COVID-19, overdoses drove overall increase in deaths in Canada: latest data – CTV
Sept. 21, 2023
In 2021, overall deaths increased by one per cent compared to 2020 – an increase entirely due to more deaths among men, including more fatal overdose and COVID-19 deaths.
According to new numbers from Statistics Canada released in late August, there were 311,640 total deaths across Canada(opens in a new tab) during the second year of the pandemic.
But while deaths among men increased by 2.5 per cent compared to the previous year, deaths among women declined by 0.5 per cent.
The largest increase in male deaths was seen among those aged 45-64 years old, with this age group seeing a 4.2 per cent increase in deaths. Deaths among women in the same age bracket decreased by 0.2 per cent.
