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{{Infobox pandemic
| name            = COVID-19 pandemic in Canada
| map1            = [[File:COVID-19 Outbreak Active Cases in Canada (Pop Density).svg|x350px]]
| legend1         = Active cases per million inhabitants by province/territory
| map2            = [[File:COVID-19 outbreak Canada per capita cases map.svg|x350px]]
| legend2         = Confirmed cases per 100,000 residents by health region
| disease         = [[Coronavirus disease 2019|COVID-19]]
| location        = [[Canada]]
| first_case      = [[Toronto]], [[Ontario]]
| arrival_date    = January 22, 2020<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Marchand-Senécal 
|first1=Xavier |last2=Kozak |first2=Rob |last3=Mubareka |first3=Samira |last4=Salt |first4=Natasha |last5=Gubbay |first5=Jonathan B |last6=Eshaghi |first6=Alireza |last7=Allen |first7=Vanessa |last8=Li |first8=Yan |last9=Bastien |first9=Natalie |last10=Gilmour |first10=Matthew |last11=Ozaldin |first11=Omar |last12=Leis |first12=Jerome A |title=Diagnosis and Management of First Case of COVID-19 in Canada: Lessons applied from SARS |journal=Clinical Infectious Diseases |date=March 9, 2020 |volume=ciaa227 |issue=16 |pages=2207–2210 |doi=10.1093/cid/ciaa227 |pmid=32147731 |pmc=7108147 |doi-access=free }}</ref><br />({{Age in years, months, weeks and days|month1=01|day1=22|year1=2020|month2=|day2=|year2=}})
| origin          = [[Wuhan]], [[Hubei]], China
| date            = September 9, 2020
| confirmed_cases = 134,294<ref name="govt-tracker">{{cite news |url=https://www.canada.ca/en/public-health/services/diseases/2019-novel-coronavirus-infection.html?topic=tilelink |title=Coronavirus disease (COVID-19): Outbreak update |work=Government of Canada |access-date=June 23, 2020 |archive-date=June 23, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200623024826/https://www.canada.ca/en/public-health/services/diseases/2019-novel-coronavirus-infection.html?topic=tilelink |url-status=dead }}</ref><!-- Please edit the access date if you update numbers from the page. -->
| active_cases    = 6,868<ref name="govt-tracker"/>
| recovery_cases  = 118,271<ref name="govt-tracker"/>
| deaths          = 9,155<ref name="govt-tracker"/>
| fatality_rate   = {{Percentage|9155|134294|2}}
| suspected_cases = 
| total_ili       = 
| website         = {{URL|canada.ca/coronavirus}}
}}

The '''COVID-19 pandemic in Canada''' is part of the ongoing [[COVID-19 pandemic|worldwide pandemic]] of [[coronavirus disease 2019]] ({{nowrap|COVID-19}}) caused by [[severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus&nbsp;2]] ({{nowrap|SARS-CoV-2}}). 

==The beginning==
The disease was confirmed to have reached Canada on January 27, 2020, after a man who had returned to [[Toronto]] from [[Wuhan]], [[Hubei]], China, tested positive. {{As of|2020|09|10|df=US}}, there have been over 134,000 confirmed cases, 118,000 recoveries and 9,000 deaths in the country.<ref name="govt-tracker"/> The Government of Canada said that around 11,000–22,000 deaths could happen over the course of the pandemic.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.canada.ca/content/dam/phac-aspc/documents/services/diseases/2019-novel-coronavirus-infection/using-data-modelling-inform-eng.pdf|title=COVID-19 in Canada: Using data and modelling to inform public health action|date=April 9, 2020|website=Government of Canada|publisher=Public Health Agency of Canada|access-date=April 10, 2020}}</ref>

==Cases==
Most of those cases are in Canada's most populous provinces, [[Ontario]] (19,598 cases, 1,540 deaths)<ref>{{Cite web|title=COVID-19 (coronavirus) in Ontario|url=https://covid-19.ontario.ca/|date=May 8, 2020|website=Government of Ontario|access-date=May 9, 2020}}</ref> and [[Quebec]] (36,150 cases, 2,725 deaths).<ref>{{Cite web|title=Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Québec|url=https://www.quebec.ca/en/health/health-issues/a-z/2019-coronavirus/|date=May 8, 2020|website=Gouvernement du Québec|access-date=May 9, 2020}}</ref> 

