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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Key messages

Key messages text.

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

Data summary table

Measure Description

Domain Societal-level Risk and Protective Factors
Health Indicator Help lines — usage
Indicator Measure Suicide -related interactions (voice, text) of total answered 9-8-8 interactions
Definition Proportion of interactions (voice and text) related to suicide, of total interactions answered by 9-8-8 Suicide Crisis Helpline responders in a given year. It is expressed per 100 interactions.

It includes the total number of serviceable interactions that are answered by a responder from one of the local, provincial or territorial, or national crisis lines. Inbound interactions that are disconnected or abandoned before they can be answered as well as interactions transferred to or answered by a 9-8-8 Partner and interactions for self-harm not related to suicide are excluded.

Interactions related to suicide include: thinking about suicide, thoughts of suicide in the past 2 months, attempts in progress, emergency interventions, has a current suicide plan, and/or available means for suicide.
Population Total interactions answered by the Suicide Crisis Helpline
Data Available
  • Mode
  • Month
  • Province/territory
Calculation Numerator: Number of interactions associated with suicide
Denominator: Total number of interactions answered by a crisis line responder
Remarks
  • The number of interactions from Quebec are lower, as interactions are typically transferred to partner centres and may not be captured in these data.
  • Data may include multiple interactions for the same person in a given year.
  • The 9-8-8 Suicide Crisis Helpline has been in operation since November 30, 2023. Prior to that, help was provided through Talk Suicide Canada (previously the Canada Suicide Prevention Service).
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