Talk:COVID-19 pandemic in Canada

Sources

• COVID-19 Situational Awareness Dashboard - - Government of Canada
• COVID-19: A data perspective - Statistics Canada
• COVID-19 Announcements - Government of Canada
• COVID-19 Pandemic Information Resources Guide - Queen's University Library

Central Canada/Eastern Canada

As per Nicolas Perrault III's recent edit [1], which I don't disagree with, defining Central Canada vs. a more specific definition of Eastern Canada seems to be in order. By definition, Central Canada is a description, while not actually being the geographic centre of the country, but a term denoting the two provinces of Ontario and Quebec as a population centre. I find the "Eastern Canada ex-Atlantic to be confusing to the average reader personally. CaffeinAddict (talk) 19:08, 26 November 2020 (UTC)

Agree; I had no idea what that meant. Can't we just further delineate by using Central Canada or the Maritime Provinces? —Tenryuu 🐲 ( 💬 • 📝 ) 19:12, 26 November 2020 (UTC)

I think Central Canada is correct when referring to Ontario and Quebec, however (and again this is another one that gets confusing), the other eastern provinces are Atlantic Canada... not maritimes - The Maritimes only refer to NB, PEI and NS, they do not include Newfoundland & Labrador. CaffeinAddict (talk) 19:23, 26 November 2020 (UTC)

Wow, that's really confusing. I'd say wikilink to whatever encompasses the affected regions the most. Do we have a page on how Canada can be geographically divided? —Tenryuu 🐲 ( 💬 • 📝 ) 20:48, 26 November 2020 (UTC)

Sort of. List of regions of Canada is the closest but it gets very convoluted... Right now it's obvious the COVID spikes have been in three distinct regions: Western Canada, Central Canada and Atlantic Canada, with the territories being affected differently based on their geographic isolation. CaffeinAddict (talk) 01:02, 27 November 2020 (UTC)

I did not know that the expression “Central Canada” is recognised as meaning Quebec and Ontario. This rings quite odd to me. I get and agree that “Eastern Canada ex-Atlantic” is also odd. What about simply “Ontario and Quebec”? Nicolas Perrault (talk) 05:37, 27 November 2020 (UTC)

Alternatively, perhaps add a blue link to the expression “Central Canada”, so that readers unfamiliar with this (in my opinion strange) expression can see for themselves that “Central Canada” is recognised as meaning Quebec and Ontario? Nicolas Perrault (talk) 05:43, 27 November 2020 (UTC)

Misplaced graph

The graph "COVID-19 cases in Canada" appears in the "Preparations" section, though it has nothing to do with the topic of preparations. It should logically appear immediately above this section in the Background,etc. section. Is there any reason for this or is it just a layout error? Ross Fraser (talk) 23:41, 30 November 2020 (UTC)

Infobox maps

We really need new maps. They’re very outdated at this point. I believe User:UmpireRay did them last. Any chance we could get some new ones bud? Thanks. CaffeinAddict (talk) 04:12, 4 December 2020 (UTC)

@CaffeinAddict: Sorry I've been quite busy lately but I will try to have them up in a few hours. UmpireRay (talk) 04:20, 4 December 2020 (UTC)