• Nearly 4,000 Canadians die each year by suicide, an average of 10 suicides per day. (In 2007, 3,611 Canadians died by suicide)
• Suicide is one of the leading causes of premature death in Canada.
• Canadians are about seven times more likely to die from suicide than to be the victim of a homicide
• Suicide is the 2nd leading cause of death among youth.
• 83% of Canadians do not know that suicide is one of the leading causes of death among youth. (Your Life Counts, national Poll: Harris Decima, August 2010)
• Approximately 1 in 10 Ontario Students repot that they have seriously considered suicide in the past year.
• For each death by suicide, there are as many as 100 suicide attempts.
• More than 1000 people in Ontario die by suicide each year.
• Waterloo Region yearly average of emergency room visits for suicide attempts and related incidents from 2005-2009 is 616.
• The Waterloo Regional Police responded to 1045 attempt suicide occurrences in 2010.
• In 2007, Waterloo Region had 42 suicides. Suicide in Waterloo Region: A Health Status Report, May 2011)

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