At least 458 unhoused people in BC died in 2023, a 23 per cent increase from 2022.
That’s according to data from the BC Coroners Service, adding that its three times the number of people (155) who died while experiencing homelessness in the province in 2020.
The majority of deaths are attributed to accidental unregulated drug toxicity with 394, followed by other accidental causes at 25, natural causes at 24, and suicide, undetermined and homicide below 10.
In the north, 46 unhoused individuals died, a jump from 32 the previous year.
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