Preventable injuries are resulting in around 48 deaths in Canada daily.

They include things like motor vehicle accidents, drowning, falls, burns, suffocating or choking.

Bruce Krentz with the Northern Regional Health Authority has some advice for parents when it comes to water safety.

“Be within arms reach absolutely of young children. Always supervise children and young people when they are swimming and even if people know how to swim, wear a life jacket when you are boating or even when you are on the beach or the dock. Don’t let your kids use floatation devices like water wings or inflatable rings as a substitute for life jackets.”

A recent report said such injuries also cost the Canadian healthcare system almost  30-billion dollars in one year.

The vast majority of that, or $20.4 billion, are incurred by hospitals for such things as medical supplies, diagnostic imaging, drugs, ambulance transportation, physician  fees and rehabilitation costs.