US EditionOpioid deaths drop nationally, but rise in Quebec and Newfoundland and Labrador
Despite a 17% national decline in opioid deaths, Quebec and Newfoundland saw increases, with Quebec reporting 645 deaths in 2024, more than double the 2022 figure, Canadian data shows.
- Apparent opioid-related deaths dropped by 17% across Canada in 2024 compared to the prior year, but remain "very high" with 7,150 deaths, an average of 20 per day.
- British Columbia, Ontario, and Alberta reported the most opioid deaths in 2024, but saw a drop compared to 2023, while Quebec and Newfoundland and Labrador saw increases.
- Quebec's opioid deaths in 2024 were 645, up from 536 in 2023 and more than double the number in 2022, while Newfoundland and Labrador had 45 deaths, up from 37 in 2023.
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Opioid Deaths Drop Nationally, but Rise in Quebec and Newfoundland and Labrador
New federal data says apparent opioid-related deaths dropped by 17 percent across Canada in 2024 compared with the prior year. But they rose in Quebec, Newfoundland and Labrador and the Northwest Territories over the same period. A new report by the Canadian Centre on Substance Use and Addiction says that despite the drop in deaths across Canada, opioid toxicity deaths remain “very high.” There were 7,150 apparent opioid-related deaths in Canada…
Several provinces have experienced a decline in opioid-related deaths, but not Quebec, according to the Canadian Centre on Substance Dependencies and Use.
Quebec ranks fourth in the number of deaths from opioid poisoning in Canada with 645 deaths in 2024.
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Opioid deaths drop nationally, but rise in Quebec and Newfoundland and Labrador
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