Updated data from the BC Coroners Service shows 31 deaths were reported on Vancouver Island through March due to suspected unregulated drug toxicity.
The latest report from the coroners service shows 15 deaths were reported in the south Island region, 11 in the central Island and five in the north Island.
Provincewide, there were 135 deaths through March, which equates to more than four deaths per day.
The report shows the highest number of unregulated drug deaths occurred in the Fraser Health Authority and Vancouver Coastal Health Authority.
So far through 2026, deaths among those between the ages of 30 and 59 accounted for 68 per cent of drug-toxicity deaths in the province and 78 per cent were male.
