Date: 1918-19
Influenza Epidemic
The Spanish Flu of 1918-19 killed some 21 million people, including about 50 000 Canadians. The Flu was brought into Canada by returning troops and made its way into even the remotest communities. In Labrador and Québec, which were the hardest hit, some villages were exterminated by the disease.	Nurses wear masks to ward off the flu, High River, Alta, 1919