Coronavirus disease (COVID-19): Resources

When the COVID-19 pandemic emerged in Canada, the Canadian geospatial community mobilized, leveraging data to help monitor the virus’s spread, develop containment strategies, and assess the status of Canada’s health care system capacity.

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As part of the Government of Canada’s response to COVID-19, the Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC) initiated a multi-departmental Task Team to bring together and combine health, socio-economic and location-based data from across the federal government, provinces, and territories. This data was used to create virtual maps for use by Canadians, government officials, epidemiologists, and other decision makers to understand the impact of the virus on Canada.

This page highlights federal and provincial COVID-19 geospatial information resources:

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Below are links to real-time national and international COVID-19 situational map products. These are updated daily except for the Canadian Economic Dashboard which is updated weekly.

The Canadian Outbreak Tracker is an interactive data map of COVID-19 cases across Canada. It shows the number of cases, tests and deaths over time.

The International Outbreak Tracker is an interactive data map of COVID-19 cases around the world. It shows the number of cases and deaths by country over time.

The Situational Awareness Dashboard is a summary of COVID-19 cases and deaths in Canada and in the provinces and territories. The metadata record, individual datasets and web services can be found here.

The Epidemic Curve Chart shows the epidemic curve for COVID-19 in Canada.

The Demographics Chart shows the age and sex of COVID-19 cases in Canada.

The Canadian Economic Dashboard shows data for tracking the impacts of COVID-19 on economic activity in Canada.