Updated on September 24, 2021
Across the globe, health care workers on the front lines of the COVID-19 pandemic do essential work caring for patients but all too often put themselves at risk of infection.
Join the Canadian Federation of Nurses Unions in remembering and honouring the lives of all Canada’s health care workers who have died from COVID-19, whose names and information we have recorded here.
As we collectively mourn their loss, let us recommit to fighting for all frontline workers to have the protections they need to remain safe and healthy.
The CFNU extends heartfelt condolences to all families and individuals who have lost loved ones as a result of this pandemic. We encourage anyone in need of support to seek assistance. We are in this together.
If you wish to submit a name, please email cfnu@nursesunions.ca.
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Anonymous hospital environmental services worker, 58, Brampton, Ontario
Anonymous Hospital Cleaner, Ontario
Anonymous Personal Support Worker, 50s, Sienna Senior Living’s Altamont Care Community, Scarborough, Ontario
Anonymous Personal Supporter Worker (CUPE), Ottawa, Ontario
Anonymous home care attendant (CUPE), Ste. Annes, Manitoba
Anonymous health care worker, a woman in her 50s, Edmonton, Alberta
Anonymous physician, Alberta
Anonymous man, in his 40s, long-term care home employee, Montreal, Quebec
Anonymous health care worker, Alberta
Anonymous RPN (WeRPN), Toronto/GTA, Ontario
Bontu Abdulahi, 44, personal support worker, Toronto, Ontario
Agary Akaekpuchionwa, Personal Support Worker (CUPE), LTC, Ottawa, Ontario
Maureen Ambersley, 57, LTC RPN (SEIU Healthcare), Mississauga, Ontario
Oscar Anibal Rodriguez, in his late 50s, LTC home employee, Quebec City, Quebec
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Brian Beattie, 57, Nurse (ONA/CFNU), LTC, London, Ontario
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Joe Marie (Jing) Parrenas Corral, 61, health care aide (AUPE), Calgary, Alberta
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Yassin Dabeh, 19, cleaner (LiUNA) at a long-term care home (Middlesex Terrace), London, Ontario
Jean Claude Dianzenza, 61, health care aide (CUPE), Winnipeg, Manitoba
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Dr. Wayne John Edwards, 66, Psychiatrist, Lethbridge, Alberta
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Marcelin Francois, 40, Personal Support Worker, Montreal, Quebec
Maria Flores, Personal Support Worker, London, Ontario
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Antonio ‘Boyet’ Gaerlan, 54, housekeeper (CUPE) in the Environmental Services Department (Etobicoke General Hospital), Etobicoke, Ontario
Lorraine Gouveia, 54, Registered Nurse (SEIU Healthcare), Mississauga, Ontario
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Judy Hawkins, 64, activity assistant in long-term care, Windsor, Ontario
Dr. Huy Hao Dao, 44, Public Health Physician, Montreal, Quebec
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Yurub Ibrahim, 51, health care aide at Glamorgan Care Centre, Calgary, Alberta
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Ezra Jeffrey, 71, orderly in long-term care, Westmount, Quebec
Jean-Géthro Joseph, Personal Support Worker (CUPE), Ottawa, Ontario
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Kim Kotelo, 26, Registered Nurse, Health Sciences Centre, Winnipeg, Manitoba
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Sam Laguerre, 44, residence administrative assistant at LTC Providence Saint-Joseph (SQEES-FTQ), Montreal, Quebec
Marie-Caona Lamitié, 65, orderly at LTC residence Place Lacordaire, Montreal, Quebec
Diana Law, 57, Nurse (BCNU), Peace Arch Hospital, White Rock, BC
Dr. Jean-Marc Lepage, 81, family doctor, Longueuil, Quebec
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Christine Mandegarian, 54, Personal Support Worker (SEIU Health Care) Scarborough, Ontario
Cristina Marasigan, 49, Personal Support Worker, Newmarket, Ontario
Laurence Ménard, 33, Social Worker (APTS), Drummondville, Quebec
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Thong Nguyen, 48, patient attendant (Federation of Health and Social Services for CSN), Montreal, Quebec
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Patrick Péladeau, 56, orderly, LTC residence Lionel-Émond (STTSSSO-CSN), Gatineau, Quebec
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Arlene Reid, 51, Personal Support Worker (SEIU Health Care), Peel Region, Ontario
Jean Rigaud Fontaine, 72, home health care assistant (le syndicat des auxiliaires aux services de santé, CSN), Montreal, Quebec
Sharon Roberts, 59, Personal Support Worker (SEIU Health Care), North York, Ontario
Leonard Rodrigues, 61, Personal Support Worker (UNIFOR), Toronto, Ontario
Sylvain Roy, 56, caregiver, LTC residence Lionel-Émond (Fédération de la santé et des services sociaux), Gatineau, Quebec
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Victoria “Vicky” Salvan, 64, Orderly (CUPE), Montreal, Quebec
Cheryl Small, Personal Support Worker, Mississauga, Ontario
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Marina Thenor Louis, 45, Orderly, CHSLD, Montreal, Quebec
Stéphanie Tessier, 31, Orderly (union for health care workers in the Laurentians), CHSLD, Saint-Jérôme, Quebec
Tom Thomas, 34, continuing care assistant (CUPE), Saskatchewan Hospital North Battleford, Saskatchewan
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Vidal Uon, 55, nurse (FIQ-SPSCE), Montreal addiction rehabilitation Center, then a vaccination centre in Montreal, Quebec
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Warlito Valdez, 47, Residential Support Worker for people with disabilities, Richmond, British Columbia
Rose Vandelannoite, 62, Health Care Aide at Summerwood Village Retirement Home (LiUNA), Sherwood Park, Alberta
Denis Vincent, 62, Dentist, North Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
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Sheila Yakovishin, 60, Personal Support Worker (UNIFOR), Windsor, Ontario
Charles Yonkeu Ndjiya, 49, orderly, Montreal Chinese Hospital, Quebec