Overview
- Provincewide fatalities reached 1,826 in 2025, down from 2,315 in 2024, as the death rate fell to 32.0 per 100,000.
- Northern Health recorded the highest rate at 48.3 per 100,000, and Fraser and Vancouver Coastal Health together accounted for 56% of deaths (533 and 484).
- Island Health logged 343 deaths, about a 25% decline, with an overall rate of 37.7; Greater Campbell River had the region’s highest local death rate at 89.4 per 100,000.
- Fentanyl and analogues remained the leading factors in toxicology, with fentanyl detected in roughly two-thirds of expedited tests, and smoking was the most common mode of use at 65%.
- Most deaths occurred indoors, nearly half in private residences, with men comprising 77% of decedents and ages 30–59 accounting for 69%, while youth deaths rose to 26.