Medically Assisted Deaths in Canada Increased By More Than 31 Percent in 2022: Report

Quebec had the most MAID deaths in 2022, followed by Ontario, British Columbia, and Alberta, according to the data.

The West Block of Parliament Hill is seen through the window of the Sir John A. Macdonald Building in Ottawa in a file photo. The Canadian Press/Sean Kilpatrick

The number of medically assisted deaths in Canada increased by 31.2 percent in 2022, with the latest report revealing the procedure accounted for 4.1 percent of all deaths in the country last year.

The Fourth Annual Report on Medical Assistance in Dying (MAID) in Canada 2022, released on Oct. 24, found there were 13,241 MAID deaths that year, with all provinces and territories except Manitoba and the Yukon experiencing year-over-year growth.