Reported Influenza Hospitalizations and Deaths in Canada: 2009-10 to 2014-15 (data to February 14, 2015)

In Canada the influenza season generally picks up from November of one year and slows down March of the following year. Hospitalizations and deaths with influenza are a measure of severity in the influenza season. On a weekly basis throughout the flu season, a subset of provincial and territorial Ministries of Health report the number of hospitalized cases and deaths with influenza to the Public Health Agency of Canada.