COVID-19 pandemic led to a drop in Canadians’ average life expectancy in 2020, new data released by Statistics Canada suggests.The agency said on Tuesday that the more than 15,600 COVID-19-related deaths in 2020 contributed to an estimated reduction in life expectancy at birth (LEB) across Canada of 0.41 years last year.
Canadian life expectancy has stopped rising because of the opioid crisis: Statistics Canada Statistics Canada said when compared to the LEB in 2019 of 82.10 years, the decrease of 0.41 years would “reduce LEB to what it was six years earlier in 2013” of 81.68 years.What’s more, Statistics Canada said not all provinces were affected equally.In fact, the agency said Quebec is where the impact of COVID-19 on life expectancy.