Table 1:

Observed, expected, excess and COVID-19 deaths by province, Mar. 14, 2020, to Oct. 23, 2021^*

Province	No. of deaths^†				Proportion of excess deaths of observed deaths, %	Proportion of COVID-19 deaths of excess deaths, %
Province	Observed	Expected	Excess	COVID-19	Proportion of excess deaths of observed deaths, %	Proportion of COVID-19 deaths of excess deaths, %
Newfoundland and Labrador	8928	8707	221	15	2.5	6.8
Prince Edward Island	2149	2297	−148	0	−6.9	0
Nova Scotia	15 985	16 202	−217	98	−1.4	−45.2
New Brunswick	13 366	12 736	630	107	4.7	17.0
Quebec	115 440	111 407	4033	11 470	3.5	284.4
Ontario	189 025	177 687	11 338	9804	6.0	86.5
Manitoba	11 185	10 508	677	842	6.1	124.4
Saskatchewan	17 251	15 525	1726	814	10.0	47.2
Alberta	58 963	52 420	6543	3026	11.1	46.2
British Columbia	83 592	74 096	9496	2109	11.4	22.2

↵* All provinces reported data to Oct. 23, 2021, except Manitoba, which is to Feb. 13, 2021.
‡ Observed (adjusted), expected and excess deaths from Statistics Canada (https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/t1/tbl1/en/cv.action?pid=1310078401). COVID-19 deaths from https://art-bd.shinyapps.io/covid19canada/. All numbers are estimates and should be interpreted accordingly.