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According to the latest available data, Statistics Canada estimates 4,157 suicides took place in Canada in 2017, making it the 9th leading cause of death, between Alzheimer's disease (8th) and cirrhosis and other liver diseases (10th). In 2009, there were an estimated 3,890 suicide deaths.^[1]^[2]^[3]

According to Statistics Canada, in the period from 1950 to 2009, males died by suicide at a rate three times that of women. The much higher rate of male suicide is a long-term pattern in Canada. At all points in time over the past 60 years, males have had higher rates of suicide than females.^[4]

During 1999–2003, the suicide rate among Nunavut males aged 15 to 19 was estimated to exceed 800 per 100,000 population, compared to around 14 for the general Canadian male population in that age group.^[5]

^ Ladouceur, Roger (February 2011). "Suicide among men". Canadian Family Physician. 57 (2): 148. PMC 3038797. PMID 21321162.^{[permanent dead link]}
^ Statistics Canada. Suicides and rate of suicide according to sex and age, Ottawa, ON: Statistics Canada; 2017. http://www.statcan.gc.ca/tables-tableaux/sum-som/l01/cst01/hlth66a-eng.htm. (Accessed 2011 Jan 13).
^ Statistics Canada. Leading causes of death, total population, by age group, Ottawa, ON: Statistics Canada; 2017. https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/t1/tbl1/en/tv.action?pid=1310039401 (Accessed 2019 May 31).
^ Statistics Canada. Suicide rates: An overview, http://www.statcan.gc.ca/pub/82-624-x/2012001/article/11696-eng.htm (Accessed 2016 Dec 17).
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