Confirmed Suicide Deaths in Ottawa
Number of confirmed suicide deaths in Ottawa by year, age, and sex.
Date created: March 2026
Update frequency: Yearly
Accuracy:
Data are from the "Suicides in Ontario" report published quarterly by the Office of the Chief Coroner for Ontario (OCCO).
Data include counts and rates of suicide deaths that occurred in Ottawa by age, sex, and year.
These data are subject to change and results may also differ from those previously reported. Data include all open and closed death investigations where the preliminary or final conclusion regarding the manner of death is suicide. Suicide is defined as when the cause of death was an injury which was non-accidentally inflicted by the deceased. Suicide can only be assigned for individuals ages 10 years and older. Investigations for a number of these deaths are ongoing. Reported deaths with a manner of suicide may be changed to a different manner upon conclusion of the investigation.
The more recent the death, the more likely the investigation is still ongoing. More recent deaths are also more likely to have an unassigned manner of death therefore the number of suicides may be under-represented. Suicide deaths for two latest years of data are considered preliminary
Small numbers and rates should be interpreted with caution.
Denominators used to calculate rates are population estimate (2011-2020) and projections (2021-2024) from Statistics Canada.
The postal code of the primary environment (i.e., where the death occurred) is used to assign Public Health Unit. If the postal code of the primary environment is missing/invalid, the county of the primary environment is used to assign Public Health Unit. If postal code and county of the primary environment are missing/invalid, the Coroner's Region is used to assign Public Health Unit.
Attributes:
Year – Year of death.
Number of deaths by suicide – number of suicide deaths in Ottawa
Rate of death by suicide in Ottawa (per 100,000 population) – rate of suicide deaths in Ottawa, per 100,000 Ottawa residents.
Rate of death by suicide among females in Ottawa (per 100,000 population) – rate of suicide deaths among females in Ottawa, per 100,000 Ottawa residents.
Rate of death by suicide for males in Ottawa (per 100,000 population) – rate of suicide deaths among males in Ottawa, per 100,000 Ottawa residents.
3YMA of rate of death by suicide among 10- to 19-year-olds in Ottawa (per 100,000 population) – three-year average of the rate of suicide deaths among 10- to 29-year-olds in Ottawa, per 100,000 Ottawa residents.
3YMA of rate of death by suicide of 20- to 44-year-olds in Ottawa (per 100,000 population) – three-year average of the rate of suicide deaths among 20- to 44-year-olds in Ottawa, per 100,000 Ottawa residents.
3YMA of rate of death by suicide of 45- to 64-year-olds in Ottawa (per 100,000 population) – three-year average of the rate of suicide deaths among 45- to 64-year-olds in Ottawa, per 100,000 Ottawa residents.
3YMA of rate of death by suicide among 65-year-olds and older in Ottawa (per 100,000 population) – three-year average of the rate of suicide deaths among 65-year-olds and older in Ottawa, per 100,000 Ottawa residents.
3YMA of rate of death by suicide among 10-year-olds and older in Ottawa (per 100,000 population) – three-year average of the rate of suicide deaths among 10-year-olds and older in Ottawa, per 100,000 Ottawa residents.
Author: OPH Epidemiology Team
Author email: [email protected]
Maintainer Organization: Epidemiology & Evidence, Ottawa Public Health
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Additional Info
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| Last Updated | June 16, 2026, 17:24 (UTC) |
| Created | June 16, 2026, 17:24 (UTC) |
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Title
Title for the Dataset.
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Confirmed Suicide Deaths in Ottawa |
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Description
A description of the dataset.
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Number of confirmed suicide deaths in Ottawa by year, age, and sex. Date created: March 2026
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16.0 |
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Metadata Identifier
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Published Date
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2026-03-27 |
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Access category
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public |
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License
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https://ottawa.ca/en/city-hall/get-know-your-city/open-data#open-data-licence-version-2-0 |
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Limits on use
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Location
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https://od-dev2-ottawa.opendata.arcgis.com/datasets/ottawa::confirmed-suicide-deaths-in-ottawa |
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Owner
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[email protected] |
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Contact Point
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City of Ottawa |
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Contact Point Email
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[email protected] |
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Publisher
Publisher of the dataset.
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City of Ottawa |
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Publisher Email
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Author
Author of the dataset.
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[email protected] |
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Accessed At
Date the data and metadata was accessed.
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2026-03-27 |
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Identifier
Unique identifier for the dataset.
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07abae4c64c2453093390c7b2be1b9eb |
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Language
Language(s) of the dataset
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English |
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Link to dataset description
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https://od-dev2-ottawa.opendata.arcgis.com/datasets/ottawa::confirmed-suicide-deaths-in-ottawa |
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Version
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None |
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Source
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None |
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Provenance Text
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City of Ottawa |
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Indigenous Community Permission
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Community Permission
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The Indigenous communities the dataset is about
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Number of data rows
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12 |
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Number of data columns
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20 |
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Number of data cells
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240 |
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