96% of all Canadians who were euthanized in 2023 were White, despite only representing about 70% of the Canadian population.
Even in Canada’s most racially diverse province, where nearly 30% of the population consists of recent immigrants representing the largest share of visible minorities, 95% of those euthanized were White.
The curious data comes from latest Health Canada report, which also shows that Canada leads the world in deaths by euthanasia per year: 15,300 Canadians were killed via government-assisted suicide last year out of 320,000 deaths from all causes. Over three quarters of MAiD requests are ultimately approved and executed.
The figures have garnered international media headlines, and this latest one will surely cause some double takes.
It’s unclear why so many more White people per capita are getting approved for government-assisted suicide than the population at large; one can only imagine the shock and disgust that legacy media and far-left pundits would display if Black Canadians were disproportionately euthanized.
Euthanasia in Canada
Since being legalized in 2016, the program referred to as Medical Assistance in Dying (MAiD) has been expanded by the government to include adults with certain terminal illnesses.
In 2021, the federal Liberals relaxed the eligibility criteria to receive government-assisted suicide by removing the requirement that an individual’s death be considered “reasonably foreseeable.”
Individuals with questionable decision-making abilities have been allowed to receive MAID, including earlier this year when a 27-year-old autistic woman from Alberta was given the green light.
The approval shocked many, including Calgary-based anti-MAiD activist, Amanda Achtman, who argued that it was a “blatant devaluation of persons with disabilities.”
In fact, the Trudeau Government has also recently considered further expanding eligibility to include individuals suffering purely from certain mental health illnesses. However, this development has been delayed given widespread public backlash.
Public polling displays significant nuance within the population, with the pro-suicide lobby “Dying with Dignity” boasting a 84% approval rating among the public in 2023 for the MAiD program in general.
Conversely, the Evangelical Fellowship of Canada reported that 61% of Canadians believe that expanded MAID covering mental health should be the very last resort.
