Data for the 2024 reference year from the Canadian Vital Statistics Death Database are now available. The datasets include demographic and cause of death information on people who died in all jurisdictions between January 1 and December 31, 2024 and for whom Statistics Canada received information on or before August 25^th, 2025.

Data for the 2000 to 2023 reference years from the Canadian Vital Statistics Death Database have been updated to include new registrations and amended registrations received on or before June 16^th, 2025.

More information on the variables and on the Canadian Vital Statistics Death Database can be found in the 2024 DATA DICTIONARY AND USER GUIDE OF THE CANADIAN VITAL STATISTICS DEATH DATABASE, which accompanies the data.

Please note that Version 8C PCCF+ information has been generated for these files.  Please consult the PCCF+ version 8C user guide for information. Multiple cause of death information is also included as a SAS file. The PCCF+ information can be merged to the deaths file using the unique identifier composed of EVENT_YEAR, PLACEOFDEATH_PROVINCE and REGISTRATION_NUMBER.