Editing Assisted suicide (section)

===Canada===
{{Main|Euthanasia in Canada}}

In Canada, physician-assisted suicide was first legalized in the province of Quebec on 5 June 2014.<ref>{{cite news |date=10 December 2015 |title=Is it euthanasia or assisted suicide? Quebec's end-of-life care law explained |newspaper=National Post |location=Toronto, Ontario |url=http://news.nationalpost.com/news/canada/is-it-euthanasia-or-assisted-suicide-quebecs-end-of-life-care-law-explained |access-date=5 January 2016 |vauthors=Hamilton G |archive-date=12 June 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240612041220/https://nationalpost.com/category/news/ |url-status=live }}</ref> It was declared nationally legal by the [[Supreme Court of Canada]] on 6 February 2015, in ''[[Carter v Canada (AG)|Carter v. Canada (Attorney General)]]''.<ref>[https://scc-csc.lexum.com/scc-csc/scc-csc/en/item/14637/index.do ''Carter v. Canada (Attorney General)''<nowiki>, 2015 S.C.C. 5, [2015] 1 S.C.R. 331</nowiki>]. {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160118090445/https://scc-csc.lexum.com/scc-csc/scc-csc/en/item/14637/index.do |date=18 January 2016 }}</ref>

National legislation formalizing physician-assisted suicide passed in mid-June 2016, for patients facing an estimated death within six months.<ref>[http://laws-lois.justice.gc.ca/PDF/2016_3.pdf Bill C-14, ''An Act to amend the Criminal Code & to make related amendments to other Acts (medical assistance in dying)'', 1st Sess., 42nd Parl., 2015–2016 (assented to 2016‑06‑17), S.C. 2016, c. 3] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211105001837/http://laws-lois.justice.gc.ca/PDF/2016_3.pdf |date=5 November 2021 }}.</ref> Eligibility criteria have been progressively expanded over time. As of March 2021, individuals no longer need to be terminally ill in order to qualify for assisted suicide.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Canada |first=Department of Justice |date=18 March 2021 |title=New medical assistance in dying legislation becomes law |url=https://www.canada.ca/en/department-justice/news/2021/03/new-medical-assistance-in-dying-legislation-becomes-law.html |access-date=19 March 2023 |website=www.canada.ca |archive-date=19 March 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230319205732/https://www.canada.ca/en/department-justice/news/2021/03/new-medical-assistance-in-dying-legislation-becomes-law.html |url-status=live }}</ref> Legislation allowing for assisted suicide for mental illness was expected to come into force on 17 March 2023, but has since been postponed until 2027.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Canada |first=Health |date=16 June 2016 |title=Medical assistance in dying |url=https://www.canada.ca/en/health-canada/services/medical-assistance-dying.html |access-date=19 March 2023 |website=www.canada.ca |archive-date=29 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230529064640/https://www.canada.ca/en/health-canada/services/medical-assistance-dying.html |url-status=live }}</ref>

Between 10 December 2015 and 30 June 2017, 2,149 medically assisted deaths were documented in Canada. Research published by Health Canada illustrates physician preference for physician-administered voluntary euthanasia, citing concerns about effective administration and prevention of the potential complications of self-administration by patients.<ref>{{citation |url=http://publications.gc.ca/collections/collection_2018/sc%E2%80%91hc/H14%E2%80%91230%E2%80%913%E2%80%912018%E2%80%91eng.pdf |title=Second Interim Report on Medical Assistance in Dying in Canada |author=Health Canada |author-link=Health Canada |date=October 2017 |publisher=Health Canada |location=Ottawa |isbn=978-0-660-20467-3 |id=H14‑230/2‑2017E‑PDF |postscript=. |access-date=16 March 2020 |archive-date=26 January 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210126190234/http://publications.gc.ca/collections/collection_2018/sc%E2%80%91hc/H14%E2%80%91230%E2%80%913%E2%80%912018%E2%80%91eng.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref>