Canada Has Sixth-Highest Suicide Rate in Americas, Says First Study of Its Kind

A new study shows that Canada had the sixth-highest suicide rate in 2019 out of the 33 countries examined in North, Central, and South America. OLIVIER DOULIERY/AFP via Getty Images

A new study ranks Canada as having the sixth-highest suicide mortality rate in 2019, out of 33 countries in North, Central, and South America.

Conducted by the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH) and published on Feb. 23 in The Lancet Regional Health, the study is the first of its kind to examine the impact of specific contextual factors associated with national suicide rates in the Americas, according to CAMH.