Canada Global(Web News) According to provincial data, the number of people who died in Ontario whose bodies were not claimed by loved ones or family members has increased in the past few years.
The Office of the Chief Coroner says a total of 1,183 bodies were abandoned in 2023, compared to 983 in 2022 and 438 in 2019.
Since 2019, the number of abandoned bodies has increased by 170%.
A graph shows the steady increase in abandoned bodies in Ontario since 2006, including a 170 percent increase from 2019 to 2023.
Greg Nash, who works with disadvantaged people with the Intercommunity Health Center in London, said it was likely that many of them lived with addiction or mental health problems and had little support in their lives.