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Table 1. Estimated annual number of ambulatory care visits and admissions for respiratory illness during a non-pandemic time period, Canada, 2016–2018.

Type of visit	Number of visits
Hospital admissions	220,000^a
Emergency department visits	1,900,000^a
Primary healthcare visits	11,000,000^a
Number of residents in long-term care homes^b	190,000
TOTAL	13,310,000

^a Canadian Institute for Health Information (CIHI). Annual number, average of FY 2016–2018

^b Canadian Institute for Health Information, 2020; refers to publicly funded/subsidized long-term care homes