While it has been mostly older people with comorbidities who have died from COVID-19 since the start of the pandemic, it has been younger Canadians who have experienced the highest percentage of excess mortality, according to data from Statistics Canada.
Excess mortality takes place when more people die during a given period than normally expected based on trends.
Data provided by Statistics Canada analyzed by The Epoch Times shows that since March 2020, there were on average 7 percent more deaths than expected for all ages.
Meanwhile, for the age group between 0–44 for the same period, there were on average 19 percent more deaths than expected….