Each month, the Canadian Deceased Registry™ tracks confirmed deaths across Canada. This data plays a critical role in data hygiene, fraud prevention, compliance, and customer experience, helping organizations avoid sensitive missteps and operational risk.
đź“Š December 2025 Snapshot
In December 2025, the Canadian Deceased Registry identified 17,966 confirmed deaths nationwide.
That represents:
- â–˛ 3% increase month-over-month (November 2025: 17,385)
- â–Ľ 11% decrease year-over-year (December 2024: 20,200)
This continues a broader normalization trend following the elevated mortality levels observed throughout much of 2024.
Key Metrics (National)
- Total deaths: 17,966
- Deaths per 100K population: 44.5
- Average age at death: 78.4 years
Both the mortality rate and average age at death remain consistent with longer-term historical patterns, reinforcing that last year’s higher totals were an outlier rather than a sustained shift.
đź“Ť Provincial Highlights
Mortality volume remains concentrated in Canada’s most populous provinces:
- Ontario: 7,297 deaths | 46.2 per 100K | Avg age 78.4
- Quebec: 4,407 deaths | 49.2 per 100K | Avg age 80.4
- British Columbia: 1,227 deaths | 22.0 per 100K | Avg age 79.7
- Alberta: 1,524 deaths | 32.0 per 100K | Avg age 76.9
Ontario and Quebec together accounted for nearly two-thirds of all recorded deaths, underscoring where suppression, verification, and monitoring efforts deliver the greatest operational impact.
Across most provinces, both death rates and average age at death remained stable or improved compared to December 2024.
Why This Matters for Organizations
Even with declining totals, the operational risk tied to deceased records remains significant:
- Inappropriate outreach damages trust
- Billing or collections errors create compliance exposure
- Fraud risk increases when deceased identities remain active
- Data decay accelerates silently without monitoring
Lower mortality does not reduce the need for vigilance — it increases the importance of accuracy and timeliness.
The Takeaway
December’s data confirms a return toward historical mortality patterns, but risk does not decline with volume.
Organizations that rely on customer, donor, or constituent data should:
- Continuously suppress deceased records
- Monitor databases in near real time
- Treat proof-of-life as an ongoing discipline, not a one-time clean
The cost of getting this wrong far outweighs the effort required to stay current.
December’s data confirms a return toward historical mortality patterns, but risk does not decline with volume.
Organizations that rely on customer, donor, or constituent data should:
- Continuously suppress deceased records
- Monitor databases in near real time
- Treat proof-of-life as an ongoing discipline, not a one-time clean
The cost of getting this wrong far outweighs the effort required to stay current.
About The Data
The data presented in this report was summarized by the Canadian Deceased Registry™, Canada’s only national registry of deceased Canadians. To learn more about the database, submit your inquiry using our contact web form.
Distribution of the Canadian Deceased Registry™ is managed by Cleanlist, Canada’s largest customer data company. Through Cleanlist, you can license the Canadian Deceased Registry™ database or access it to clean, validate, and enrich the data you have.
