COVID-19: Canadian Healthcare Worker Memorial

For more information on how Canadian healthcare workers are being impacted by COVID-19, read the Op-Ed written by CHWN collaborators hyperlinked below:

Healthcare Worker Deaths from COVID are not just about the numbers

CIHI realsed updated information on the number of COVID-19 cases and deaths in health care workers in Canada. (Data was obtained from publicly available sources and is current as of January 15, 2021

COVID-19 cases and deaths in Canadian health care workers

Memorial 2020 2021

Across the globe, healthcare workers have given their lives to protect and care for their patients and communities during the COVID-19 pandemic. All too often, this has meant significant risks to themselves and their families.

On April 15th, The Guardian and Kaiser Health News launched the ‘Lost on the Frontline’ collaboration to document the lives of healthcare workers in the U.S. who died from COVID-19. Inspired by this collaboration, the Canadian Health Workforce Network began to assemble this memorial of the Canadian healthcare workers who have succumbed to COVID-19 while working on the frontlines of the pandemic.

We extend our condolences to the families and communities who have lost loved ones during the pandemic and express our gratitude to the healthcare workers who have cared for and continue to care for us during these challenging times.

Please join us in honoring the lives and legacies of the healthcare workers whose names and photo’s we have collected here. Let us commit to honoring their lives by continuing to fight for the health and safety of healthcare workers, as well as that of the communities they serve.

Canada's Healthcare Workers Who Have Died of COVID-19

Anonymous Man (58)
Environmental Service Worker, Brampton Civic Hospital, Brampton ON, April 9th, 2020

Anonymous Women (50)
Long-Term Care Home Worker, Sienna Senior Living's Altamonth Care Community, Scarborough, Ontario, April 16, 2020

Anonymous Man
Personal Support Worker, Madonna Care Community, Ottawa ON, May 7th, 2020

Anonymous Man
Home Care Attendant, Southern Health Sante Sud, Ste Annes, Manitoba, November 10, 2020

Anonymous Women (50)
Health Care worker, Edmonton, Alberta, January 5, 2021

Anonymous Man (70)
Physician, Calgary, Alberta, January 7, 2021

Anonymous Man
Long-Term Care Worker, CHSLD Providence Saint-Joseph, Montreal QC, May 3rd, 2020

Anonymous Women
Nurse, Greater Toronto Area, member of clinical resource and mental health teams in an acute care setting

Bontu Addulahi (44)
Personal Support Worker, Toronto, Ontario, May 2020

Agary Akaekpuchionwa
Personal Support Worker, Peter D. Clark Long-Term Care Home, Ottawa ON, May 20th,2020

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Maureen Ambersley (57)
Registered Practical Nurse (RPN), Extendicare Nursing Home, ississauga, Ontario, January 6, 2021

Oscar Anibal Rodriguez (late 50s)
LTC Home, CHSLD St-Antoine, Quebec City, Quebec

Brian Beattie (57) Registered Nurse, Kensington Village, London ON, May 11th, 2020

Joe Marie (Jing) Parrenas Corral (61)
Health Care Aide, Calgary, Alberta, December 28, 2020

Teenager death Covid Pic

Yassin Dabeh (19)
Long Term Care Home Worker, Middlesex Terrance, Delaware, Ontario, January 24, 2021

Jean-Claude Dianzenza (61)
Health Care Aide, Victoria Hospital, Winnipeg, Manitoba, November 5, 2020

Karine Dion

Karine Dion (35)
Emergency Room Physician, Granby Hospital, Granby, Quebec, January 3, 2021

Marcelin François (40)
Personal Support Worker, Residence La Rosiere, Montreal QC, April 14th, 2020

Maria Flores
Personal Support Worker, London, Ontario, May 14, 2020

Antonio 'Boyet' Gaerlan (54)
Housekeeper, Etobicoke General Hospital, Etobicoke, Ontario, January 13, 2021

Huy Hao Dao (44)
Doctor and researcher, Public Health Authority Montérégie region, Montreal QC, April 16th, 2020

Yurub Ibrahim (51)
Health Care Aide, Glamorgan Care Centre, Calgary, Alberta, January 29, 2021

Jean-Géthro Joseph (64)
Personal Support Worker, Madonna Care Community, Ottawa, Ontario, May 7, 2020

Sam Laguerre (44)
Administrative Assitant, Long-term Care Providence Saint-Joseph, Montreal, Quebec, May 1, 2020

Marie-Caona Lamitié (65)
Orderly, Long-Term Care Place Lacordaire, Montreal, Quebec,

Christine Mandegarian (54) Personal Support Worker, Altamont Nursing Home, Scarborough ON, April 15th, 2020

Laurence Menard (33)
Social Work Technician, CLSC Drummond, Action Vale QC, May 4th, 2020

Thong Nguyen (48)
Patient Attendant, Jean-Talon Hospital, Montreal, Quebec, June 11, 2020

Patrick Péladeau (56)
Orderly, Long-term Care Residence Lionel-Émond, Gatineau, Quebec, June 3, 2020

Arlene Reid (51)
Personal Support Worker, Peel Region, Toronto, April 29, 2020

Jean-Rigaud Fontaine (72)
Home Health Care Assistant, CIUSSS, Montreal, Quebec, January 15, 2021

Sharon Roberts (59)
Personal Support Worker, Downsview Long Term Care, Toronto ON, May 1st, 2020

Leonard Rodriquez (61)
Personal Support Worker, Access Independent Living Services, Toronto ON, May 6th, 2020

Sylvain Roy (56)
Cargiver Long-term Care residence Lional-Émond, Gatineau, Quebec, May 28, 2020

Victoria Salvan (64)
Long-Term Care Worker, Grace Dart Extended Care Centre, Montreal QC, April 17th, 2020

Marina Thenor-Louis (45)
Personal Support Worker, CHSLD Cartierville, Montreal QC, April 29th, 2020

Stéphanie Tessier (31)
Personal Support Worker, CHSLD Lucien G.-Rolland, Saint-Jérôme QC, April 27th, 2020

Tom Thomas (34)
Health Care Worker, North Battleford, Saskatchewan Hospital, Saskatchewan, February 15, 2021

Warlito Valdez (49)
Long-Term Care Worker, Richmond Society for Community Living, Richmond BC, April 5th, 2020

Rose Vandelannoite (62)
Health Care Aide, Summerwood Village Retirement Home, Sherwood Park, Alberta, January 10, 2021

Sheila Yakovishin (60) Personal Support Worker, Long-term Care home, Windsor, Ontario, December 31, 2020

If you know of a health care worker who lost their life caring for others during the COVID-19 pandemic and you don’t see them here, please contact us at or fill out our .

For more information, you can view the Canadian Federation of Nurses Unions memorial page here as well as the Alliance for Healthier Communities memorial page here.