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

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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 Suicide mortality
Indicator Measure Mortality due to suicide
Definition Number of deaths in Canada, in a given year, where suicide is determined as cause of death by the coroner or medical examiner responsible of the investigation.
Coroners and medical examiners are required to investigate sudden and unexpected deaths according to the Fatalities Act for their jurisdiction. The Canadian Coroner and Medical Examiner Database (CCMED) extracts administrative data and includes all deaths in Canada for which a coroner or medical examiner investigation was conducted, including suicide deaths.

The rate is derived from data obtained directly from the Offices of the Chief Coroner and Chief Medical Examiner (CC/CME) for certain provinces and territoires and from CCMED, as well as from the Census of Population. It is expressed per 100,000 population.
Population Total population (all provinces and territories)
Data Available
  • Sex
  • life-course age group
  • Province/territory — crude rate
  • Province/territory — age-standardized rate
Calculation Numerator: Number of deaths in Canada due to suicide
Denominator: Total population in Canada
Remarks
  • Mortality data are considered preliminary since some data are based on ongoing investigations and some deaths in the later part of the year may only be registered until the following year.
  • For more information on the sources, please refer to https://infobase-dev.com/suicide-self-harm/suicide-mortality.html.
  • The data source changed starting with the 2025 cycle of the SSIF, therefore these data cannot be compared to that from previous cycles.
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