Almost One-Third of the Canadian Population Has Been Infected With COVID, Evidence Suggests

People wear face masks as they walk along a street in Montreal, on Dec. 5, 2020, amid the COVID-19 pandemic. The Canadian Press/Graham Hughes

More than two years into the COVID-19 pandemic and months after the onset of the Omicron variant, roughly a third of the Canadian population has been infected with the virus, according to an expert and mounting research.

Dr. Catherine Hankins, co-chair of the COVID-19 Immunity Task Force, told Global News that the Omicron variant that hit Canada starting in November 2021 had evaded immunity, leading to reinfections and breakthrough cases.