Flu season didn’t really happen last year in Canada.Measurements of flu stayed so low all year that it actually never passed the threshold the Public Health Agency of Canada normally uses to declare the start of the season — which usually happens in the fall.PHAC recorded 69 influenza detections in the 2020-21 flu season, in its final FluWatch report on Aug.
28. Normally, around 52,000 cases are detected.Flu had a quiet year because we were busy dealing with COVID-19, experts say.
But what will happen this upcoming year is a little harder to say.Usually, Canada can look to the Southern Hemisphere for clues as to what might happen here, said Dr.