COVID19 Institutional Outbreaks Ottawa

Summary of COVID-19 outbreaks in Ottawa healthcare, childcare and educational establishments.

Date created: Data effective February 2020. Uploaded to Open Data on September 22, 2020.
Update frequency: Daily
Accuracy: Points of consideration for interpretation of the data:
 

  • Data are for confirmed outbreaks and the number of staff, living in Ottawa, and residents/patients/students with laboratory confirmed COVID-19 associated to each outbreak is provided. Please note, individuals may be linked to multiple outbreaks. 
  • All the outbreaks reflect the outbreak definitions at the time they were declared open:
     
    • Healthcare Institutions: From April 1st 2020, 1 staff or resident case of laboratory-confirmed COVID-19 is considered an outbreak in long-term care homes (LTCH), retirement homes (RH) and other healthcare institutions (e.g. group home, assisted living, group shelter) and declared facility wide.  Starting May 10th 2020, 2 staff or patient cases of laboratory-confirmed COVID-19 within a specified hospital unit within a 14-day period where both cases could have reasonably acquired their infection in hospital is considered an outbreak in a public hospital. 
    • Childcare & Education: Starting July 2020, 1 child or staff (or household member) case of laboratory-confirmed COVID-19 is considered an outbreak in a childcare establishment. Starting August 26 2020, 2 student or staff (or visitor) cases of laboratory-confirmed COVID-19 within a specified class within a 14-day period where at least one case could have reasonably acquired their infection at school (including transportation and before/after school care) is considered an outbreak in an educational establishment.
       

Attributes - Data fields:
 

  • Facility Name – text
  • Type of Facility - text
  • Location in Facility – text
  • Reported Date – date the COVID-19 outbreak was opened
  • End Date - date the COVID-19 outbreak was closed
  • Resident/Patient/Child/Student Cases – number of residents, patients, children, or students with confirmed COVID-19
  • Resident/Patient/Child/Student Cases – number of residents, patients, children, or students with confirmed COVID-19 who died
  • Staff Cases – number of staff with confirmed COVID-19
  • Staff Deaths – number of staff with confirmed COVID-19 who died
  • Total Cases – total number of people with confirmed COVID-19 
  • Total Deaths – total number of people with confirmed COVID-19 who died
     

Author: OPH Epidemiology Team
Author email: [email protected]
Maintainer Organization: Epidemiology & Evidence, Ottawa Public Health

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Last Updated September 23, 2026, 07:13 (UTC)
Created June 16, 2026, 17:26 (UTC)
Domain / Topic
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Title
Title for the Dataset.
COVID19 Institutional Outbreaks Ottawa
Description
A description of the dataset.

Summary of COVID-19 outbreaks in Ottawa healthcare, childcare and educational establishments.

Date created: Data effective February 2020. Uploaded to Open Data on September 22, 2020.
Update frequency: Daily
Accuracy: Points of consideration for interpretation of the data:
 

  • Data are for confirmed outbreaks and the number of staff, living in Ottawa, and residents/patients/students with laboratory confirmed COVID-19 associated to each outbreak is provided. Please note, individuals may be linked to multiple outbreaks. 
  • All the outbreaks reflect the outbreak definitions at the time they were declared open:
     
    • Healthcare Institutions: From April 1st 2020, 1 staff or resident case of laboratory-confirmed COVID-19 is considered an outbreak in long-term care homes (LTCH), retirement homes (RH) and other healthcare institutions (e.g. group home, assisted living, group shelter) and declared facility wide.  Starting May 10th 2020, 2 staff or patient cases of laboratory-confirmed COVID-19 within a specified hospital unit within a 14-day period where both cases could have reasonably acquired their infection in hospital is considered an outbreak in a public hospital. 
    • Childcare & Education: Starting July 2020, 1 child or staff (or household member) case of laboratory-confirmed COVID-19 is considered an outbreak in a childcare establishment. Starting August 26 2020, 2 student or staff (or visitor) cases of laboratory-confirmed COVID-19 within a specified class within a 14-day period where at least one case could have reasonably acquired their infection at school (including transportation and before/after school care) is considered an outbreak in an educational establishment.
       

Attributes - Data fields:
 

  • Facility Name – text
  • Type of Facility - text
  • Location in Facility – text
  • Reported Date – date the COVID-19 outbreak was opened
  • End Date - date the COVID-19 outbreak was closed
  • Resident/Patient/Child/Student Cases – number of residents, patients, children, or students with confirmed COVID-19
  • Resident/Patient/Child/Student Cases – number of residents, patients, children, or students with confirmed COVID-19 who died
  • Staff Cases – number of staff with confirmed COVID-19
  • Staff Deaths – number of staff with confirmed COVID-19 who died
  • Total Cases – total number of people with confirmed COVID-19 
  • Total Deaths – total number of people with confirmed COVID-19 who died
     

Author: OPH Epidemiology Team
Author email: [email protected]
Maintainer Organization: Epidemiology & Evidence, Ottawa Public Health

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752.0
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2026-05-13
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Access category
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public
License
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Open Data | City of Ottawa
Limits on use
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Location
Location of the dataset.
https://od-dev2-ottawa.opendata.arcgis.com/datasets/ottawa::covid19-institutional-outbreaks-ottawa
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Owner
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[email protected]
Contact Point
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City of Ottawa
Contact Point Email
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[email protected]
Publisher
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City of Ottawa
Publisher Email
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Author
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[email protected]
Author Email
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Accessed At
Date the data and metadata was accessed.
2026-09-22
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Identifier
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b86df5362a944d629cc1681f1032eed8
Language
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English
Link to dataset description
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https://od-dev2-ottawa.opendata.arcgis.com/datasets/ottawa::covid19-institutional-outbreaks-ottawa
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Contains Indigenous Data
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None
Source
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None
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City of Ottawa
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Indigenous Community Permission
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Number of data rows
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2691
Number of data columns
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21
Number of data cells
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56511
Number of data relations
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