Table 2. Estimated prevalence of hepatitis C virus antibodies among immigrants in Canada, 2021.

Population	Population size estimate	Prevalence (%)			Estimated number of immigrants with current or past HCV infection
		Point estimate	Lower bound	Upper bound	Point estimate	Lower bound	Upper bound
Immigrants from countries with low prevalence (<2%)	7,082,480	0.96%	0.56%	1.54%	67,892	39,530	109,319
Immigrants from countries with intermediate-to-high prevalence (≥2%)	1,276,405	4.04%	2.87%	6.68%	51,540	36,686	85,316
All immigrants	8,358,885	1.43%	0.91%	2.33%	119,432	76,216	194,635

Abbreviation: HCV, hepatitis C virus