Moms Stop the Harm advocates and supporters on the sixth anniversary to mark the public health emergency of the declaration due to the significant increase in opioid-related overdoses across the province in Victoria on April 14, 2022. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Chad Hipolito
B.C. drug deaths continue to decline in September, down 19 per cent from 2025
Nov 10, 2026 | 11:30 AM
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VICTORIA — Toxic drug deaths in British Columbia in September were down about 19 per cent from the same month last year, continuing a pattern that has seen deaths this year fall to the lowest levels since before the COVID-19 pandemic.
The BC Coroners Service says 133 people died from suspected unregulated drug toxicity in September, at a rate of roughly 4.4 deaths a day.
The September death toll is up from the 113 deaths reported in both May and July this year, representing the lowest numbers of monthly fatalities in B.C. since 2019.
The service says there have been 1,143 toxic drug deaths in B.C. between January and September, down 40 per cent compared to the same months in 2023 at the peak of the crisis.
