Pandemic Worsening Mental Health for Women More Than Men, Poll Suggests

Crowds of people line up outside an electronics store in Toronto on Nov. 22, 2020. New polling from Leger and the Association of Canadian Studies suggests some Canadians feel their mental health has declined as the pandemic has rolled on, with the impacts potentially striking women and visible minorities more than others. Frank Gunn/The Canadian Press

OTTAWA—Aisha Addo was having a talk just the other day with a close friend about how they were faring as the pandemic stretched into 2021.

She said her friend spoke candidly about feeling like she was falling into a state of depression and being unable to pull herself out of it.