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

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• Infographics
• Scientific publications (past 5 years)

Infographics

• Suicide in Canada: Key Statistics (2023)
• Suicide in Canada: Key Statistics (2019)
• Suicide in Canada: Current Context (2015)
• Suicidal ideation among adults in Canada during the COVID-19 pandemic (2022)

Scientific publications (past 5 years)

2026

• Seasonal variations in suicide mortality in Canada: A nationwide analysis
• The association between Google Trends Internet search data on suicide and suicide-related outcomes in Canada

2025

• Suicidal ideation and suicide attempts among adolescents in Canada based on the 2023 Canadian Health Survey on Children and Youth
• Examining interactions between chronic pain, positive mental health and coping on past-year suicidal ideation in a Canadian sample
• Repeat self-harm hospitalizations in Canada: A survival analysis

2024

• Suicidal ideation among Canadian adults during the third year of the COVID-19 pandemic compared to pre- and early pandemic periods
• Self-harm hospitalizations and neighbourhood level material and social deprivation in Canada : An ecological study
• Suicidal ideation and mental illnesses during the COVID-19 pandemic in Canada
• Hospitalizations and emergency department visits for self-harm in Canada during the COVID-19 pandemic: A time series analysis

2023

• Self-harm and rurality in Canada: an analysis of hospitalization data from 2015 to 2019
• Suicidality and protective factors among sexual and gender minority youth and adults in Canada: a cross-sectional, population-based study
• Suicidal ideation among young adults in Canada during the COVID-19 pandemic: evidence from a population-based cross-sectional study
• Fatal and non-fatal firearm-related injuries in Canada, 2016–2020: a population-based study using three administrative databases
• Self-harm emergency department visits in Canada during the COVID-19 pandemic: evidence from a sentinel surveillance system
• Pandemic-related impacts and suicidal ideation among adults in Canada: a population-based cross-sectional study

2022

• Increased alcohol use, heavy episodic drinking, and suicide ideation during the COVID-19 pandemic in Canada
• Near-fatal self-harm among Canadian adolescents
• Prevalence of suicidal ideation among adults in Canada: Results of the second Survey on COVID-19 and mental health

2021

• Suicide ideation in Canada during the COVID-19 pandemic
• Suicide in Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada: a time trend analysis from 1981 to 2018
• Changes over time in means of suicide in Canada: an analysis of mortality data from 1981 to 2018
• Trends in suicide mortality in Canada by sex and age group, 1981 to 2017: a population-based time series analysis