The Daily: Circumstances surrounding unintentional fire-related deaths, 2011 to 2020

Circumstances surrounding unintentional fire-related deaths, 2011 to 2020

Released: 2022-06-16

Fatal fires are tragic events that are devastating individually, to families and within communities. From 2011 to 2020, there were approximately 220 fire-related deaths in Canada each year. The vast majority of these fire-related deaths were classified as unintentional (accidents) (81%). Smaller proportions of these deaths were classified as either intentional (15%), such as suicides and homicides, or were undetermined (4%), where the classification of the manner of death (i.e., accident, homicide or suicide) could not be determined following investigation. More here.