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The COVID-19 pandemic in Canada is part of the ongoing worldwide pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 . It is caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 ( SARS-CoV-2 ). Most cases over the course of the pandemic have been in Ontario , Quebec , British Columbia and Alberta .
All timelines, overviews, breakdowns, lists, and graphs on this page are based on data published in regular official reports by Health Canada in cooperation with Public Health Agency of Canada. [ 1 ] Timeline of cases and deaths in Canada
Province Population Tests Per k Cases Per m Deaths Per m Ref. British Columbia: 5,728,735 6,720,015 1,173.1 433,370 75,651 7,681 1,340.8 [1]Alberta: 4,952,023
Canada has detected its first case of coronavirus infection from the highly mutated BA.2.86 variant of Omicron in a person in British Columbia who had not traveled outside the Pacific province ...
The COVID-19 pandemic in New Brunswick is an ongoing viral pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 , a novel infectious disease caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 . The province of New Brunswick has the eight-most cases (out of ten provinces and three territories) of COVID-19 in Canada , having confirmed their first case on ...
On February 26, 2021, Health Canada approved the Oxford–AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine for use. [16] In Ottawa, the first vaccine was administered at the Ottawa Hospital - Civic Campus, on December 15, 2020. It was the Pfizer–BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine, as the mRNA-1273 vaccine developed by Moderna was administered at a later date.
On November 19, Health Canada approved the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine for children aged five to eleven. [114] Health Canada recommended children receive the smaller doses, with an interval of at least 8 weeks between vaccinations. [115] [116] Doses began to arrive several days later. [117]
Health Canada (HC; French: Santé Canada, SC) [NB 1] is the department of the Government of Canada responsible for national health policy. The department itself is also responsible for numerous federal health-related agencies, including the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) and the Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC), among others.