The Office of the Chief Coroner of Ontario recently released the euthanasia report for the fourth quarter of 2025. It reveals that in Ontario there were 5,303 reported deaths from euthanasia in 2025, up from 4,944 in 2024, representing a 7.2% increase. It shows that euthanasia deaths are continuing to rise rather than leveling off.
Writing about the unfolding tragedy, Alex Schadenberg, executive director of Canada’s Euthanasia Prevention Coalition, said: “The report indicated that all Ontario MAiD deaths, in 2025, were clinician administered (euthanasia). In jurisdictions that legalise both euthanasia and assisted suicide, nearly all of the deaths are euthanasia. According to Health Canada, from legalisation until December 31, 2024 there were 76,475 Canadian MAiD deaths.”
Mr Schadenberg predicts that when the total number of euthanasia deaths for 2025 are added, the figure for Canadian deaths from euthanasia since the law changed will be close to 95,000. And based on current trends, he says the figure will surpass 100,000 deaths before the middle of 2026.
When politicians promise that something will be “rare” and “restrictive” if it becomes law, it’s usually a warning sign that the opposite is much more likely to occur – and that they know it.
Yet time and again the electorate falls for it. Canada’s euthanasia experience illustrates this dynamic clearly. It’s a good example to share with friends who always appear inclined to give smooth-talking politicians the benefit of the doubt.