Sources: Global News
Health Canada approves Medicago's CoVLP COVID-19 vaccine for use in adults, making it the first domestic vaccine to be approved for use in Canada. 2022-02-24
Canada reports its first cases of the Omicron variant in two people in Ontario who recently traveled to Nigeria. 2021-11-28
Kenya receives a shipment of 358,200 doses of the Oxford–AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine donated by Canada as part of the COVAX initiative. 2021-09-2
Transport Minister Omar Alghabra announces that Canada will require vaccinations for federal public servants and air and train passengers. The mandate is expected to be implemented by the Crown corporation and other federally regulated businesses and will begin as soon as next month. 2021-08-13
Immigration Minister Marco Mendicino announces that Canada will issue a vaccine passport for international travel. 2021-08-11
Nationwide, a record 5,713 new cases reported in Canada in the last 24 hours, bringing the nationwide confirmed cases to 337,555. 2020-11-23
The Canadian Catholic Jesuit community at Pickering, Ontario mourns the deaths of five members of their community, including four priests, who died of COVID-19 at the religious order’s long-term care facility. 2020-05-7
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announces that Canada will spend $192M to develop a COVID-19 vaccine. 2020-03-23