Sources: Global News
The World Health Organization in an email rejects the approval Canada’s CoVLP COVID-19 vaccine over Medicago’s ties to the Philip Morris International tobacco company. 2022-03-24
Canada ends a travel ban on many African nations, including Nigeria and South Africa. 2021-12-17
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
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says Pfizer will double the amounts of vaccine that are being shipped to Canada. He also announces that the Canadian Red Cross will be deployed to Ontario to help with COVID-19 vaccinations. 2021-04-16
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announces that the country will double its order of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine from 20 million to 40 million doses. 2021-01-12
The first doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine arrive in Canada. 2020-12-13
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
The United States and Canada suspend nonessential travel between the two countries due to the coronavirus pandemic. 2020-03-18
Canada's largest airline Air Canada suspends all flights to China until April in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. 2020-02-25