At least 220 people with gambling problems have taken their own lives in Canada over the past decade, a CBC News investigation has found, with gambling-related suicides in Ontario tripling since 2022.
The real figure is likely to be higher, because Alberta, Saskatchewan, Nova Scotia, Yukon and Nunavut do not track whether gambling played a part in a death. CBC also found that no Canadian coroner has ever held an inquest into the issue.
That contrasts with Australia and the UK, where coroners have used inquests to examine the role of the gambling industry. Last month an Australian coroner called for major reforms after investigating the death of a 22-year-old whose betting had triggered dozens of internal alerts at his online bookmaker, which nevertheless kept sending him bonus offers.
Source: CBC News
