Total excess deaths during the Omicron period

Many provinces have not yet reported any deaths at all for the Omicron period, or only a fraction of deaths. When excess mortality curves slow and flatten while reported COVID deaths keep increasing, this is generally because death-reporting to CVS-D has slowed/stopped.

Cumulative total of estimated excess deaths from Statistics Canada, negatives zeroed. The U.S. CDC uses this method to estimate excess deaths when death reporting is incomplete.
Table: Deena Zaidi/CTVNews.ca Source: Excess Mortality Canada