TORONTO, ONT – Canada administered its first doses of a COVID-19 vaccine on Monday, becoming one of the first countries to do so in the effort to beat back the pandemic.Five front-line workers in Ontario were among the first Canadians to receive the vaccine at one of Toronto’s hospitals.Anita Quidangen, a personal support worker who worked throughout a COVID-19 outbreak at the Rekai Centre nursing home in Toronto, got the first dose in Ontario.“It’s an honor, thank you very much,” she said. “I’ll continue to do my job as a PSW."A major black mark in Canada has been the death of senior citizens in long-term care and retirement residences; more than 8,460 of Canada’s 13,430 deaths have occurred there.Quebec announced that a long-term care.