The person who died at the immigration detention center in Surrey on December 25, 2022, has been identified as 25-year-old Pan Yuan, whose country of birth is Taiwan, according to the Taiwan News. They report that Yuan had been arrested and detained in Canada in October. The cause of death is reported as suicide.
Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) had announced only announced the death on December 27. They did not release her cause of death or any additional details, only saying that a detainee was found unresponsive and that revival efforts were unsuccessful before the person was declared dead.
