Effects of COVID-19 in Canada

The COVID-19 pandemic is currently a global outbreak of an untreatable strain of coronavirus that was first identified in late 2019 that has impacted both health and the economy. In Canada - 151,671 total cases and 9,261 deaths have been recorded to date while total job losses have reached a peak of 3 million and unemployment of 10.2% Each province in Canada has imposed province-specific restrictions to tackle the COVID-19 outbreak. This project intends to examine both Canadian COVID-19 data and Government of Canada economic data to evaluate how each province has fared during COVID-19 and if there are any learnings that can better prepare Canada for the next pandemic.