Medically assisted death, also known as assisted suicide, is among the top six leading causes of death in Canada.
The number of Canadians dying prematurely by “medical assistance in dying” (MAiD) has risen thirteenfold since legalization.
A new research report from Christian think tank Cardus showed cancer, heart diseases, COVID-19, accidents and cerebrovascular diseases were the only conditions that exceeded medically assisted death as causes of death.
MAiD assessors and providers do not treat it as a last resort. The percentage of MAiD requests that are denied continues to decline (currently it is 3.5 percent). MAiD requests can be assessed and provided in a single day.
Despite the importance of accurate vital statistics, some provinces’ death records do not record MAiD as a cause of death, instead recording the underlying condition that led to the MAiD request and subsequent death. Further, Health Canada reports on the number of MAiD deaths, but Statistics Canada does not consider MAiD a cause of death. These inconsistencies in reporting have an impact on research about MAiD and about causes of death more generally.
According to Wikipedia:
There have been 60,301 MAID deaths reported in Canada since the introduction of legislation in 2016. In 2023, 15,343 MAID provisions were reported in Canada, accounting for 4.7% of all deaths in Canada. This represents a growth rate of 15.8% over 2022.
Here is a podcast by Winston Marshall with Kelsi Sheren, a Canadian war veteran and activist against assisted dying. She discusses the expansion of “Assisted Dying” and euthanasia in Canada, Britain, USA and the West.
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