Event Category	Disaster
Event Group	Natural
Event Subgroup	Biological
Event Type	Epidemic
Place	Across Canada
Event Start Date	January 1, 1918
Event End Date	January 1, 1925
Comments	Across Canada, 1918-1925. More than 50,000 dead, two million affected; as part of a world-wide outbreak, Spanish Influenza hit Canadians hard, affecting more than one quarter of the population. The Canadian Red Cross assisted 230 communities in 1918.
Fatalities	50000
Injured / Infected	2000000
Evacuated	0
Estimated Total Cost	Unknown
Federal DFAA Payments	Unknown
Provincial DFAA Payments	Unknown
Provincial Department Payments	Unknown
Municipal Costs	Unknown
OGD Costs	Unknown
Insurance Payments	Unknown
NGO Payments	Unknown
Utility - People Affected	0
Magnitude	0.0