First Nations, Métis and Inuit suicide rate Canada 2010-2016

From 2011 to 2016, there were 72.3 deaths by suicide among the Inuit people in Canada per 100,000 person-years at risk. This statistic shows the suicide rate among First Nations people, Métis and Inuit in Canada from 2011 to 2016.

Suicide rate among First Nations people, Métis and Inuit in Canada from 2011 to 2016 (per 100,000 person-years at risk)

Characteristic	Rate per 100,000 person-years at risk
First Nations	24.3
Métis	14.7
Inuit	72.3
Non-indigenous people	8

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Release date

June 2019

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Region

Canada

Survey time period

2011 to 2016

Number of respondents

851,280 respondents

Supplementary notes

ASMR = Age standardized mortality rate (standardized to the Indigenous population estimated by the 2011 National Household Survey; in 5-year age groups except for those aged 1-4 and those aged 85+). Excluded from data: institutional population at time of census collection (e.g. nursing homes, jails), population living in collective households (e.g. motels, hotels, rooming houses), persons not enumerated by the 2011 National Household Survey. Adapted from Statistics Canada, Suicide among First Nations people, Métis and Inuit (2011-2016): Findings from the 2011 Canadian Census Health and Environment Cohort (CanCHEC), pages 8, 10 and 11, 2011 to 2016. This does not constitute an endorsement by Statistics Canada of this product.

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