMDB) for single episodes of care. The Ontario Mental-Health Reporting System (OMHRS) records cases where the stay was from an initial emergency department (ED) visit for intentional self-harm in the National Ambulatory Care Reporting System (NACRS) within 7 days.
Population Total population ages 10 years and older (all provinces and territories, except for Quebec)
Data Available
  • Sex
  • 5-year age group
  • life-course age group
  • Province/territory — crude rate
  • Province/territory — age-standardized crude rate
Calculation Numerator: Number of acute-care hospital separations associated with self-inflicted injuries in Canada
Denominator: Total population in Canada ages 10+ (excluing Quebec)
Remarks
  • Hospitalizations include single episodes of care where there was a hospital admission. As such, data may include multiple episodes for the same person in a given year.
  • For detailed methodology, please refer to https://www.cihi.ca/en/indicators/self-harm-hospitalizations (Canadian Institute for Health Information).
Quick Stats

Suggested Citation:

Public Health Agency of Canada. Suicide, self-harm and suicide-related behaviours in Canada: Data tool. Ottawa: Public Health Agency of Canada; 2026-04-29. https://health-infobase.canada.ca/mental-health/suicide-self-harm/data-tool/

Agence de la santé publique du Canada. Suicides, blessures auto-infligées et comportements liés au suicide au Canada : Outil de données. Ottawa: Agence de la santé publique du Canada; 2026-04-29. https://sante-infobase.canada.ca/sante-mentale/suicides-blessures-auto-infligees/outil-donnees/

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Date modified:
2026-05-27