| #6 | …influenza and its attendant complication of pneumonia is the sixth-leading cause of death overall in Canada. (Canadian Medical Association Journal, January 2003) |
| 4,000 to 8,000 | …Canadians die from flu-related pneumonia or other serious complications of influenza annually. (Health Canada). |
| 1,000 | …children under 16 are hospitalized with influenza complications each year and some die. (Public Health Agency of Canada) |
| 90% | …the number of children hospitalized in Canada with influenza-related illnesses during the 2004–2005 flu season who had not been vaccinated. (Public Health Agency of Canada) |
| 1.5 million | …workdays are lost each year due to the influenza. (Public Health Agency of Canada) |
| $1 billion | …the cost to the Canadian economy annually in health-care spending and lost productivity. (Public Health Agency of Canada) |
| 70–90% | …the rate of effectiveness of the vaccine in preventing influenza in healthy adults when there is a good match to circulating virus strains. It is about 83% effective in preventing infection in children. (Public Health Agency of Canada) |
| 40% | …fewer absences in the workplace can be tied directly to worker vaccinations against influenza. (Ottawa Public Health) |
| 10–25% | …the number of Canadians who will be sick with influenza over the course of a normal influenza season (one in ten adults and one in three children). (Health Canada) |
| 60,000 | …the number of Canadians who will develop influenza-related complications every year that are severe enough to send them to the hospital. (Ontario Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care) |
| 50 million | …the number of people worldwide who died of influenza during the "Spanish Flu" pandemic in 1918. (World Health Organization) |
