Helping to Guide Canada’s Epidemic Response

The COVID-19
Immunity Task Force

The Government of Canada launched the COVID-19 Immunity Task Force to measure the scope of coronavirus infection in Canada and rapidly provide information needed to manage the COVID-19 pandemic and safely get Canadians back to work. The Task Force will generate this vital information, drawing on experts from universities and hospitals across Canada and working closely with provincial and territorial public health officials.

Understanding is Key

We are bringing together top health experts and scientists from leading institutions across the country. Canada’s best and brightest will be working on serology testing, blood testing to track and understand immunity to COVID-19. They’ll be looking at key questions like how many people beyond those we’ve already tested have had COVID-19, whether you’re immune once you’ve had it, and if so, how long that lasts. Over two years, we will be testing at least a million Canadians as a part of this study. … The better we understand this virus, its spread and its impact on different people, the better we can fight it and eventually defeat it.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, April 23, 2020