Suicidal ideation past year prevalence by age Canada 2021

A survey from 2021 found that around eight percent of adults in Canada aged 18 to 34 years had suicidal ideation in the past 12 months. A different survey found the prevalence of past-year suicidal ideation among this age group to be five percent in 2019. The COVID-19 pandemic may have played a role in the increase from 2019 to 2021 of adults in this age group reporting suicidal ideation. This statistic shows the share of adults in Canada with suicidal ideation in the past 12 months in 2019 and 2021, by age

Share of adults in Canada with suicidal ideation in the past 12 months in 2019 and 2021, by age

Characteristic	2019	2021
Total	2.7%	4.2%
18 to 34 years	5%	8%
35 to 64 years	2.2%	3.7%
65 years and older	1%	0.9%

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Release date

May 2022

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Region

Canada

Survey time period

2019 and 2021

Age group

18 years and older

Supplementary notes

Figures for 2019 were taken from the 2019 Canadian Community Health Survey. The sample size for this survey was 57,034. Figures for 2021 were taken from Statistics Canada’s 2021 Survey on COVID-19 and Mental Health. The sample size for this survey was 5,742.

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