In 1996 around 3,941 suicides occurred in Canada, 29 less than in 1995. In 1996, on average 11 Canadians committed suicide every day.
Canada reported 13.3 suicides per 100,000 inhabitants, less than the average suicide in the world, of 15.06 self-harm per 100.000 people.
Canada, has a relatively low rate of suicide per inhabitants.
Of the 3,941 recorded suicide cases in 1996, 3,093 were men suicides and 848 were women. So that, the suicide rate among males were 21.1 per 100,000 men and for women 5.7 per 100,000 female.
Statistics show that in 2014, suicides were the main cause of unnatural death in the world. In Canada suicide also is one of the leading causes of unnatural death. By comparison, there were 634 homicides in Canada, the number of suicides far outnumber homicides. For every homicide there were 6.2 suicides.
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