1832 Cholera Epidemic 1950-1960 Tuberculosis Epidemic

La Gross Ile, a small island downstream from Quebec in the St. In Canada, at least 1/3 of Inuit were infected
Lawrence river estuary, was transformed into a quarantine station with tuberculosis in the 1950s. Thousands of
for new immigrants. Despite these efforts, cholera spread into northern Inuit people were transported
Quebec City and Montreal, resulting in approximately 6,000 deaths. south to hospitals for treatment. The average
length of stay was two-and-a-half years, but
1918-1920 Spanish Flu Pandemic some patients had to stay away from home
This influenza virus was brought into much longer.
Canada by troops returning from World War
I. Many of the victims were young, otherwise
healthy adults. 50,000 Canadians died as a
result of the Spanish Flu, which killed an
estimated 21 million people worldwide.
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1949-1954 Polio Epidemic
An estimated 11,000 people in Canada were
left paralyzed by polio. The disease peaked in 1982-now HIV/AIDS Pandemic
1953 with nearly 9,000 cases and 500 deaths. Canada reported its first case of
AIDS in March 1982. The Canadian
1862 Smallpox Epidemic Red Cross began testing all blood
A steamship carried smallpox north from San Francisco to Victoria. Non- products for HIV in 1985. At the end
aboriginal authorities in Victoria refused to vaccinate First Nations of 2014, an estimated 75,500
people. They were forced to return to their homes, carrying the disease. It Canadians were living with HIV; one
is estimated that half of the First Nations people living along the coast in five are not aware that they have
between Victoria and Alaska died (~14,000 people). HIV.