How COVID-19 is spreading in Canada on domestic flights
The virus isn’t just flying into Canada. It’s also on a criss-crossing tear inside our borders.
May 13, 2021
The third wave of Canada’s COVID-19 pandemic began on March 1. Between then and April 15, there were 490 flights within Canada on which at least one person later tested positive for COVID-19, according to data from the Public Health Agency of Canada. Two-thirds originated in the four Western provinces, led by British Columbia (169) and Alberta (138), while 111 took off from Ontario and 40 from Quebec. Many came from cities that are hubs for essential workers, who tend to rotate between job sites and their homes in other parts of Canada, sometimes taking multiple flights each way.