Health Canada recently released the Fourth Annual Report on Medical Assistance in Dying (2022). The data is gathered from the reports submitted by the medical or nurse practitioners who carried out the death. There is no requirement that a "third" party or neutral person witness the death or submit the reports to ensure their accuracy.

While waiting for the official report to be released, I had estimated that there would be approximately 13,200 reported assisted deaths. My estimate was close.

The report (2022) indicates that there were: 13,241 assisted deaths in 2022 up from 10,092 in 2021, 7611 in 2020, 5665 in 2019, 4493 in 2018, 2838 in 2017 and 1018 in 2016.

The 2022 report also indicates that the number of assisted deaths increased by 31.2% representing 4.1% of all deaths .