Confirmed cases have been reported in all of Canada's provinces and territories. An additional 13 cases involve citizens from the ''[[Grand Princess]]'' cruise ship.<ref name=":5">{{cite web |url=https://winnipeg.ctvnews.ca/first-presumptive-case-of-covid-19-confirmed-in-manitoba-1.4849970|title=First presumptive case of COVID-19 confirmed in Manitoba|last=Rosen|first=Kayla|date=March 12, 2020|website=CTV News Winnipeg|access-date=March 12, 2020}}</ref><ref name="canada100">{{cite web |title=Canada has reported more than 100 cases of novel coronavirus disease |url=https://globalnews.ca/news/6660614/canada-100-coronavirus-cases/ |website=[[Global News]] |access-date=March 12, 2020 |date=March 11, 2020 |quote=This brings the total to 110 as of March 11 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200312163318/https://globalnews.ca/news/6660614/canada-100-coronavirus-cases/ |archive-date=March 12, 2020 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name=":4">{{cite web|url=https://globalnews.ca/news/6666466/coronavirus-saskatchewan-covid-19-coronavirus-saskatoon/|title=Saskatchewan confirms first presumptive case of novel coronavirus|website=Global News |access-date=March 12, 2020}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|last1=Ho|first1=Solarina|url=https://www.ctvnews.ca/health/coronavirus/tracking-every-case-of-covid-19-in-canada-1.4852102|title=Tracking every case of COVID-19 in Canada|date=March 13, 2020|access-date=March 20, 2020|last2=Slaughter|first2=Graham}}</ref> 

Among the Canadians who contracted the virus was [[Sophie Grégoire Trudeau]], wife of Prime Minister [[Justin Trudeau]], who tested positive for the virus on March 12 after which the family went into self-isolation.<ref name="harris1">{{Cite news|last=Harris|first=Kathleen|url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/covid19-premiers-coronavirus-1.5495001|title=Trudeau, wife Sophie in self-isolation awaiting COVID-19 test as premiers conference is called off|date=March 12, 2020|publisher=CBC News|access-date=March 12, 2020|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200313001402/https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/covid19-premiers-coronavirus-1.5495001|archive-date=March 13, 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ctvnews.ca/health/coronavirus/sophie-gregoire-trudeau-tests-positive-for-covid-19-1.4850159|title=Sophie Gregoire Trudeau tests positive for COVID-19|last1=Slaughter|first1=Graham|last2=Bogart|first2=Nicole|date=March 12, 2020|website=CTV News|url-status=live|access-date=March 12, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200313015745/https://www.ctvnews.ca/health/coronavirus/sophie-gregoire-trudeau-tests-positive-for-covid-19-1.4850159|archive-date=March 13, 2020}}</ref> By March 28, she had recovered.<ref name="sophierecovery">{{cite web| url=https://globalnews.ca/news/6747353/sophie-trudeau-covid-19-clear/| title='All clear': Sophie Grégoire Trudeau thanks well-wishers after recovering from COVID-19| first=Maryam| last=Shah| date=March 28, 2020| website=globalnews.ca}}</ref><ref name="sophierecovery2">{{cite news| url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/sophie-trudeau-feeling-great-covid-19-1.5513731| title=Sophie Grégoire Trudeau says she has recovered from COVID-19| first=John Paul| last=Tasker| publisher=Canadian Broadcasting Corporation| date=March 29, 2020}}</ref> 

==Spread==
Until March 2020, all cases were linked to recent travel to a country with a large number of cases. The first case of community transmission in Canada was confirmed in British Columbia on March 5,<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.ctvnews.ca/health/coronavirus/canada-confirms-first-community-case-of-covid-19-here-s-what-that-means-1.4841249|title=Canada confirms first 'community case' of COVID-19: Here's what that means|last=Slaughter|first=Graham|date=March 5, 2020|website=CTVNews|access-date=March 14, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200308145326/https://www.ctvnews.ca/health/coronavirus/canada-confirms-first-community-case-of-covid-19-here-s-what-that-means-1.4841249|archive-date=March 8, 2020|url-status=live}}</ref>  and Toronto's chief health officer announced on March 16 that there is "some evidence of community transmission" (that the disease was spreading within the country).<ref name="urlToronto waking up to new reality amid evidence of COVID-19 community spread | CBC News">{{cite news |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/toronto-waking-up-to-new-reality-amid-evidence-of-covid-19-community-spread-1.5499768 |title=Toronto waking up to new reality amid 'evidence' of COVID-19 community spread &#124; CBC News |access-date=March 17, 2020}}</ref>

==Closures==
In mid March, as cases of community transmission were confirmed, all of Canada's provinces and territories declared states of emergency. Provinces and territories made school and daycare shutdown, ended on gatherings, closed non-essential businesses, restrictions on entry, and mandatory [[self-isolation]] for travellers.<ref name=autogenerated1>{{cite web|url=https://www.lapresse.ca/covid-19/202003/15/01-5264756-legault-ordonne-la-fermeture-de-lieux-de-rassemblement.php|title=Legault ordonne la fermeture de lieux de rassemblement|last=Chouinard|first=Tommy|date=March 15, 2020|website=La Presse|language=fr|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200316160128/https://www.lapresse.ca/covid-19/202003/15/01-5264756-legault-ordonne-la-fermeture-de-lieux-de-rassemblement.php|archive-date=March 16, 2020|access-date=March 15, 2020}}</ref> 

Canada severely restricted its border access.

== See also ==
[[COVID-19 pandemic in British Columbia]]

==References==
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