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Counting Heat Deaths in Canada | Toronto News
Canada’s sweltering heat waves are claiming lives—but we don’t know how many. With no national standard for tracking heat-related deaths, provinces record them differently—or not at all. A heart attack in one province might be labeled a heat death in another, creating chaos in data and policy. The federal goal to end heat deaths by 2040 is impossible without knowing the baseline. Vulnerable populations, especially those with pre-existing conditions, are most at risk—but coroners’ differing rulings muddy the numbers. Europe’s heat wave revealed similar global data gaps, where “excess deaths”…
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