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Assisted suicides now make up more than 1 in 10 deaths in parts of Canada — and rates are rising

Nypost · · 754 words · By Alex Oliveira
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Assisted suicides now make up more than 1 in 10 deaths in parts of Canada — and rates are rising See more of our coverage in your search results.

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What happened

Assisted suicides now make up more than 1 in 10 deaths in parts of Canada — and rates are rising See more of our coverage in your search results.

Why it matters

Canada’s medically assisted suicide is responsible for nearly one in 10 deaths in some part of the country — with one area seeing rates over 13%.

Common ground

Lanaudière — a mountainous region of Quebec just north of Montreal — had 13.4% of its deaths come from Canada’s medical assistance in dying program (MAID) in 2025, official records showed.

Perspective signals

The tension in the story is sharpened by Loaded Language, Appeal to Fear, Causal Oversimplification: language that can make the dispute feel more urgent, personal, or adversarial than the underlying facts alone.

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Loaded Language 95% confidence
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Appeal to Fear 80% confidence
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Causal Oversimplification 70% confidence
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eFinder analyzed this article and checked 17 claims against available evidence, cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia. Here is what the fact-checking layer found.

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Claim 1: “Nationwide, about 1 in 20 deaths were from assisted suicide.”
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The provided evidence contains general information about Canada's geography and government, but no statistics regarding the nationwide percentage of deaths from assisted suicide.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Canada is a country in North America. Its ten provinces and three territories extend from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean and northward into the Arctic Ocean, making it the second-largest coun…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canada
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The prime minister of Canada is the head of government of Canada. Under the Westminster system, the prime minister governs with the confidence of a majority of the elected House of Commons; as such, t…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prime_Minister_of_Canada
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The wildlife of Canada or biodiversity of Canada consist of over 80,000 classified species, and an equal number thought yet to be recognized. Known fauna and flora have been identified from five kingd…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wildlife_of_Canada
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Claim 2: “Under assisted suicide laws in Oregon, California and other states, doctors may only proscribe the drugs; the patient must drink them to die.”
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Claim 3: “across Canada in British Columbia more than 7% of deaths that year were through MAID, accounting for 3,189 out of 44,000 deaths in 12 months.”
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The provided evidence for this claim consists of general information about the UK, British people, and unrelated Wikipedia entries for 'Maid' (the series/movie). No data regarding British Columbia MAID statistics was found.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Brentwood Bay is a small village in the municipality of Central Saanich, on the Saanich Peninsula in British Columbia, Canada. It lies north of the city of Victoria, east of the community of Willis Po…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brentwood_Bay,_British_Columbi…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Maid is an American drama limited series created for Netflix by Molly Smith Metzler. The series is inspired by Stephanie Land's memoir Maid: Hard Work, Low Pay, and a Mother's Will to Survive. Its sto…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maid_(miniseries)
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Maid in Manhattan is a 2002 American romantic comedy drama film directed by Wayne Wang and based on a story by John Hughes, who is credited using a pseudonym. It stars Jennifer Lopez, Ralph Fiennes, a…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maid_in_Manhattan
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Claim 4: “In the US the average wait time is 12 days.”
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Claim 5: “For orthopedic surgery it was 48 weeks”
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No evidence was found after searching for orthopedic surgery wait times.
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Claim 6: “Lanaudière — a mountainous region of Quebec just north of Montreal — had 13.4% of its deaths come from Canada’s medical assistance in dying program (MAID) in 2025”
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While one web search result mentions that 6,268 Quebecers died by MAID (7.9% of all deaths), there is no specific mention of the Lanaudière region or the 13.4% figure in the provided evidence.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The 2025 Canadian wildfire season began with over 160 wildfires across the country in mid-May 2025 primarily in Manitoba, Ontario and Saskatchewan. Two civilians died in the town of Lac du Bonnet loca…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2025_Canadian_wildfires
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The COVID-19 pandemic in Quebec was part of the global pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), a novel infectious disease caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/COVID-19_pandemic_in_Quebec
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Université de Montréal (English: University of Montreal; UdeM; French pronunciation: [ynivɛʁsite də mɔ̃ʁeal]) is a French-language public research university in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. The unive…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Université_de_Montréal
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Claim 7: “of the 22,535 who applied for MAID in 2024, 16,499 were approved and died by assisted suicide.”
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Claim 8: “The median age of assisted suicide patients was about 78 in 2024.”
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The evidence provides the general median age of Canada (40.8 years) but does not provide the median age specifically for MAID patients in 2024.
