https://www.canada.ca/content/dam/hc-sc/images/services/publications/health-system-services/annual-report-medical-assistance-dying-2024/fig2.2a-en.png

Track 2 category added in 2020 – growing.

Track 2: Refers to a request for MAID made by a person who meets the eligibility requirements set out in the Criminal Code and whose natural death is not “reasonably foreseeable” (these requests are subject to several additional safeguards in order to dedicate sufficient time and expertise to assessment).

https://www.catholicregister.org/item/3032-break-down-on-the-statistics-of-90-0000-m-ai-d-deaths-in-canada

Track 1: Refers to a request for MAID made by a person who meets the eligibility requirements set out in the Criminal Code and whose natural death is “reasonably foreseeable”.