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web search NEUTRAL — He was among the first physicians in Canada to administer MAID. With an LHSC ethicist, Ball was instrumental in developing a step-by-step procedural guide for hospitals across the country establishing…
https://thewalrus.ca/the-doctor-behind-one-of-canadas-first-…
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web search NEUTRAL — The median age in Canada is 40.8 years. 1. U.N. Dept. of Economic and Social Affairs - Population Division. World Population Prospects: The 2024 Revision. (Medium-fertility variant).
https://www.worldometers.info/world-population/canada-popula…
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web search NEUTRAL — Details and statistics about Canada, a country in North America known for the Rocky Mountains and vast Arctic tundra.
https://worldpopulationreview.com/countries/canada
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Claim 9: “In July, 83-year-old grandma Brigitte Stegemann died through MAID after a stomach cancer battle”
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Claim 10: “the latest figures show 76,475 people have died by assisted suicide between 2016 when MAID was enacted and 2024.”
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A Yahoo News Canada search result explicitly states '76,475 Canadians have died by MAID'.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Maid of Honour (stylized in all caps) is the tenth studio album by Canadian rapper Drake, released through OVO Sound and Republic Records on May 15, 2026 as a surprise album alongside Drake's ninth an…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maid_of_Honour_(album)
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Maid of the Mist is a sightseeing boat tour of Niagara Falls, New York, US. The tour starts and ends on the American side of the falls, crossing briefly into Canada during a portion of the trip. J…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maid_of_the_Mist
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Maid service, cleaning service, apartment cleaning and janitorial service are terms more modernly describing a specialized outside service, providing a specific service to individuals, businesses, fra…
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Claim 11: “Canada has a population of 42 million”
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The provided evidence for this claim consists of unrelated search results about Pornhub and does not mention Canada's total population.
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web search NEUTRAL — Pornhub is a Canadian-owned Internet pornography video-sharing website, one of several owned by Aylo, an adult entertainment conglomerate formerly known as MindGeek/Manwin/Mansef. [3][4] As of June 20…
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web search NEUTRAL — Pornhub provides you with unlimited free porn videos with the hottest pornstars. Enjoy the largest amateur porn community on the net as well as full-length scenes from the top XXX studios.
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web search NEUTRAL — Enjoy the hottest free porn videos in HD. Pornhub run has all the latest with top pornstars in every xxx video category.
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Claim 12: “In December of 2025, 26-year-old Kiano Vafaeian died by assisted suicide after submitting a claim based on diabetes, vision problems and depression”
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Claim 13: “Nearly 8% of all deaths across the province of 8.5 million people were by assisted suicide”
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One source mentions 7.9% of all deaths in Quebec were MAID, and another mentions 'Euthanasia on track for 7% of ALL deaths in Quebec'. Both align with the 'nearly 8%' claim.
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web search NEUTRAL — Not surprisingly, the number of medically-assisted deaths are on the rise, year over year. In 2021, MAID accounted for 3.3% of all deaths in Canada. The province with the highest rate was Quebec, sitt…
https://www.remnantmd.com/p/euthanasia-on-track-for-7-of-all
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web search NEUTRAL — In China, suicide is the fifth leading cause of death, with higher rates among women, often linked to socio-economic pressures. Suicide occurs throughout the world, affecting individuals of all nation…
https://worldpopulationreview.com/country-rankings/suicide-r…
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web search NEUTRAL — And assistant suicide is a scam anyway. Government of Canada uses it to harvest body parts to sell to the Chinese for big money. And yes, human body parts go for a lot of money, a Kidney can be up to …
https://archive.4plebs.org/pol/thread/438244349/
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Claim 14: “The average wait to be treated by a specialist doctor was 28.6 weeks in 2025... according to the Fraser Institute.”
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No evidence was found after searching for the Fraser Institute's 2025 wait time statistics.
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Claim 15: “In 2024 more than 95% of patients were deemed “Track 1,” meaning their deaths were “reasonably foreseeable.””
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Claim 16: “Canadian doctors are the ones administering the lethal drugs.”
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Claim 17: “Across French-speaking Quebec... 6,268 died by assisted suicide that year [2025].”
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A web search result explicitly quotes remarks by Georges Buscemi stating that 6,268 Quebecers died by medical assistance in dying last year.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Quebec (French: Québec) is Canada's largest province by area. Located in Central Canada, it is the country's only Francophone-majority province. It is home to speakers of Québécois French. It shares b…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quebec
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Quebec City (French: Ville de Québec) is the capital city of the Canadian province of Quebec. As of July 2021, the city had a population of 549,459 and the Quebec City census metropolitan area (includ…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Québec solidaire ([ke.bɛk sɔ.li.daɛ̯ʁ], lit. 'Quebec Solidarity', QS) is a left wing, democratic socialist and sovereigntist political party in Quebec, Canada. The party and media outlets in Canada us…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Québec_solidaire
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